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Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53, chairman of the Government Department, offered a similar explanation for the sharp increase in the number of freshmen who choose Government this year. Although it has always been one of the largest concentrations, Government attracted 20 more freshmen this year than last, a jump that Mansfield chalked up to the general interest in politics that marks presidential election years...
Howard S. Beltzer '79, one of the 134 new Government concentrators, agrees with Mansfield's estimate. Beltzer said yesterday that although he doesn't plan on going to law school, and isn't exactly thrilled by the prospect of Mansfield's department crusade to wipe out grade inflation, he decided to enter Government on the basis of his personal interest in politics...
...Mansfield added that he thinks the shift is a result of the greater interest in Government caused by the current presidential election campaign. "We see this shift every four years," he said...
...Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53, chairman of the Government Department, said yesterday that the student's choices "show that people don't go about choosing their concentrations on the basis of what will bring them the easiest grades...
Several other faculty members called the situation "very confused" and "extremely delicate," but declined to elaborate. Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53, chairman of the department, Rosovsky and Kearns all refused to comment...