Cambridge resident Freddie Lou "Stonewall" Donovan, 47, walked out of William James Hall this morning still an unemployed man after his interview to become a confederate in a Harvard psychology lab turned south.
Donovan said he was surprised when he was told that he did not have the experience necessary for the job. "Experience!" Donovan exclaimed, "I started out as an enlisted infantryman and worked my way up to playing Stonewall Jackson. I don't know who they'll find with more experience than that!"
Donovan's
interviewer, post-doc Julius McEwen, said he was "a little taken aback" when a 6'4" man strolled into his office brandishing a Civil-War era sword shouting, "The South shall rise again!"
"It was pretty unusual for Cambridge," McEwen said. "But I did my PhD at Emory, and this happens all the time down there."
Donovan did not leave William James, however, before "demanding satisfaction" from a visibly shaken Steven Pinker.
"It's definitely a blow," Donovan said of the incident but he reiterated that he wasn't "licked" yet.
As of press time, Donovan was confirmed to be dusting off a George McClellan costume from his closet in anticipation of his interview for a position with Harvard dining hall workers as a union representative.