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Weekly church attendance attracts the same proportion at Harvard and Radcliffe, 23 per cent. Radcliffe, however, shows a larger proportion of students who worship twice a month or monthly than Harvard does and there are fewer 'Cliffies who never or seldom attend church. While 11 per cent of Harvard believers never go to church or synagogue and 12 1/2 per cent only twice a year, the corresponding figures for Radcliffe are a mere 5 per cent and 4 per cent...
Radcliffe girls, according to the poll, gave far greater credence to the value of prayer. While 41 per cent of Radcliffe students believing in God perform daily devotions, only 23 per cent of Harvard believers do so. Correspondingly, only 18 per cent of these Radcliffe girls never pray, while 33 per cent of Harvard men who believe in some "divine presence" never pray...
...other alternatives were closed, save a world war with the Soviet Union OR surrender to the Soviet Union, would you favor war or surrender?" While the substantial majority of both men and girls selected "war," Radcliffe girls were more prone to consider "surrender" as an acceptable alternative. Whereas 75 per cent of the Harvard men chose "war," only 64 per cent of the Radcliffe girls preferred "war" to "surrender...
Findings of the features are based on interviews with local religious leaders and the results of a random-sample poll (text on pages S-7 and S-8) distributed to 400 Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates. Three hundred and ten polls were returned, a response of 78 per cent...
...text of the questionnaire, which was sent out to 400 undergraduates, is reproduced below. About 319 returns were obtained, a response of 78 per cent. Certain questions and responses have been deleted for considerations of space; however, these are covered in the specific articles, especially the features on politics and on Catholics, Protestants, and Jews at Harvard...