Widener Exhibits Model of University '36

Been up to Widener lately?

There's a now exhibition just to the left of the main stairway that's been drawing more glances than the New Look. It's a model of the University as it looked in 1936, constructed to the scale of 50 feet to the inch by Theodore B. Pitman '14 and his associates. Built in celebration of the Tercentenary year 1936, the current model will be augmented later by two more views, showing Harvard as it looked in 1677 and in 1775.

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Since the lights went on in the glassed-in case Monday, crowds four and five deep have jammed the alcove in Widener. "We were thinking of selling tickets," said one library official jokingly. Reaction to the model is somewhat standardized.

After gasping something like "Amazing, isn't it?" most observers, particularly the men, begin pinpointing items which are not included in the panoramic view.

One undergraduate announced that he was "going to look at this some more." He'll have plenty of time. The Pitman models are to become permanent fixtures at Widener.