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...average class at Wellesley gains a ton during its freshman year. It is rumored that Dylan stole "Blowin' in the Wind" from some kids in New Jersey, that Gene McCarthy is divorcing his wife to marry a LIFE correspondent. All news we hear is bad news, or else we wouldn't have to listen...

Author: By Jesse Kornbluth, | Title: Coming Together: Love in Cambridge | 1/8/1969 | See Source »

...might be a good place to add a black administrator. Yet such an action is designed only to alleviate immediate grievances; it is not part of a clearly defined pattern of change. As Mrs. Melvin explains, "We don't have a method or answers about what we think a Wellesley education should be, but we are working...

Author: By Richard B. Markham, | Title: Blacks at Wellesley Discover Indifference Swallows Its Own Children | 12/19/1968 | See Source »

UNLIKE COWI, the administration does not have to convince Wellesley girls that the college needs fewer students like themselves. Administrators can simply change the admissions policy to create a more diverse student body. The faculty and the administration do not have to wait for COWI to build up student pressure before any action is undertaken...

Author: By Richard B. Markham, | Title: Blacks at Wellesley Discover Indifference Swallows Its Own Children | 12/19/1968 | See Source »

...administration is short on new ideas, it should be able to use its experience to implement the ideas of its more forward looking students. What sort of changes come to Wellesley should not, as Miss Adams likes to say, depend entirely on the students...

Author: By Richard B. Markham, | Title: Blacks at Wellesley Discover Indifference Swallows Its Own Children | 12/19/1968 | See Source »

...undertake the type of changes that COWI and Ethos seek would expose the administration to criticism from many of its students and alumnae. Only a firm commitment to change would permit Miss Adams and her subordinates to disregard the criticism. The past history of this Wellesley administration gives little reason to expect that such a commitment will be forthcoming

Author: By Richard B. Markham, | Title: Blacks at Wellesley Discover Indifference Swallows Its Own Children | 12/19/1968 | See Source »

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