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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...distances to get to meetings or who do not have very time-consuming jobs. Lyman, who like the other members of the board receives no compensation for her work, says, "It's a very expensive job, but there's work to be done. The Harvard Overseers just haven't got time to do the really gritty work...
...most important influence of Radcliffe on undergraduate life, according to Lyman, is Horner's increased clout in policymaking decisions since the 1977 clarifying agreement. "We (the Board) are all here to support her, and Matina is heard. She's got to be heard." Horner now sits in on many of Harvard's policymaking committees--but she's quick to distinguish between policy-and decision-making. "Policy's not day-to-day management," she notes, "but it's now clearer that Radcliffe is not under Harvard but has an equal responsibility for its students...
...first mandate is not over yet. "If equal access to a Harvard education means becoming one of the boys--if it's an end and not a means--then that's not what we want. Radcliffe cannot be absorbed, assimilated or co-opted into the pie, it's got to add another piece to it. And that's an ongoing process...
Students slaving over their books got a little unexpected relief this January, when the state fire marshall rushed to the Science Center to dilute a batch of nitroglycerine prepared by a freshman working on science experiments. The building was evacuated in mid-exam, the nitro was defused, and before long the college was back to mid-winter normal--and more exams...
...decided to go to college. She had been admitted as a senior in high school but had chosen marriage instead. Then, in 1944, with her husband in the Marines, bored with wartime volunteer work, she remembers, "I began to think, this is ridiculous. I've got to do something more constructive with my time. So I went over to Radcliffe, and they were not particularly responsive. It was pointed out to me that I had made my choice, that indeed I was a wife and mother." Lyman stood firm, however, and was finally admitted on the basis of her previous...