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Harvard Startling Reflections From a Cambridge Student
Frank Bergquist, a Harvard freshman from Cambridge Massachusetts, writes of first impressions at Harvard detailing the yard atmosphere old buildings and the aim of liberal education. He notes President Eliot and a scholarly faculty shaping instruction and reflects on college life and western entrants adjusting to eastern ways. He also mentions campus charm and the saying you can tell a Harvard man but you cannot tell him much.
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