Staff Director of Day-Care Center Named by Board

The Governing Board of the Harvard Yard Child Care Center-the first child care center to receive financial support from Harvard-met yesterday afternoon for the first time and announced the appointment of Linda DeAngelis as director of the Center.

DeAngelis was formerly employed as head teacher in a Model Cities Program in Boston.

The Board also announced that the summer program, which will begin on June 21, will be open to the children of the entire community instead of being limited to the children of Harvard students and employees, as previously announced.

Parents involved in the Center's formation and others interested in the Center met for the first time last night at an open meeting in Memorial Church, and heard the results of the Boards afternoon deliberations.

Approximately 30 people, who were enthusiastic in their support of the Center, attended the open meeting. "Good day care is so hard to find. I am hopeful that this Center can provide it," said one mother.

The 12-member Governing Board, elected by the parents who formed the Center, includes: Daniel B. Steiner '54, General Counsel to the University; Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical School; and Sissela Bok.

Concern was voiced at both meetings over the lack of a subsidy to enable lower income parents to send their children to the Center. "People are working on a solution to the subsidyquestion, but we have no results yet," Elizabeth W. Mahnke '63, chairman of the Governing Board said.

As a partial solution to the subsidy problem, the Board announced the creation of a new tuition category-part-time (ten hours)-costing $10 per week.

Full-time child care will cost $30 per week for 40 hours, and half-time will cost $20 per week for 20 hours.