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City Councilor Saundra T. Graham said during last night's meeting, "Cambridge is already 52-per-cent tax-exempt, and we need to pass some kind of bill preventing further expansion into Cambridge by these institutions...
Particularly encouraging to Clifton is the high participation rate in this year's drive--the highest since 1967-68. To date, more than 16,000 people have contributed to the drive and Clifton said he hopes to hit the 40-per-cent mark. In contrast, Yale, Dartmouth and Princeton, which usually boast greater participation rates than Harvard, suffered a decline this year, according to data Clifton received a few months...
This is the second year in which Clifton's area class agent plan, a system that organizes alumni fundraisers both regionally and according to their College class, is in operation. The network is now about 80--per-cent complete, and Clifton said there is a noticeable difference between the degree of success that classes adopting the new method show and those that are not yet organized in that fashion...
...admitted freshmen, 1614 will enter next fall with 44 deferrals and 24 students still undecided, Fitzsimmons said. The 74-per-cent yield, which includes 46 commuters, is the highest in the country...
...special concentration at three times during the year. Carol S. Thorne, secretary of the Committee on Special Concentrations, estimated that about eight to ten students apply for a special concentration at each of the three opportunities. Thorne said students applying for a special concentration generally have about a 75-per-cent acceptance rate, and students who have their applications for a special concentration turned down may reapply...