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...primary duty of a foosmaster is to organize house-wide tournaments. In the fall, the duties of a foosmaster extend to making sure that Quincy??s tables are in working order—a task that includes replacing broken figurines and lubricating the tables’ metal rods...
...raging are the hormones in Quincy House? Chapman is hesitant to say. “Quincy??s a great House, but I don’t think its especially charged,” she says. “I actually think Harvard is pretty tame as a school. You guys only have so much energy, and a lot of you are putting all you’ve got into schoolwork and extracurriculars...
...success of Quincy??s Stein Club may hinge on the attitudes of sophomores, he says...
...Quincy: Quincy??s first master, Professor John M. Bullitt, chose the Quincy House coat-of-arms after consulting with Professor Mark DeWolfe Howe, a lineal descendent of President Josiah Quincy. The Quincy shield consists of a red background with seven mascles (lozenges) in gold. The term mascle is from Latin “maculus” meaning “spot,” which in this context means a mesh in chain-mail. The term mail is not approved by heraldic experts because it leaves some ambiguity as to whether the lozenges are hollow or filled. However...
...Quincy House residents conducted on Sunday suggests that everyone is confused by this mask-wearing trio. Neighbor Phillip M. Chan ’03 observed that the three “seem like pretty socially active guys.” Having noticed the unusual costume following one of Quincy??s recent nighttime fire alarms, Chan speculated that “maybe they were protesting against the fire drill.” Crimson editor and Quincy resident Harriett E. Green ’03 saw the trio in the dining hall. She suspected that the protest was either anthrax...