For the publisher, see Lowell House (publisher). Lowell House was a publishing company in the United States It was purchased in the 1990's

The sky-blue bell tower of Lowell House

Lowell House is one of the twelve undergraduate residential houses at Harvard University for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Named for the prominent Lowell family, it was built in 1930 as part of Harvard President Abbott Lawrence Lowell's drive to provide housing for all Harvard students. Abbott Lawrence Lowell ( January 1, 1856 &ndash January 6, 1943) was a U Prior to his tenure, most students were housed in privately run dormitories; these became so competitively lavish that the area between Mt. Auburn Street and Massachusetts Avenue, just south of Harvard Yard, was once known as the Gold Coast.

Lowell House is home to a number of curious and longstanding traditions, including Thursday Teas at the Masters' Residence, a May Day Waltz at dawn on Weeks Footbridge, the yearly Lowell House Opera held in the dining hall, and the annual playing of the 1812 Overture in the House courtyard during Arts First weekend. May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several Public holidays In many countries May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour The waltz is a ballroom and folk Dance in time, performed primarily in Closed position. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote the Festival Overture "The Year 1812" in E major, Op Arts First is a celebration held at Harvard University each May that includes performances or shows involving virtually every musical theatrical and artistic group on campus During the latter, students who do not play orchestral instruments are encouraged to contribute on kazoos, and in lieu of cannons, the House chemistry tutor explodes hydrogen gas-filled balloons. The kazoo is a simple Musical instrument ( Membranophone) that adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to a player's voice when one vocalizes into it | NOTE Throughout this article "cannon" is used as BOTH the || singular and plural Chemistry (from Egyptian kēme (chem meaning "earth") is the Science concerned with the composition structure and properties Hydrogen (ˈhaɪdrədʒən is the Chemical element with Atomic number 1 Each spring, Lowell House also holds the Bacchanalia Formal that typically features a live swing band in the courtyard, a beautiful reception in the JCR, a DJ in the dining hall, and a promotional website riddled with typographical errors.

Lowell House in winter.

Lowell House's Sister College at Yale is Pierson College. Pierson College (PC is a residential college founded in 1933 at Yale University.

The current Masters of Lowell House are Diana L. Eck and Dorothy Austin. Diana L Eck (b 1945 in Bozeman, Montana) is Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, as well as a Master of Lowell House The Allston Burr Resident Dean is Ryan Spoering. The Allston Burr Resident Dean, or simply the Resident Dean, is the highest-ranking academic officer of an undergraduate House at Harvard College.

Notable Lowell alumni include John Berendt, Harry Blackmun, Michael Crichton, Christopher Damm, Matt Damon, Walter Isaacson, Vanessa Lann, Tom Lehrer, Alan Jay Lerner, Robert Lowell, Nicholas Kristof, Anthony Lewis, Crown Princess Masako, Natalie Portman, Frank Rich, David Souter, John Updike, David Vitter, Chris Wallace, Andrew Weil, and Ned Lamont. John Berendt (born 1939 is an American Author, known for writing the best-selling Non-fiction book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Harry Andrew Blackmun ( November 12, 1908 &ndash March 4, 1999) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States John Michael Crichton, ˈkraɪtən, (born October 23 1942 is an American author Film producer, Film director, Medical doctor, and Television producer Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8 1970 is an American Actor and Philanthropist. Walter Isaacson (born May 20 1952, in New Orleans Louisiana) is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute. Vanessa Lann (Born in Brooklyn, USA in 1968 has been a composer and pianist since the age of five Thomas Andrew "Tom" Lehrer (born April 9 1928)is an American Singer-songwriter, satirist, Pianist, and mathematician Alan Jay Lerner ( August 31, 1918 &ndash June 14, 1986) was an American Broadway Lyricist and Librettist Robert Lowell (March 1 1917&ndashSeptember 12 1977 born Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV, was an American Poet whose works confessional in nature Nicholas Donabet Kristof (born April 27, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American Journalist, Author, op-ed Anthony Lewis (born March 27, 1927, New York City) is a prominent liberal intellectual writing for The New York Times op-ed Childhood She was born, the eldest of Hisashi Owada, a senior Diplomat. Natalie Portman (נטלי פורטמן born Natalie Hershlag June 9 1981 is an Israeli American Actress. Frank Rich (born June 2, 1949 in Washington DC) is a Columnist for The New York Times who focuses on American politics For the Australian artist see David Henry Souter. David Hackett Souter (ˈsutɚ born September 17, 1939) has been an John Hoyer Updike (born March 18 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an American Novelist, Poet, Short story David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Louisiana and a member of the Republican Party Christopher or Chris Wallace may refer to Christopher Wallace (British Army officer, a retired British Army general and current trustee of the Imperial Andrew Thomas Weil (born 1942) is an American Author and Physician, best known for establishing and popularizing the field of integrative Edward Miner "Ned" Lamont Jr (born January 3, 1954

The bells

One of the more distinctive features of Lowell House is the presence of a set of Russian bells in a tower above the House, one of only a handful of complete sets of pre-revolutionary Russian bells left in the world. The set was bought around 1930 by Chicago industrialist Charles R. Crane in order to save the bells from being melted down by Soviet authorities. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Richard Crane or Charles R Crane (1858-1939 of Chicago was a wealthy philanthropical American Arabist, who had business knowledge of Eastern Europe Crane is reputed to have bought the bells for the price of their bronze content. When Lowell House was built, Crane donated the set of 18 bells to Harvard (only 17 are in the House today; the 18th was thought to be too close in tone to one of the others, and it now hangs in the tower of Harvard Business School's Baker Library). Harvard Business School ( HBS) is a renowned Business school in the United States

The bells originally came from the Danilov Monastery in Moscow, now the seat of the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. Danilov Monastery, in full Svyato-Danilov Monastery or Holy Danilov Monastery (Данилов монастырь, Свято-Данилов монастырь in Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of They range in weight from 22 pounds (10 kg) to 26,700 pounds (12,100 kg) (the largest bell is known as "Mother Earth"). The bells are consecrated, and are of great significance to the Russian Orthodox Church, where bells are regularly rung as part of the liturgy. At Harvard, the bells are rung every Sunday from 1:00 to 1:15 pm, and on certain special occasions, by an interested group of Lowell residents known as the Klappermeisters. The Bells had been rung for generations of students, for instance, following the Harvard-Yale football game, with Harvard's score rung on the "Mother Earth Bell" and Yale's rung on the "Bell of Pestilence, Famine, and Despair. The Game (always capitalized is a title given to several US College football rivalry games but most particularly the annual contest between Harvard " Visitors are welcome. They can also be heard on the Lowell House Virtual Bell Tower.

With the revival of Christianity in Russia and the reopening of the Danilov Monastery, a request had been made for the return of the bells to Moscow. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Although the bells' legal ownership is not in dispute, Lowell House and the Danilov Monastery have been involved in negotiations over the past few years about a possible repatriation, and a deal was finalized whereby Harvard would receive newly cast Russian bells that arrived in fall 2007, and will be hung in spring 2008 at which point the historic bells will return to Russia (bell-making is an expanding industry in Russia). The bell at the Harvard Business School was replaced in August 2007 with a newly cast bell, and is now on its way to Moscow. Harvard Business School ( HBS) is a renowned Business school in the United States A symposium on the art, culture, and history of the bells and of Russian bellringing will be held at that time. ^[1]

This exchange is made possible by the financial and administrative support of the Link of Times Foundation, founded by the Russian industrialist Victor Vekselberg, and directed by Vladimir Voronchenko. Viktor Felixovich Vekselberg (Виктор Феликсович Вексельберг born April 14, 1957, Drohobych, Ukraine, Soviet

External links

• Lowell House
• Lowell House Committee
• Lowell Bacchanalia

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