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...should be made clear that this procedure gives the ratio of the total number of people (men plus women) to the number of women. Therefore, the actual male-to-female ratio for Adams House. for example, is 5.2, not 6.2 as stated; all other ratios should likewise be reduced by 1.0 to obtain male-female ratios...
...dorms. Men may go to Radcliffe now for practical motives, but as the Houses become coed there will be less and less advantages for men who choose to live at Radcliffe. And no plan that distributes women in Houses according to limited quotas can crase the four-to-one ratio of men to women. Unless one argues that there is a justification for having all-male Houses as bastions of masculinity where men can avoid coed living (which would be comparable to providing all-white Houses for those interested), there will be a relatively small number of women in every...
...gain some desired quota, but to admit more women. While the University is unwilling to face that problem now, it must realize that the logic of coeducational housing leads to that conclusion. No system can be completely equitable within the present system, and no solution will emerge until the ratio of men to women is redressed...
...clear why such a convoluted system is needed to determine this question. The May Committee has said that a six-to-one ratio-the ratio which would result if the 480 were split evenly between all nine Houses-is "unsatisfactory," but it offered little documentation for that belief. The Cliffies participating in the coed experiment this semester-who would seem to be the group with the most informed opinions-have not been consulted in any systematic fashon. And the results of polls of Radcliffe students can only reflect a vague preference for a certain ratio. The committee's point that...
...Committee has based its opposition to the six-to-one ratio on references to other schools and on testimony at one open hearing. However, the meeting attracted only a small crowd and can hardly be called sufficient consultation with Radcliffe students. The committee's analogies to other schools (such as Yale) can be answered with other cases (such as Williams, which, after extensive study, has proposed a ratio far exceeding any Harvard is contemplating...