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...Alberta Arthurs, dean of Radcliffe admissions, said yesterday Radcliffe applications are also slightly off from last year, but added, "Our deadline is two weeks later so we're still receiving some...
Joni's own childhood began in the rolling Alberta foothills at the edge of the Canadian prairie. It was a land of mirages hrough which she often moved with her parents-a former schoolteacher and an R.C.A.F. officer turned grocery-store manager. By the time they finally settled in Saskatoon, the rugged beauty of Saskatchewan had given Joan Anderson the inspiration to become an artist. With money earned as a waitress at a coffeehouse named after Folk Hero Louis Kiel, Joan bought pens and ink. She also taught herself the baritone ukulele. But her attentions soon turned to rock...
...Alberta B. Arthurs, Radcliffe dean of admissions, financial aid and women's education, said yesterday that transfer students are less of a problem for Radcliffe than for Harvard because an increasing number of "older women" apply as non-residents...
Reason for the planned cutback, according to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau: Canada's tar-sands oil reserve probably totals around 500 billion bbl., equal to that of the Middle Eastern nations but contained in sands deep beneath the Alberta soil and thus far too expensive to tap. Canada cannot even take full advantage of all the oil that it is now pumping; a cross-country pipeline goes eastward from Alberta and Saskatchewan only to Toronto. Thus, while Canada exports some of its western production to the U.S., it is forced to rely on imports to supply its eastern provinces...
...Harvard's commitment to educating women. As to the quantity of that commitment, there is nothing more to be said. The fact that in 1974, equal admissions is still a matter of debate rather than policy ought to make Harvard hide its face in shame. And as to Alberta Arthur's statement that equal access "will not change dramatically the number of women in the class"--that's simply not the case. Within two years of the start of sex-blind admissions, if the number of female applicants does not increase proportional to their increased chances of acceptance, it simply...