Harvard to Open Monday; City Emergency Continues

This week's snowstorm shut-down of Harvard will not cause the academic calendar to be extended in the spring, and most instructors will probably make up missed classes by meeting extra times during the semester, University officials said yesterday.

In addition to adding a third lecture during the week for those courses that ordinarily meet only twice a week, Faculty members have the option of scheduling classes on Saturdays and during reading period, Dean Rosovsky said.

Rosovsky said he believes most instructors will be able to teach the additional classes before reading period begins. The College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will be open next week, unless Gov. Michael S. Dukakis extends the state of emergency through Monday, Rosovsky said.

If the state of emergency is extended, Harvard will remain open for students and Faculty members who are able to reach their classrooms by walking or using public transportation, Rosovsky added.

The Medical, Business and Law schools plan to be open Monday, Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, said last night.

The shut-down has caused all academic deadlines for the beginning of the semester to be moved back. Applications for House transfers are due Monday at 4 p.m., study cards next Friday, and applications to drop courses and withdraw from courses will be due March 13 and March 27, respectively, Dean Fox said.

Dates for hour exams and due-dates for turning in papers may also be moved back, but individual Faculty members will make those decisions, Fox said.

Final exam times will not be changed unless additional snow forces Harvard to close again, he said.

Many of the largest classes in the College met yesterday, after Rosovsky and others spent most of Thursday calling Faculty members to ensure they would be able to attend.

But University officials had no record yesterday of how many courses met. Charles P. Whitlock, dean of the Faculty for special projects, said yesterday the dozen largest courses, all of which did meet, included about half the student body.

Besides closing the University for three days and causing deadlines to be delayed, the blizzard inspired Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, to sponsor a "winter carnival" at the College for this weekend, including a free dance tonight at Memorial Hall.

The Harvard Jazz Band, led by Thomas Everett, director of Harvard bands, will play at the dance. In order to bring Everett from his Arlington home into Cambridge during the driving ban, Epps said yesterday he has asked the University police to chauffeur Everett across the city line