Word: mergers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Radcliffe alumnae have reacted with mixed feelings to the proposed Harvard-Radcliffe merger...
...Charles Bolster '20, former executive secretary of the Alumnae Association, agreed that alumnae contributions might decline because women might feel less personal interest in giving to Harvard. Mrs. Bolster said she was uncertain about the wisdom of an immediate merger...
...most enthusiastic response to the merger came from the midwest. Josephine P. Kitch '34, a Radcliffe area representative in Wichita, Kansas, said the possibility of co-ed living "presents exciting possibilities. They've got it here in the heart of the midwest. However, if they think it's going to be risque, they've got it wrong." She added, "so many alumnae are married to Harvard men anyway, I don't think the merger will make that much difference in contributions...
Mary I. Bunting, president of Radcliffe, said yesterday that neither she nor the Alumnae office had received much response to the merger. She speculated that the alumnae had accepted the idea as the general, national tendency. "So that's that, I hope." she concluded
...these details will take time, and perhaps cause some anguish to the parties involved. But once the two colleges agree on the ultimate goal of merger, the details of the plan will inevitably--if not as speedily as some might wish--fall into place...