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“Disorder prevention,” 1963

One of the contrasts that never fails to entertain is the one between undergraduate hijinks and the serious discussion thereof by senior administrators. This one is a classic, with the Committee on Outdoor Sports handing down their verdict on Sammy regulations:

Some of these guys would have passed out if they’d seen the MOB.

Bonus: As you can well see, the correspondence is addressed to Doug Harlan ’64.  Thinking about it for a few moments I realized I have the perfect image for this post. It was taken in 1961, when Harlan was a freshman. I believe that’s him, second from left.

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