March 6, 2006
Trouser Press Posted by Frederic D. Schwarz at 11:15 AM EST It’s not clear whether this was coincidence or a bit of Old Testament-style retribution, but on the day in September 1922 when Harvard’s new application form, designed to filter out Jews, was announced, the Cambridge area suffered a strange visitation. As the incident was described in a New York newspaper: “Boston and its suburbs were captured by millions of tiny flies which swept through the city in such large numbers that many thought the snow had begun to fly. . . . Public health officials were unable to determine what caused the sudden invasion, nor could they say why the flies left the city before nightfall.” Other amazing stories in the news that month bore the headlines TROUSERED WOMAN WALKS BROADWAY and BRIDE REGISTERS UNDER MAIDEN NAME. For more on these, see this page.
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