Student Decision May Let Cliffies Have HPC Role

A plan for permanent Radcliffe membership on the Harvard Policy Committee was announced yesterday by Michael E. Abram '66, chairman of the HPC. The plan has already been approved by the HUC and will be submitted to a student referendum during the first week of next semester.

If the change is to be made, it must be approved by a majority of those voting at Harvard and a majority of those voting at Radcliffe.

Policy Questions

The HPC is seeking Cliffie membership because it has primarily dealt with questions of educational policy, and this is an area of concern for Radcliffe as well as Harvard students, Abram said.

The Harvard-Radcliffe Policy Committee would have 14 members including one Cliffie from each of the three Houses. The appointments would be made by the Master and Dean of each House, subject to the approval of the Radcliffe Government Association. The RGA would also be required to finance 20 per cent of the operating expenses of the committee.

Radcliffe Dean

The committee would continue to have three faculty members as well as the Dean of Harvard College. Under the new plan, the Dean of Radcliffe College would also be made a voting member.

The HPC is confident that it will be able to obtain the necessary votes needed to make the change. Abram said that the extensive support for the HUC and the HPC in the last referendum indicated that students were anxious to have these committees useful and active. "Since Cliffe membership will enable the HPC to function more effectively, it will probably be supported by the majority of students," he said.