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...Cramer's Brass Tacks in the Crimson (April 26, 1975) smacks of the pretention that has become common place in all relationships between "Town and Gown" as well as other institutions vs. community conflicts. The dilemma described in Cramer's article will never really be resolved in a political system like ours, for the contradictions are inherent in the nature of our social/political life. Yet it is interesting that Cramer uses the same tools often used in institution vs. community arguments and it is about these strategies that my comments are related...
...Cramer seems to equate Harvard taking a position contrary to his and that of "community leaders" as an affront and an indication that the officers and overseers of the University are not listening or "...even grasped what the community leaders had to say...". When actually, what has taken place is that Harvard's position, because of different interest, is not that of other members of the Cambridge Community...
...suggestion by Mr. Cramer that President Bok is being sheltered by his staff and overseers is absurd. Mr. Cramer and company just haven't listened carefully to what apparently is the University's position...
...Catch 22 sentence in Mr. Cramer's article is his suggestion that Harvard"...threw in its chips with Mayor Walter J. Sullivan and the Kennedy's--about the only two interests, besides Harvard, vested enough not to see community antagonism rising...
What is ridiculous about this statement is that Mr. Cramer has obviously defined "community" as some geographical and spiritual sense that has led him to believe that the proximity of this "community" gives it more rights than the community Mayor Sullivan represents (all of Cambridge) or that community represented by Harvard's interests...