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Proponents of Plan 3 subscribe to the "critical mass theory," the argument that the placement of additional buildings and bodies at Radcliffe will balance "the weight" of the Harvard Houses maintain a high level of activity in the Quad area and hence keep the 'Cliffe from becoming an undesirable residential area. Much the same logic motivated the Radcliffe trustees in their efforts to construct Hilles Library on its present site...
...student's own preference and a diversity quota also determine House placement. The diversity quota attempts to balance each House according to academic grouping area of concentration, secondary school background and male female ratio...
These factors are fed into a computer which determines the student's placement. Last year the computer placed about 60 per cent of the freshman applicants in their first choice House and about 90 per cent in a House which was one of their five choices, Clayton said...
Stewart said yesterday that a Master's preference should be given "minimal priority" in House placement. He added that the criteria of student choice and House balancing should be given greater priority...
...National Baptist Convention, pastorates in an interdenominational church, a Presbyterian church, and a United Church of Christ congregation in Harlem. In a statement accompanying the news of his election, Cary complained about the slow progress of Black Power in the churches: "Empowerment today is limited to the placement of certain individuals in executive positions. That isn't empowerment...