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Committee members who drew up the non-merger recommendation admitted freely that their proposal intentionally avoided the ratio issue--an admission that was not consonant with their report's repeated emphasis on "full and equal participation of Radcliffe students in the intellectual and social life of the University...
...interesting to note, however, that in a survey answered by about half--presumably the more concerned half--of Harvard's 1974 25th Reunion Class, over 62 per cent favored "merger." Sixty-eight per cent favored the "admission of women to Harvard College." Although the distinction between the two questions is not clear, the responses indicate that a sizable portion of last year's 25th Reunion Class--the class traditionally responsible for the largest annual contribution to the University--does not share the von Stade hypothesis...
...formation of a committee charged with considering admissions suggests that this issue will be of paramount importance when the larger question of merger is reviewed by the Harvard Corporation and the Radcliffe Trustees at the conclusion of the coming academic year...
...ironic that merger has become so controversial an issue. When Radcliffe was founded almost a century ago, its primary raison d'etre was to provide for women the education Harvard College made available only...
Women associated with Radcliffe remain as split on the issue as do their Harvard counterparts; in fact, their disagreement may have even more far-reaching implications. Though it may seem absurd that solidarity among women on this campus can only be achieved by ignoring the issue of merger, that certainly appears to be the case