News

Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties

News

Harvard College Students Report Favoring Divestment from Israel in HUA Survey

News

‘He Should Resign’: Harvard Undergrads Take Hard Line Against Summers Over Epstein Scandal

News

Harvard To Launch New Investigation Into Epstein’s Ties to Summers, Other University Affiliates

News

Harvard Students To Vote on Divestment From Israel in Inaugural HUA Election Survey

Term Bill Paid... In Silver Dollars

NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED

Spring weather and a minute knowledge of currency laws went to the head of Harold O.J. Brown'53 last Friday, as he walked into Lehman Hall with 670 silver dollars to pay his term bill.

University finance officials took a dim view of Brown's spring lark, and promptly provided him with a police escort to Dean Watson's office. Watson, conversant with fiduciary matters, gracefully accepted the silver dollars, explaining: "Refusal to accept legal lender in discharge of a debt would make that debt null and void."

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

Tags