Commentary
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Football: The Tapestry
David C.K. McClelland’s famous Lampoon cover
by Craig Lambert
![Charles Brickley, 1914](/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_teaser_wide/public/2023-10/HM_ND23_art_Page_43_Image_0001.jpg?h=cd8a8496&itok=I4vZIRGf)
Harvard’s G.O.A.T.
Remembering Charlie Brickley at the Crimson’s football sesquicentennial
by Dick Friedman
![Humorous illustration of Harvard Yard with Widener Library and University Hall; between the two buildings there is a swimming pool and people enjoying the pool.](/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_teaser_wide/public/2023-10/HM_ND23_art_Page_25_Image_0001.jpg?h=f446db1d&itok=EbJcMirh)
Yesterday’s News
Courses in swimming pool management and table-waiting—with an eye toward summer employment
Legacies’ Legacy
Adapting admissions to new socioeconomic and political circumstances
![Claudine Gay at the podium addresses audience](/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_teaser_wide/public/2023-09/IMG_3480_sm_sm.jpg?h=c62938ae&itok=yBNd9V1j)
“The Promise of This New Presidency”
Harvard officially installs Claudine Gay, its thirtieth leader.
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A “Romper Room” Diploma
President Claudine Gay’s first semester-opening Morning Prayers
by John S. Rosenberg
Cambridge 02138
Affirmative action, climate change, undergraduate options
Reading the Tea Leaves
The messages and meanings of Harvard’s presidential installations
Yesterday’s News
A coin toss forecasts a surprising football score.
In Defense of Liberal Arts
A semester abroad clarifies the value of the curriculum back home.
by Sofia Andrade