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...hundred of the 1250 freshmen enrolled in 1969 were black. Though the ratio fell short of the 12 per cent figure representing the blacks' share of the national population, those who pushed for increased black enrollment were pleased by Harvard's apparent effort...
...Quad is more politically active and socially conscious than the Yard. Feminism remains strong, speakers, discussion groups and meetings are held frequently. The Quad is the only place in the University where a 50-50 male-female ratio predominates. In an institution which has been a male bastion for centuries the preservation of such an arrangement serves as a reminder that women are not a minority...
...partly because Harvard wasn't going to give in. But by the time Derek Bok assumed the University's presidency in 1971, the pressure for more equal admissions was too great to ignore. Bok announced that fall that the College would move to a 2.5-to-1 male-female ratio from the old 4 to 1. But the pressure was nearly as great from Harvard alumni to maintain the size of the Harvard undergraduate body. So Bok decided to expand the size of the subsequent three entering classes...
...scorned. But according to a 1971 study of Radcliffe Quad life by University Health Services psychiatrist Elizabeth A. Reid, coeducation increases the likelihood that women will find friends and intellectual companions within their own sex. And the magic number for that formula is one-to-one. No other ratio works...
...political people involved, but the Provisionals do it more often. Presumably exclusively Harvard issues tend to seem a bit academic. CHUL managed to stir up a minor storm last year when it recommended that the University abolish sex quotas in housing assignments, including the guaranteed one to one male/female ratio the Quad Houses have enjoyed ever since Radcliffe women and Harvard men have officially lived together. When the going got tough, CHUL hastily battened down, so South House will still be sexually balanced this year. Meanwhile, the Provisionals managed several minor storms, in addition to the never ending battle black...