Talk:Adams House (Harvard College)

Motto

I changed the translation of alteri seculo from "future generations" to "a future generation." "Future generations" in this context would be alteribus seculis, I believe. Interlingua 03:25, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Reputation

We might need to change this section:

"Before Harvard opted to use a random system to assign housing to upperclassmen in the 1990s, students chose their houses based on many factors, including house personality. Adams was considered the artistic and literary house, as well as the most gay-friendly."

I say this because I was talking to some alumni who mentioned that in the 70s Adams was a jock house. Although late 80s it was artsy, gothy, dress-in-black, literary, I bet if we surveyed more alumni we'd find different personalities during different periods.

--Kit 00:15, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the input but I think these alumni were wrong. In 1979, when I was a freshman at Harvard, Adams had a strong reputation as being the most artsy, intellectual and gay-friendly house at Harvard. Graduate students who had been residents there since at least 1975 explained that when they moved there, this reputation was already well-established. Of course, there were some jocks at Adams, but not many and they tended to also fit in with the general bohemian atmosphere.

I think at Harvard there's a tendency for some alumni to produce "contrarian urban myths": in the 70s and 80s, Kirkland was the jock house but some people said they'd met alumni who insisted it was the gay house in the 50s and 60s. However, when I worked at reunions and talked with alumni who'd been there at that time, they didn't support this. Interlingua ^{talk email} 13:14, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

• That black-tie reading: isn't it actually Winnie Ille Pu that is declaimed? --Wetman 06:27, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Alan Keyes Discrepancy

I have noticed a slight discrepancy between this page and the Alan Keyes page. A quick link to his page will read that Keys was housed in the Winthrop House not Adams. Count of Cascadia 05:21, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protection?

This article is at risk of vandalism and has already suffered such in the past couple of days.... 140.247.255.130 (talk) 15:31, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm watching it and will take appropriate action if the vandalism continues. Ucucha (talk) 15:53, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

merger proposal to List of Harvard residence houses and dormitories

There's a proposal to merge this article into a larger one to be created, List of Harvard residence houses and dormitories. Discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mather House (Harvard University). The larger list-article could possibly be created by moving List of Harvard College freshman dormitories to the new title, then merging in info about this and 12 other residence houses. Comment at the discussion there, not here. Please consider Wikipedia policy and guidelines if you comment. Note that wp:GNG standard requires substantial coverage in independent reliable sources, for a topic to have a separate Wikipedia article. --doncram 21:13, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

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Lisa Randall

Lisa Randall lived in Dunster House as an undergraduate, although she might have transferred in from Adams, or lived in Adams as a graduate student or professor. The claim that she was an Adams House resident needs verification. Bruxism (talk) 00:25, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

House Shield

Hi all, the shield on Adams House's website is very different than the one on its wikipedia page both in color and design. See here: https://adamshouse.harvard.edu/house-facts Siacobus (talk) 19:03, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

@Siacobus, they look similar to me. Our file page says "This coat of arms was drawn based on its blazon which – being a written description – is free from copyright". On Wikipedia we favour free files. @Hstoops is the creator, they might like to elaborate more. Commander Keane (talk) 19:37, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

got it! Siacobus (talk) 19:45, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi, the colors were based on this image. Seems that over the years the shade of color has been changing (between orangish and yellowish). I've updated the color to better reflect the one in use now. I can't replicate the design identically as it would infringe with copyright (even though I love to vectorize stuff as it is). Instead, it's based on its official blazon which states: "five sprigs of oak gules in saltire, each with a single leaf and an acorn" and the current oaks (even if stylistically different) are heraldically accurate.

I must also confess that I have a lot of flexibility color-wise. If you see, the shields of Adams House, Cabot House and Dudley House all have "or" backgrounds, yet their yellow color is different to each other. That is, even though Wikipedia prefers the sodocan style where all the heraldic colors are standardized, I tried to make it have a minimum resemblance to the actual official shields.

Some examples of bringing "sodocanism" too far include the shield of Columbia university. The colors and the style have little resemblance to the actual design . But Wikipedia doesn't prioritize style but heraldic accuracy (if it follows accurately the blazon) as the blazon is inegible of copyright. Hstoops (talk) 23:04, 31 October 2024 (UTC)