Word: differentation
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The residential system led to the establishment of certain stereotypes of Houses, sometimes isolating students who might have different interests from the mainstream culture of that House, some administrators said.
Yet some alumni remembered their undergraduate days as times when they were able to celebrate each House’s independent culture—when each House represented a different home for a distinct group of students.
“You have no idea how different the ’50s were from the ’60s,” he said.
Derek M. Flanzraich ’10 recalls how his blocking group became close to a blocking group that had very different tastes from his own.
“It started—I think—when I lost a case and I was feeling sorry for myself and I went out and took a run and thought I ought to think about something different,” he recalls.