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Harvard Lights And Shadows: College Sketches In War Times by Victor Rine. A satirical collection of college sketches written during wartime, centered on Harvard and the life of students, faculty, and graduates. The book unfolds around Randall Hall's square table, where professors, prodigies, journalists, and aspirant graduates gather to test ideas about education, scholarship, and the world beyond the campus. Through episodes such as Ramblings, The Grad as Aspirant, Milestones, Senior Disparagement, In Memory of the Professor, Aftermath Revelries, and Chips of Scholarship, the author artists an intimate portrait of ego-centric scholars, idealists, and dreamers navigating the pressures of war-time academia. It critiques the university's disconnect from practical life, advocates for closer ties between scholarship and public life, and imagines a democratized, more engaged higher education. With wit, warmth, and a pungent eye for social realities, Harvard Lights And Shadows remains a sharp, memorable meditation on college culture in war times.
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