News

In Fight Against Trump, Harvard Goes From Media Lockdown to the Limelight

News

The Changing Meaning and Lasting Power of the Harvard Name

News

Can Harvard Bring Students’ Focus Back to the Classroom?

News

Harvard Activists Have a New Reason To Protest. Does Palestine Fit In?

News

Strings Attached: How Harvard’s Wealthiest Alumni Are Reshaping University Giving

SWIM SEEKER SQUELCHED DURING SACRILEGIOUS SALLY

NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED

When the new swimming pool was opened, as Alumnus Aquatics expressed it, to "the boys" last Monday, the race to see who would be first of them to break the water was keen. But rumor hath it that they had been preceded.

One undergraduate, it seems, wanted to swim on Sunday. Scaling a rear wall, he squeezed through a narrow window, smiled triumphantly, and let go.

His aquatic ardor was effectively quenched when he found that a premature dip in the foot bath was hardly pleasant--especially when fully dressed.

Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.

Tags