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Harvard, Here I Come

Harvard, Here I Come is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Harvard, Here I Come rather than just read about it. In short: Harvard, Here I Come! is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and stars Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom, Arline Judge, Stanley Brown, Don Beddoe, Marie Wilson, and Virginia Sale. The film is also known as Here I Come in the United Kingdom.

Key takeaways

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Reproduce the core statement of Harvard, Here I Come from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Harvard, Here I Come! is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and stars Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom, Arline Judge, Stanley Brown, Don Beddoe, Marie Wilson, and Virginia Sale. The film is also known as Here I Come in the United Kingdom.

Plot The Harvard Lampoon, an undergraduate humor publication at Harvard College, honors the night club owner with a very "special award". Maxie's friends, Francie Callahan, the cashier and general manager of the club, and Hypo McGonigle, sportswriter, suspect Slapsie is about to be made a fool by the publication. The chief editor of the Harvard Lampoon, Harrison Carey, soon enough presents an award for "Supreme Pediculousness", and the friends worst fears are realized. Maxie accepts the award with pride, not realizing he has been awarded for being infested with lice. The next morning, Maxie's humiliation is reported by all the newspapers, but instead of becoming angry and vengeful, Maxie decides to enroll at the prestigious institute of learning and become an educated man. At Harvard university, Maxie then meets professor Nickajack Alvin, the head of the Antediluvian Department. Alvin instantly is convinced that Maxie is indeed the "missing link," which makes him conduct a series of tests to prove that the club owner is a throwback to the caveman. Alvin is very satisfied with the results, and offers Maxie $1,500 a year plus room and board in exchange for further testing of his mental abilities. Maxie is very flattered, and accepts the offer. Not long after Maxie's enrollment, Hypo arrives at Harvard College on a one-year newspaper scholarship. In the meantime, Maxie has won the respect and admiration of the undergraduates as well as the heart of young student Zella Phipps, a broad-shouldered amazon. When Alvin announces that his tests have determined that Maxie is the country's number one moron, Maxie is ordained as the arbiter of taste for the other twenty-three million morons in the country. Realizing that Maxie's endorsement is worth millions, business offers pour in from manufacturers anxious to have him bless their products, and Maxie signs a contract with one shrewd promoter for one thousand dollars a week. Now, Maxie is indeed on a winning streak. Full of entrepreneurial spirit, Maxie decides to open a College Inn near the Harvard campus and sends for Francie to help him. However, Francie is quite angry with Maxie for signing a contract without her approving it beforehand. Francie shuts him out from his business arrangement and then forms a corporation known as Twenty Million Jerks, Inc. In due time Alvin is finished with the testing of Maxie, and he offers Maxie an "extraordinary diploma." Maxie, is again honored by the award, but he also realizes that the amorous Zella, whom he has no interest in marrying, would never wed an uneducated man. So Maxie declines the professor's offer, and in doing so puts an end to Zella's interest in being married to him. Later, at the grand opening of the new College Inn, Maxie announces that he is giving his financial support to a School for Morons at Harvard College. He then congratulates Francie and Hypo on their engagement.

Cast Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom as Maxie Arline Judge as Francie Callahan Stanley Brown as Harrison Carey Don Beddoe as Hypo McGonigle Marie Wilson as Zella Phipps Virginia Sale as Miss Frisbie Byron Foulger as Professor Alvin Boyd Davis as Professor Hayworth Julius Tannen as Professor Anthony Walter Baldwin as Professor MacSquigley Tom Herbert as Professor Teeter Larry Parks as Eddie Spellman George McKay as Blinky John Tyrrell as Slug Mary Ainslee as Phyllis

Production It was the first film role for Yvonne De Carlo. She has one line, saying "nowadays a girl must show a front."

References

External links Harvard, Here I Come! at IMDb Harvard, Here I Come! is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Harvard, Here I Come

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Harvard, Here I Come claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Harvard, Here I Come before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Harvard, Here I Come ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Harvard, Here I Come

In research: Harvard, Here I Come appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Harvard, Here I Come in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Harvard, Here I Come is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1941 American films, 1941 English-language films, 1941 comedy films, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Harvard, Here I Come outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Harvard, Here I Come in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Harvard, Here I Come means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Harvard, Here I Come matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Harvard, Here I Come?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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