Word: hyrc
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Currently claiming a membership of 225, the club had 250 freshmen--nearly 20 per cent of the incoming class--sign a list at registration of those interested in the HYRC. Traditionally, more than 50 per cent of those who sign their names actually become official members of the club...
Wallace Schwartz '74, president of HYRC, said yesterday that the number of students interested in joining the club is up 25 per cent from last year...
...first we were surprised that so many people came to sign up," he said yesterday. "We thought that Watergate might have an adverse effect, but evidently it didn't." The membership of HYRC has risen from of low of 35 in 1969 to its present position as Harvard's largest political club...
Schwartz explained HYRC's popularity by citing the increasingly conservative political stance of the incoming classes. "Students are becoming more moderate," he said. "They want to learn now, and aren't as interested in militancy as they were several years...
...spokeswoman said yesterday that the large enrollment in HYRC reflects a lower level of student activism in general, although she said she believes the University admission policy may also be a factor...