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...Wednesday, December 6 front page story on science enrollment falling, you cite the fact that Harvard has been boosting acceptance of high school students interested in science to about 40-50 percent of the class in the past few years. Nevertheless, there are 1253 upperclassmen concentrating in sciences, 25 percent of the upperclass population. Obviously, a very large portion of these students changed their mind, and the only difference between the students who have chosen their concentrations and those entering the University, the difference that may make the decision, is a year's experience in Harvard courses...
...Crimson made a torrid 45 percent of its three-point attempts and outmuscled Vermont, 43-39, on the boards...
Earlier this year, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 said that he intended to push ahead with a plan to reserve at least 50 percent of the spaces in the residential houses for random assignment, later saying that such a plan might not go into effect this year. The Undergraduate Council is slated to debate the randomization issue on Sunday...
...know that pushing for the present systemwould have made me look better but it wouldn'thave stopped 100 percent randomization," saidHarmon, who is also vice chair of the council'sresidential committee. "Those who criticize me fornot being able to preserve the present systemshould wake up and realize how undemocraticHarvard...
...party has lost nearly all of its authority and public trust and more than 10 percent of its two million members have turned in their cards in recent weeks...