STUDENTS DEMAND REPORT ON FEILD

Six Harvard and Radcliffe Fine Arts concentrators last night submitted to the Student Council a petition requesting that body to investigate the non-reappointment of Robin D. Feild '30, assistant professor of Fine Arts, and urging an examination of the educational policy of the department.

The petition was signed by 64 out of a total of 80 Fine Arts Concentrators, and by 131 other students, both undergraduate and graduate. Only four of the concentrators approached failed to sign, the committee which circulated the petition reported last night.

Group Formed Two Weeks Ago

Formed nearly two weeks ago when it was first learned that Feild had not been given a permanent appointment, the sponsoring group is composed of Lloyd Booth, Jr., '39, William M. Fetcher '40, Renee Guthman, Radcliffe '40, William B. Miller '39, Ruth Talbot, Radcliffe '39, and Howard R. Turner '41.

The committee announced that it will continue its work of enlisting undergraduate and alumni support on behalf of Feild, whose dismissal has resulted in wide-spread undergraduate feeling.

The petition read, "We, the undersigned students in Harvard University, ask that the Student Council appoint a committee to report on the non-reappointment of assistant professor Robin D. Feild in particular, and the educational policy of the Fine Arts Department in general."