In this interview, Harva Zelda Fisher explains her reasons for attending Pembroke College, particularly citing geographic proximity to her home and small student population. She recalls Dean Margaret Shove Morriss, Physical Education Director Bessie Rudd, and Professor George Downing, but says one of her favorite professors was Israel Kapstein. She gives a brief educational and personal background of her parents and moves on to vaguely remembering some Pembroke traditions and more clearly remembering Sophomore Masque.

Fisher discusses belonging to Question Club and running for Class President, despite comments that she would never succeed because of her Jewish heritage. She expounds on being a Jewish student, the quota of Jewish students living in dormitories, and Jewish clubs such as Menorah Club and Tower Club. She specifically remembers receiving letters as Class President from political organizations claiming that Jewish people were going to take over the world and she should do whatever she can to stop it, not realizing that the Class President could be Jewish.

Fisher recalls her life after graduation, pursuing her master’s in library science at the University of Rhode Island in the ‘60s, and her twelve year career as Reader Services Librarian at Bristol Community College in Fall River, Massachusetts. She concludes the interview by asserting that becoming Class President and participating in the Elizabethans are her favorite memories of Pembroke.