Detail of the Old College building from Detail from Conjectural view of Harvard in 1668 by Robert Shurtleff, created in 1935. Collegium Harvardianum Cantabrigiae in Nova Anglia, A.D. MDCLXVIII. HUV 2038, olvwork374306, Harvard University Archives
In the Old College building, students ate supper. It was a lighter meal than dinner, sometimes prepared with dinner leftovers. After supper students would often remain in the Commons for conversation, and those who had approval from a parent and a physician were permitted to smoke. They were not expected to study in the dim evenings. Underclassmen were required to return to their rooms and extinguish their lamps at 9:00, while upperclassmen were permitted to stay up until 11:00.
