Word: elitist
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...think it’s wonderful to be an elitist,” says John I. Simon ’46. “You shouldn’t eat shit when you can eat caviar.” Perhaps it’s all the talk of theater, but my drama-class instincts come rushing back when I hear him say the E-word so proudly, and I do a double take. But I shouldn’t be surprised; we’ve been dancing around the question of elitism all evening.And for good reason. No mere triple...
...can’t deny that elitism exists on this campus and that there is an audience for the nonsense contained in the magazine. Thus, I believe it is unfair to criticize Scene simply for being elitist, and I find it highly unfortunate that Kavulla and Mahtani placed such an emphasis on the role of the editors’ fathers in funding the magazine. Our objections should be grounded not in the publication’s air of superiority (and inconsistent typos), but in its failure to capture the true diversity of the Harvard “scene...
...want to be a housewife. And although I come from Alabama, a state “where not very many students come to Harvard,” I usually don’t refer to people who live in New England as “a bunch of elitist northern Yankees,” as Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 says many other students from similar states...
More troubling for admissions officers is the persistence of Harvard’s elitist image, which remains a powerful force in the culture...
...state recently where not very many students come to Harvard,” Fitzsimmons says. “A number of people said, ‘Why should we even think about going up to that ridiculous cold weather with a bunch of elitist northern Yankees?’ And so forth and so on. ‘Why shouldn’t I just go to state university which is terrific and everybody has a wonderful time...