Word: coeducationalized
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By 1943, many professors had left for war service or Washington. There was neither teaching staff nor time to give a lecture twice, once at Harvard, once at Radcliffe, and our classes became partially co-ordinate (a more dignified word than coeducation) with Harvard. We took notes now amidst a...
The University had begun to admit women into classes, although in an ironic historical note, Conant declared, "Contrary to certain scare-heads in the papers, this date will not mark the beginning of coeducation here in Cambridge."
But Assistant Dean for Coeducation Virginia L. MacKay-Smith, who acts as a liaison to the College for gay students, says she has helped develop a tutor structure that is aimed at reaching out to students.
Classrooms went in 1943, diplomas in 1962 and Lamont Library in 1966. And in the spring of 1970, three Harvard houses and three Radcliffe dorms also went the way of coeducation.
As with housing, women were eager to gainaccess to Harvard's resources--and while most menwelcomed coeducation, they were reluctant to sharetraditional privileges.