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Resident Tutor '84-'92

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Vol. 3, No 1: Autumn 2012

By the dawn's early light: a quiet moment in the Adams Library. Photo courtesy Paul Lowry

In This Issue:

The C-entry gateway: The Beginning and the End

Selected Letters from Our Readers

Letter from Cambridge
The Ultimate Final Club
Michael Weishan '86

The View from Apthorp
Judy and Sean Palfrey

The Homogenization of Harvard
Antone Martinho '13

A tutor's Tale: When House is Home
Ever wonder what being a tutor at Adams would be like? Our own normally staid Sean M. Lynn-Jones reveals the madness behind the mask.

How Harvard Invented Modern Football
Yes, we Harvardians love to take credit for almost everything, but in this case it's deserved, at least, serendipitously.

A House Remembered, Part II
Robert Kiely
In the continuation of his Adams memoirs, former Master Bob Kiely looks back on the second half of his two-plus decades at the helm of Adams.