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Want Four Kids? Better Get Yourself a Radcliffe Woman

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Harvard men don't want to have any more children than their Radcliffe wives do.

That information is one result of a poll conducted this month among Social Relations 1 students at both colleges. The poll indicates that the average Harvard man and Radcliffe girl each hope to have four children. Since sixty percent of all Radcliffe girls marry Harvard men, it's a good thing, too.

Autobiography

Called "Autobiography-2000 A.D.," the questionnaire asked students to predict what would happen to them in the next 50 years. Questions included, "How do you expect to die?" "What is the worst thing that will probably happen to you?" and "Do you expect to got divorced?"

Gordon W. Allport, professor of Psychology, made the survey to see how social and financial background affect a student's future hopes and outlooks. He intends to compare the results with surveys in other countries and cultures.

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