Chez Chesler

When I was an undergraduate at Harvard, back when there was still choice in undergraduate Houses, I lived in Adams House. Before becoming Adams House, Randolph and Westmorely Halls had been two of the Gold Coast hotels. Adams House was "renovated" the summer after my junior year. The spring prior to the renovations, many store rooms were opened and emptied. I found one in th basement of H entry, Randolph Hall. The vent ducts were pasted with lingerie advertisements from the 1920s, and graffiti indicated the room had been used in the late teens and early 1920s (judging from the scores for The Game recorded) by three students who called themselves "The Tippling Tiplets". Since this was not official Harvard history, and they were not readily identified as anybody famous (if I'd known, I would have taken photos, and it wouldn't have been too hard to find them from their initials), the renovation for this room painted over all the surfaces in a uniform grey. I don't know who they were, but through this blog, the Tippling Tiplets now have a place on the web.