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While the Class of 1990 will probably go through the same system, future classes may see some revisions in the process of choosing and being assigned to the upperclass houses. Suggestions range from making the lottery totally random to allowing freshmen to know what houses still have room for them when they make their choices. But as Elaine C. Crespo '89 said upon hearing that her rooming group would be one of the last hundred out of the 529 to choose a house: "It won't make the Quad any closer...
What Harvard couldn't control, was the naturalprocess of our growth outside of achievement. Itprovided stimulants almost at random; the coursecatalog, posters announcing speeches and events,and assigned rooming groups freshman year wereamong Harvard's provision of organizedopportunity. But no one could influence whoultimately became our confidants, what we saw inthe city, or where our bodies decided to take ourminds. Nothing can define our experiences atHarvard except the lives which will become ours.For now, it is almost excessive to try to assesswhy we came, and why we came to what...
...Random House; 267 pages...
...pages; Random House...
...Random House; 291 pages...