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Weekly pictures of John F. Kennedy & friends.
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A clarification of some tags:
Childhood - Dates from the persons' birth until around the marriage of their first spouse. It tends to end in the mid 40's to the mid 50's.
Pre-Camelot - Implies a period between any of the persons' in the pictures marriage date and officially ends on Election Day of 1960.
Quotes - Rather than a 'standard' quote from a Kennedy, it's usually a story of an incident often in their words.
Authors misc - My own personal notes that may or may not relate to the subject matter at hand.
_____ Family - It branches off to a specific thread of the Kennedy clan not immediately the children of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald.
1st Generation - Refers to the likes of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and other parents of that generation or even earlier, like Jack's grandfather, John Fitzgerald.
![John F. Kennedy’s Harvard application shows just how far college admissions have come in the last 75 years.
The 26-page document, recently released by the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, lacks praise for the young Choate student. The future president is described by a family friend as “reliable and dependable,” and a note from his father states that young Jack tends to “lack application.”
Would Kennedy have gotten into Harvard today? Well, he has some factors in his favor. For one, according to college consultant Barbara Cooper, he’s a legacy, and legacy applicants have a decided edge in the admissions process.
But the piece de resistance of any college application, the why-I-want-to-go-to-this-school essay, might have hurt Kennedy’s chances.
“The reasons that I have for wanting to go to Harvard are several,” he wrote. “I feel that Harvard can give me a better background and a better liberal education than any other university. I have always wanted to go there, as I have felt that it is not just another college, but is a university with something definite to offer. Then to[?], I would like to go to the same college as my father. To be a ‘Harvard man’ is an enviable distinction, and one that I sincerely hope I shall attain.”
To say it’s a bit lacking would be an understatement. “The essay itself, from today’s point of view, is missing a true understanding of the unique features of Harvard’s offerings,” Cooper said. “It’s not even clear if he visited or attended the information session, which many schools say is essential to indicating that you have an interest.”
Harvard received a record 35,000 applications for its class of 2015.
Download or read the document here!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llyvrjyrMy1qzep2bo1_500.jpg)
![Above: A gaunt looking John F. Kennedy after becoming a Representative in his official portrait; July 1947.
Rose Kennedy: Diary Entry November 3rd, 1960. We went to the airport Thursday to see Jack go off to California on his private plane. The first time I had seen it. Jean was aboard with Steve [Smith, her husband]. Dave Powers*, who goes to give Jack a few laughs and to look after his clothes. It is the first time Dave has gone, as he has a very possessive wife who will not let him out of her sight even for lunch, or sometimes even for breakfast with Jack, not to mention a dinner date. Joe [Sr.] has always had someone like a court jester around him, someone witty, light hearted; but faithful, loyal, and with sense enough to keep his mouth closed under all circumstances. And I think that Jack hoped that Dave Powers would fill this particular need in his life. Pat is to join the party out in California as Jackie is not going until Friday, because she is taking care of Caroline. Jack looks unusually well. His cheeks have filled out amazingly since I saw him in June. He has lost that lean Lincolnesque look which I secretly like better. * Dave Powers was Jack’s confidant, assistant, and jack-of-all trades since the Congressional election of 1946.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6jbr2sFSn1qzep2bo1_500.jpg)
