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Invitation lists to the events were drawn up byEpps' office although the envelopes have not goneout yet. Still to reach the mailbox areinvitations to the luncheon with Harvard writers,the tea with Bennett and the luncheon after theCornell football game. About half of the 300student invitations to the 350th dinner have goneout, and Epps said the rest would go out later...
...think a lot of undergraduates feltdefinitely excluded at the regular 350th and thatHarvard's doing the same thing all over again,"said one campus leader who asked not to beidentified...
...This is planned because most undergraduatesweren't here during the 350th. But [theinvitation-only events] are certainly a problem.I'm glad the issue is being raised. I hope it'snot at the stage where adjustments can't be made,"said North House Master J. Woodland Hastings...
According to Cristina V. Coletta '87, one ofthe undergraduate 350th's two student organizers,the committee calculated potential attendancebased on participation in house formals and finalclub membership, among other factors. In addition,the number of invitations was limited by thephysical site of the ball, to be held in theMemorial Hall courtyard, where a similar fete tookplace at the College's 300th anniversary...
Organizers said that they did not considerthrowing a bigger but less formal event becausethey wanted something significant. "We wanted tohave something extra special and dress up becausethe 350th comes along only once," said Coletta...