News

When Professors Speak Out, Some Students Stay Quiet. Can Harvard Keep Everyone Talking?

News

Allston Residents, Elected Officials Ask for More Benefits from Harvard’s 10-Year Plan

News

Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin Warns of Federal Data Misuse at IOP Forum

News

Woman Rescued from Freezing Charles River, Transported to Hospital with Serious Injuries

News

Harvard Researchers Develop New Technology to Map Neural Connections

Pudding Hi-Jinks by Remote Control Rate Special Delivery

NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED

From the notoriously tipsy rail of the Hasty Pudding Bar to an equally tipsy railing of an American destroyer in the British Channel wasn't too far for one candidate for that venerable Institution. Called to his ensign's berth while still a nominee, he was elected by the lads he left behind him soon after his departure. His proud parents cabled a joyful if cryptic note: "Hasty Pudding. Congratulations!"

Mistaken for the highest code in the U.S. Intelligence files, CINCRTO dispatched a plane post haste to deliver the vital missive in a hollow bomb. Fortunately, it arrived in time for a wardroom celebration on the last two inches of scotch in the medical officer's stores.

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

Tags