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A gorgeous maple stands out against the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Completed in 1962, the Carpenter Center is the lone building in the U.S. designed by the architect Le Corbusier, and one of just two in the Americas. Photos by Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer
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The season of the soul
Autumn’s falling leaves and temperatures bring bustle and melancholy
Gone are the warm, carefree days of summer; the cool, crisp air of a new season brings with it winds of change, and fall has arrived. Foliage turns gold and crimson before our eyes, and the tempo of life quickens with the bustle of a new academic year. It is a time of harvest, of corn and apples and pumpkins, culminating in a shared celebration of giving thanks. With fall comes football, of course, with blankets and scarves to warm us, and crew races to cheer from the banks of the Charles. But autumn also brings nostalgia and melancholy, as trees become bare, and days shorten. Sunlight fades; the chill and bleakness of winter lie not far ahead. So it is with mixed feelings that we embrace a new season, while wistfully remembering warmer and lighter times so recently gone past.
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Yellow leaves overhang a fence running beside Bryan Hall adjacent to Kirkland House, with the Malkin Athletic Center in the background. Students in polka dots and houndstooth descend the leaf-covered steps beside Houghton Library.
Nicholas Nesbit from Harvard Extension School enjoys some leaf time with his daughter Roisian, 2, while waiting for the football game against Dartmouth to begin.
First-years Alex Baker and Brendan Kiely shout their support as the Harvard heavyweight eight pass beneath the Weeks Footbridge on Oct. 20. Athena Ye ‘23 makes her way to the footbridge to cheer on her team.
Molly Lesser ’20, co-captain of the Radcliffe varsity lightweight team, and teammates including Analysia Watley ’21, rear, hoist their boat into Weld Boathouse. Lyndzy Passmore, who rows for the E.O. Smith High School in Mansfield, Conn., watches the races with her dog, Lulu.
Herb Motley ’65 (center) with arm upraised, leads classmates including Forester Clark ’58 (right) in Harvard fight songs prior to the game. Clark played football for Harvard while a student.
Ben Abercrombie ’23 and his father, Marty, enjoy a moment on the sideline during the game. Abercrombie was injured playing in his first varsity game two years ago, and is currently living on campus and taking courses. A Harvard grandmother cheers on the Crimson.
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Dean Rakesh Khurana should be pleased with the pumpkin carved in his honor by Wigglesworth first-years. The jack o’ lanterns were displayed at Annenberg Hall on Halloween.
