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Fran Schumer

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Prisoners of Class

I N A QUIET, residential area of Brooklyn, N.Y., a crowd of angry white teen-agers surrounded the main doors of


Two Tragedies In a Week

Two days after Thanksgiving. Ethel P. Higonnet, a fellow of the Radcliffe Institute, was murdered in Longfellow Park one block


HEW Finally Says Yes

A weary Department of Health Education and Welfare finally accepted Harvard's third affirmative action proposal last week on condition that


Professors Urge Prosecuting Office Be Re-Established

A majority of Harvard Law School professors yesterday signed a statement urging Congress to "establish at once" an independent prosecuting


Leontief Keeps the Prize in the Family

An elegantly simple technique won this year's Nobel Prize in Economics for Wassily W. Leontief, Lee Professor of Economics and


Japanese Give $1 Million To Harvard

The Japanese further demonstrated their desire for improved relations with the U.S. last week when the Nissan Motor Company, Ltd.,


Harvard Endorses 3 Women For Male-Restricted Rhodes

Harvard yesterday broke with a 71-year-old tradition by endorsing women applicants for the Rhodes Scholarship, restricted by law since its


NAM Collects 1000 Signatures In Campaign for ROTC Vote

About 1000 students yesterday signed petitions circulated by the New American Movement (NAM) calling for an undergraduate referendum on the


NAM Will Poll Students On the Return of ROTC

Petitions calling for a student referendum on the return of ROTC to Harvard will circulate in dining halls today, spokesmen