What Will Fund Raisers Exploit Next!
So, full disclosure, I graduated from “The College” in 1963. I am very proud of Harvard, and grateful for the education my parents paid for.
BUT .. my dorm???? “Winthrop House?” Who are they kidding? When I went to Harvard, Winthrop was pretty much the pits. It certainly was not among the houses I would have chosen … Lowell with its majestic carillon, Quincy with its new building and kitchens, Adams with its winding stair cases and stories of legendary students, or Elliot where some of my favorite faculty lived as tutors.
Winthrop then was mainly known as a jock house …. a house favored by Harvard’s student athletes. a tradition not really comparable to Lowell, Elliot, and Adams’ traditions as homes to budding poets and journalists or Quincy’s claim on wannabe politicians and scientists.
Now to be fair, I did participate in Winthrop and even have a beer mug to memorialize that time. I worked as a “manager” for the crew and enjoyed parties with local young ladies that put any Hollywood version to shame. Oh and I did also get help from two tutors, one in math and one in philosophy.
|
|||||||
|
|||||||
