Fewer Students Show Interest In University Corporate Policy

If level of participation is any accurate measure, student interest in Harvard's functions as a stockholder is practically nil.

Elections for the Student Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (SACSR) were held in most of the Houses last week. The small number of people who were involved indicates that student interest in the committee has dropped significantly. In five Houses contacted, only 12 people expressed an interest in filling a total of ten places on the committee.

The SACSR is composed of two students from each of the Houses. Elections were run by House committees, and most committee chairmen reached said that student interest was less than when the SACSR was formed last spring.

Substantially Less

"Interest has been substantially less than last year," Sarah Crichton '75 of Currier House, said yesterday. In Currier, two people expressed any interest at all in participating although signs had been put up publicizing the election. The greatest number of people indicating interest in any of the Houses contacted was three in both Dunster and Adams.

Joel W. Motley '74, a member of last year's committee, said that interest has never been widespread in the student body as a whole. Motley said that despite suffering from lack of publicity, student interest would perhaps increase when the committee begins to work with real issues. He said that last year was a valuable learning period for committee members.

Only Indirect Influence

Although the SACSR has only indirect affect on Harvard's stockholder policies, it has had some influence on Corporation actions. Two members of the SACSR are elected to serve with 5 Faculty members, 5 alumni and 3 graduate students on the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ASCR), which makes actual recommendations to the Corporation.