No More Byerly :(

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>From today's Crimson:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512334%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512334&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Next September, Byerly Hall—the building that is the focus of every prospective student’s attention—will be housed in three different locations: the Agassiz House, the Cronkhite Center, and the Holyoke Center. </p>

<p>Starting next year, undergraduate admissions will use the Aggasiz House’s first floor as its principle reception and greeting area, while moving its administrative and financial aid offices to the Cronkhite Center at 86 Brattle Street. The actual undergraduate admissions administration will occupy the ground and first floors of the Cronkhite Center, while the upper floors will continue to house graduate students. </p>

<p>The administrative, admissions, and financial aid offices for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will now occupy the third floor of the Holyoke Center. </p>

<p>This move will be the first time in over a quarter of a century that the admissions office has moved.</p>

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<p>A move that is long overdue. Byerly Hall is a warren of ill-connected, undersized offices that are bursting at the seams.</p>

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<p>hehe. Thought at first that you meant Byerly the user here, and I'm not gonna lie, I got kind of sad.</p>

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<p>who the hell is byerly anyways? LIke the actual person the building got named after. A president or dean?</p>

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<p>"hehe. Thought at first that you meant Byerly the user here, and I'm not gonna lie, I got kind of sad."</p>

<p>lol yeah me too</p>

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<p>No. It's a little-known fact that Byerly Hall was named after our Byerly, and not, as is commonly-believed, the other way around :)</p>

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<p><<<blushes!>>></blushes!></p>

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hehe. Thought at first that you meant Byerly the user here, and I'm not gonna lie, I got kind of sad.

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Aww. Me too.</p>

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<p>,,,its named after William Elwood Byerly 1849-1935 Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 13 December, 1849. Graduated at Harvard in 1871, Assistant professor of mathematics at Cornell University in 1873-1876, Assistant professor at Harvard in 1876-1881, Full professor in 1881. Perkins Professor of Mathematics from 1906-1913 Published "Elements of Differential Calculus" (Boston, 1879); "Elements of Integral Calculus" (1881); Syllabi of the Harvard courses in plane trigonometry, analytical geometry, equations, and methods in analytic geometry.</p>

<p>Byerly earned the first PhD granted by Harvard, in 1873. Byerly Hall was the original location of the graduate school.</p>

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<p>haha i also thought you meant byerly the person too. don't leave us, byerly. the loss of one is enough.</p>

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It's a little-known fact that Byerly Hall was named after our Byerly, and not, as is commonly-believed, the other way around.

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<p>LOL! </p>

<p>Last year I couldn't resist suggesting (on 1 April 2005) that Byerly, our CC participant, was Larry Summers helping along the discussion here. If our Byerly did become president of Harvard, I guess the president of Harvard would still be a good news-maker.</p>

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<p>Compare:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/03/23/summerss_fans_bid_for_leftovers_in_ebay_auction/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/03/23/summerss_fans_bid_for_leftovers_in_ebay_auction/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I, too, thought the title suggested that Byerly, the person, is leaving. That would have been sad.</p>

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<p>yea, extremely sad indeed.</p>

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<p>Everyone is into different things.</p>

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<p>Thanks for keeping me humble. jose!</p>

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<p>got sad too, dammit</p>

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<p>Wow, I saw the thread title and was like, "Damn, two dead posters in a week?!" What would we do without Byerly's wit :(</p>

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<p>Sorry about the ambiguous thread title (though yes, it was intentional). I join those who are happy that we aren't losing Byerly the person. I just hope he doesn't feel compelled to change his screen name next year to Agassiz or Cronkhite! :)</p>

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<p>..I believe it was Justice Oliver Wendall Holmes who observed that freedom of speech does not grant one license to cry "fire" in a crowded theater!</p>