Word: harvardianus
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...Tempestas nobis arridet. O ver Plautinum! O collegium Harvardianum, nuper modestum morum bonorum praesidium, nunc vividum alacris motus gymnasium! Cavete igitur vos decani decanulique--"non intret Cato theatrum meum"--nec non vos, o septum novi homines qui ad spinosam Lapparum tutelam elevati estis. Quae enim saga Radcliffiensis, quis magus Harvardianus pollenti pectore nunc praesentire potest quam mira et magna Plautus et Bacchus et fervidus ille puer et solutis Gratiae zonis in campo et area nostria iamiam effecturi sint? Nam hac in fabula Plautina est quidam filius qui scortillum venustum perdite amat; est fili pater, decrepitus senex, qui una cum filio...
Often it takes several years before the Genus Harvardianus sees the light and follows Horace Greeley's advice. Somewhere off in the wilds of New England lie Smith and Bennington, the one 90 miles away, the other 200. Then, just across the state border lies the third of the green field trio, Vassar, 213.5 miles from Cambridge. These three colleges are inhabited by Powers-worthy beauties and an unfortunate number of Yale, Princeton, Amherst, Williams, and Dartmouth men. Their very difficulty of attainment lends them a charm...
...tradition of almost three hundred years standing is broken on the plague in the New Memorial Chapel commemorating the three Harvard men who died during the World War on the side of the Central Powers. E. K. Rand '94. Pope Professor of Latin, stated last night that the form "Harvardianus-a-um" was the approved Latin equivalent of the adjective "Harvard." But the plaque uses the third declension adjective in the inscription, thus: "Universitas Harvardiensis." "Harvardiana" is used on the Harvard seal and as the title of the famous Crimson football song...