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Located on the first floor of Fay House in the Radcliffe Yard, the OWE has not enjoyed great visibility this past year, in large part because it operated without a director until February. Conceived by President Horner last year, the office was directed by Alberta B. Arthurs, overall dean of admissions, financial aid and women's education, until the appointment after a year-long search of Judith B. Walzer, lecturer on Yiddish Literature, as director...
...information available. However, committee members say they are reluctant to rely upon statistics and perceptions prepared by sources outside the University. "I don't know whether it's a sort of elitism or what," one member said, "but we pretty much want to work this out on our own." Alberta B. Arthurs, dean of Radcliffe's admissions, added this week that the committee members are "all very much aware and proud of the fact that Harvard is unique," and that the emphasis of the committee would be to take an internal look at this community's needs without regard...
Perched on the trunk of a taxicab at Broad and Chancellor streets, Mrs. Alberta Taylor, a retired schoolteacher, gazed with admiration at the massive throng-bigger, said some, than the crowds that turned out to mark the end of World War II-and declared: "It's been so long since we've had anything to root for in Philadelphia. I'm so excited and proud...
...Alberta Arthurs, Radcliffe dean of admissions, financial aid and women's education, told the alumni that "rumors about drastic differences" between male and female applicants "are just that--they're rumors." The admissions offices' statistical measures for men and women, such as standardized test scores, are "remarkably similar," she added...
...applicant pool for both colleges was up this year, but Harvard applications increased only slightly, while Radcliffe applications rose by almost 240. Alberta Arthurs, dean of admissions at Radcliffe, said yesterday this figure paralleled an increase in female applications at prestige colleges throughout the country...