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Harvard Traditions
A look inside: Lowell House
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May 3, 2012
The oldest endowed professorship
The product of a gift from a London merchant in 1721, the chair set a tone for how American universities teach students.
Harvard’s long-ago student risings
A century of occasional unrest at American colleges reflected a time of unbridled liberty and questionable self-discipline.
At Eliot House, the river House named for Harvard’s longest-serving president, crew is king.
Cabot House is putting on a production of "The Wizard of Oz" on April 20-21 and 26-28.
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This year, Harvard is celebrating the 375th anniversary of the founding of Harvard College in 1636. Visit the official 375th website for more information about the University-wide celebration.
Harvard undergraduates gleefully covered one another in bright colors on in observance of Holi, the Hindu celebration of spring.
Harvard's Housing Day came full force to Quincy House, as students colorfully welcomed new residents.
Freshmen, who spend their first year on campus in dormitories in Harvard Yard, were each sorted into one of Harvard’s 12 upperclass Houses today.
The Lowell House Speeches, initiated last year by resident tutor Sandy Alexander, are an opportunity for students to practice public discourse, while at the same time giving housemates a more personal glimpse into the lives of people they may recognize only in passing.
The Colonies’ first printing press, in operation by 1638, was the instrument behind New England’s first literary flowering.
In Eliot House, interested students flock to a basement woodshop to construct tables, boxes, or chairs, to turn vases or bowls, or to create other works.
Harvard students and staff were drawn to Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year, actor and writer Jason Segel, when he visited Harvard on Friday.
Tommy Lee Jones named Arts Medalist
Actor and director Tommy Lee Jones ’69 is the recipient of the 2012 Harvard Arts Medal, which will be awarded by Harvard President Drew Faust on April 26.
Currier, Pforzheimer, and Cabot Houses border the Quad, but mostly it belongs to Cabot House, which has residences on three of the four sides.
Claire Danes, who has won back-to-back Golden Globe awards as Best Actress, can now add another trophy to her collection, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ Pudding Pot, which she received today following a Harvard tour, parade, and traditional roast.
Jason Segel named Man of the Year
The Hasty Pudding Theatricals has named Jason Segel as its 2012 Man of the Year.
The Hasty Pudding Theatricals names actress Claire Danes as its 2012 Woman of the Year.
A Winthrop House tradition retakes the airwaves, as WHRB rebroadcasts professor’s defense of Christmas anti-hero Ebenezer Scrooge.
With the holidays nigh, Lowell House residents celebrated with the Yule Dinner, where they observed some pagan traditions such as "bringing greens into homes at midwinter, kindling lights and fires at the darkest time of year, and feasting at table with loved ones," according to House Master Diana Eck.
Quincy House master Deb Gehrke oversees an annual painting salon called Deb's Paint Bar.
In Cabot House, a new café quickly becomes a familiar gathering place.
Lowell House is full of history, and at a recent High Table dinner, former residents of the House mingled with current residents for a night of eat, drink, and entertainment.
A Winthrop House suite that once housed the young John F. Kennedy gets a facelift, and recreates the room as the future U.S leader would have known it.
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