CEP to Seek Structure of Model Class

A committee recently organized to study the College's admissions procedure will attempt to determine the "ideal" composition of future freshman classes, chairman Franklin L. Ford, associate professor of History, said yesterday.

Ford denied reports that the group, a sub-committee of the Committee on Educational Policy, will try to revise admissions policy toward greater emphasis on intellectual ability and verbal and mathematical aptitudes.

Although the committee is composed mostly of professors rather than administrative officials, Ford emphasized that the study will not be turned into an attempt by the Faculty to "impose an academically-oriented policy on the admissions office."

Wants Balanced Class

"We will view the various distributional factors with a completely open mind" in attemtping to achieve a "well-balanced class," he added.

Even if an "ideal" composition of the freshman class is decided on, Ford pointed out, a number of "hard realities over which we have no control" might prevent the execution of such plans.

Another question to be considered by the committee is the possible modification of public relations policy. An effort should be made, Ford said, to "present the public with a picture of Harvard that is something other than a center for egg-head genuises."