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...resolution defended the committee's action against possible charges that it was undemocratic by stating that "democracy never lived at Harvard, certainly not for women--a 4:1 ratio attests to that...
...commission. Some simply do not trust the Smith government to carry out the agreement; others oppose the plan largely because the whites support it; a few are essentially holding out for better terms. TIME Correspondent John Blashill reports that the Africans are rejecting the proposed agreement by a ratio of more than 99 to 1. The official report will not be ready until April, but the commission is believed to have informed London already of the way the tide is running...
...hotel will be used to accommodate the overflow of undergraduates next year due to the increase in the number of incoming freshmen women. The increase is a result of President Bok's decision to change the ratio of undergraduate men to women...
...extra" women, plus more women from the entering class of '76, would be housed in Harvard Yard. Second, a certain number of males of the class of '76 would be housed with freshman women in a Freshman Unit at Radcliffe (possibly parts of North and South House). The ratio of men to women in the Yard would be adjusted to approximately a 3-1 ratio, while the Radcliffe Freshman Unit would have approximately a 1.5-1 ratio. Finally, a significant number of upperclass men and women volunteers would be housed in the Yard to serve as freshman advisors...
...MAJOR difficulty in formulating a satisfactory plan is the necessity to juggle the four often conflicting constraints of the issue: the number and location of available spaces, the number and ratio of men and women in the college, the necessity of having small enough male-female ratios to prevent discomfort on the part of female freshmen, and the necessity of having small enough freshmen upperclassmen ratios to provide adequate upperclass contact and advising. Due to the problems that such a juggling creates, it is probable that any plan will meet with at least initial disappointment on the part of some...