Kennedy Tuition Up

Tuition for students in the Masters degree programs of the Kennedy School of Government will be raised $600 for the academic year 1970-71.

The new rate of $3000 will apply to most students in the school who are in their first two years of residence. Doctoral candidates, like their counterparts in Arts and Sciences, will continue to pay reduced tuition rates after completing the two-year Masters degree program, in accordance with existing rules.

Fellowship support will be increased proportionally for needy students.

Dust to Dust

The Smithsonian Astrophysical observatory has announced that Explorer 1, the first United States satellite and the oldest man-made object in space, will re-enter the earth's atmosphere and disintegrate on or about April 4.

The Observatory shares the facilities of the Harvard College Observatory and many of the Smithsonian scientists are professors at Harvard.

Explorer was responsible for the detection of the Van Allen Radiation Belt, charged particles expelled from the sun and trapped in the earth's magnetic field.

Strike

The Harvard Student Mobilization Committee last night unanimously approved a resolution in support of a student Strike at Harvard on April 14 and 15 in opposition to the war in Southeast Asia.

The strike will tentatively focus on "reach-out" activities in the Cambridge community. This effort will involve collecting signatures to put an anti-war referendum on the ballot in Massachusetts next November.

The meeting also approved unanimously a recommendation that SMC work with other anti-war groups in organizing a rally on the Cambridge Common on April 15. This rally will immediately precede the Boston Common rally, planned by a coalition of liberal and radical groups including SMC, in support of immediate withdrawal of all U. S. troops from Southeast Asia.

Fleming Gets Chair

Donald Fleming, an authority on the impact of science on American thought, has been named the Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History.

The Trumbull chair, a gift of Connecticut alumni, was established in 1925 as a professorship of American History and Government.

Fleming, who has taught at Harvard since 1959, is now acting director of the Charles Warren Center and a member of the editorial board of the John Harvard Library. He served as chairman of the History Department from 1963 to 1967.

Fleming is the author of John William Draper and the Religion of Science, which won the Beveridge Prize of the American Historical Association.

Barefoot Power

The Library Administrative Committee lifted Wednesday the ban on barefoot students in the College libraries. The decision covers Lamont, Houghton, Widener, and Fogg.

The committee's action stems from a proposal by Brent Dechene '70, who argued that bare feet are not a health hazard and do not affect the decorum of the University.

Biafran Professor

Kenneth Onwuka Dike, a former ambassador-at-large for Biafra, has been named a tenured professor of History at Harvard. His appointment begins next Fall.

An expert on African development, Dike has served as professor of History and vice-chancellor of the University of Fbadan in Nigeria.

Dike has been a leading figure in the development and preservation of historical materials in Nigeria. He has been active in several organizations which are promoting the development of higher education in Africa.