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Sep. 16th, 2011
this head cold is leaving me vulnerable.
Sep. 16th, 2011 10:41 pmSo I've been surfing the Wikipedias, like you do. Ended up at an article about the Yale Precision Marching Band, in which a friend of mine played the kazoo for a short time in 1995. And I am now full of sniffles because of the Cornell game of 1973.
Here's what happened. In May 1973, Harvard Law professor Archibald Cox was appointed special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate break-ins. He subpoenaed recordings from the Oval Office, which President Nixon initially refused to produce. On October 19, 1973, Nixon offered to have the tapes reviewed and summarized for the special prosecutor by a (mostly-deaf) senator. Cox refused this compromise.
Then followed the Saturday Night Massacre. On October 20, Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson (Harvard '41) to fire Cox. Richardson resigned in protest rather than carry out the order. Nixon then ordered Deputy AG William Ruckelshaus (Harvard Law LLB '60) to fire Cox. Ruckelshaus resigned in protest rather than carry out the order. Nixon then ordered Solicitor General Robert Bork (who had been a law professor at Yale) to fire Cox. Bork considered resigning to avoid the appearance of doing the president's bidding without question, although he didn't actually object to the order; Richardson persuaded him to stay so at least there'd be someone at DoJ who had the faintest idea how the place worked. So Bork did dismiss Cox as special prosecutor.
On October 27, 1973, at halftime in the Cornell-Yale game, the Yale Precision Marching Band formed an H at midfield and played "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard." ... It's not quite playing Harvard's fight song at the Harvard-Yale game, nor is it Man U singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" at Liverpool or anything like that, but it still chokes me up.
Here's what happened. In May 1973, Harvard Law professor Archibald Cox was appointed special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate break-ins. He subpoenaed recordings from the Oval Office, which President Nixon initially refused to produce. On October 19, 1973, Nixon offered to have the tapes reviewed and summarized for the special prosecutor by a (mostly-deaf) senator. Cox refused this compromise.
Then followed the Saturday Night Massacre. On October 20, Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson (Harvard '41) to fire Cox. Richardson resigned in protest rather than carry out the order. Nixon then ordered Deputy AG William Ruckelshaus (Harvard Law LLB '60) to fire Cox. Ruckelshaus resigned in protest rather than carry out the order. Nixon then ordered Solicitor General Robert Bork (who had been a law professor at Yale) to fire Cox. Bork considered resigning to avoid the appearance of doing the president's bidding without question, although he didn't actually object to the order; Richardson persuaded him to stay so at least there'd be someone at DoJ who had the faintest idea how the place worked. So Bork did dismiss Cox as special prosecutor.
On October 27, 1973, at halftime in the Cornell-Yale game, the Yale Precision Marching Band formed an H at midfield and played "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard." ... It's not quite playing Harvard's fight song at the Harvard-Yale game, nor is it Man U singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" at Liverpool or anything like that, but it still chokes me up.
