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...Memorial Hall was more than enough--Harvard's drive to amass a whole collection of them ought to be halted before it's too late. The University now seems likely to acquire the Bennett Street MTA yards and the threat of an orange-topped How-ard Johnson's being erected in our midst has been averted. What will rise in its stead, however, no prudent man can say. Seeing the practical jokes University architects have perpetrated in relatively cramped spaces, there is no way of imagining what they will do with twelve acres. Clearly, something must be done about Harvard...
...crowd surged along Massachusetts Ave. toward the Square, and Cambridge police lined the curbs with their cops to keep the students off the street. Finally they reached the MTA kiosk, and a University policeman was seen confiscating several bursar's cards...
Escorted on his 35-minute tour by L. Gard Wiggins, administrative vice-president, Paul H. Buck, director of the University library, and other officials, Kennedy inspected the Bennett St. MTA yards, Business School land, the Cambridge Art Center, and the Shady Hills site on Francis Ave. He also stopped briefly at the Larz Anderson estate in Brookline...
Although Wiggins said two weeks ago that "the President is giving priority to the MTA yards," Kennedy was non-committal after Saturday's visit. When asked about the yards specifically, Kennedy said he was still "trying to decide." He noted that the yards were "still owned by the MTA...
Wiggins said last night that Kennedy wanted to discuss the matter further, and described him as "uncommitted" at the present time. It is thought that strong White House interest in placing the library on the MTA land would improve the University's chances of obtaining the yards...