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...University has been negotiating on and off since 1958 to purchase the site, its first choice for location of the tenth House called for in the Program for Harvard College. In the past, the Administration has offered as much as $5 million, approximately one million above market value...

Author: By Peter S. Britell, | Title: House May Authorize Study of MTA Land Sale | 3/7/1961 | See Source »

...native Arras, in a state of intoxication) robbed the traditional Miracle Play of any seriousness it may have had. His motto was: Christianity can be Fun. He inverted the structure of the Miracle Play, placing the emphasis on the pagans and the thieves, giving the Christians at most a tenth of the lines. And before and after the beheading, torture, crucifixion, or any other horrific maltreatment of the Christian Crusaders, Bodel has a sweetly smiling Angel descend to the stage to tell them about the better life to which they are, forthwith, going...

Author: By Allan Katz, | Title: Le Jeu de Saint Nicolas | 3/4/1961 | See Source »

...intend to go to graduate school. Over the past decade the graduate school trend has centered increasingly on the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. This change is particularly significant because, although Harvard has contributed more men to Who's Who than any other college, it has ranked about tenth in production of scholars...

Author: By Stephen F. Jencks, | Title: The Vale of Academe | 3/3/1961 | See Source »

Gradually, Henk's solitary practice began to take effect. By last February, at the age of 19, Henk had become good enough to finish tenth in the 500-meter sprint at the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. The taste of success made him train all the harder. With his own special diet (no onions or fats), he built himself into a wiry 150 lbs. He often got a free hour from his job as an auto mechanic to do some road work, but he needed to practice on ice. Last year Henk took his fiancee and headed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Silver Skates | 3/3/1961 | See Source »

...time, there will be a tenth House," Pusey said. The President mentioned the desirability of the MTA Yard as a location for a House, pointing out its proximity to the Yard, to Soldiers Field, and to the Loeb Drama Center. There is no act date after which the University will look elsewhere for land, Pusey stated...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Pusey Insists Expansion Prevented by Facilities | 2/23/1961 | See Source »

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