A look inside Kirkland House
President Abbott Lawrence Lowell, in his report to the Harvard Corporation in 1927–28, said, “Such a residential House, where members of the three upper classes live together, gives an opportunity for contact in cultured surroundings of younger with older undergraduates, and both with instructors. This happens here now only to a limited extent: yet it is an extremely valuable factor in a true education.” Almost 100 years later, current President Drew Faust has said of the Houses, “They are the locus where teaching, learning, advising, and vibrant community all intersect.” Kirkland House, home of co-Masters Tom and Verena Conley, is all of the above and more. The following “Ode to Kirkland” was penned by onetime resident Eric Lesser ’07, and the accompanying photos serve as my very own ode to Kirkland. Oh Kirkland, Oh Kirkland! You are so good to me! Oh Kirkland, Oh Kirkland! You are the place to be! Oh Kirkland, Oh...