The University made its decision after meeting with representatives of the Orson Welles, Harvard Squares Central Square and Brattle theatres.
Marshall Cohen, dean of the Summer School, explained: "Although the guidelines the not policy or legislation, we thought they were important enough for those of us at the Summer School not to violate them."
CHUL must approve the film guidelines before they become binding, but the same pressures which killed the summer series may limit this Fall's House film dare.
Alsop Scores Peretz
Another faculty member drew fire this summer, but the assailant was not the Government.
This time it was columnist Joseph Alsop who labelled South House Master Martin M. Peretz as a symbol of the major money sources behind the presidential campaign of Senator George McGovern.
In a sharply worded, nationally syndicated column that appeared the week of August 20, Alsop said that McGovern's campaign coffers were filled to the point of bulging with "Peretz money"--a term he coined for funds coming from rich, leftleaning McGovern supporters who, according to Alsop, "had nothing to do with normal Democratic money".
Alsop said that "Peretz money"--and not the thousands of small contributions that McGovern staffers cite--has been the principal source of financing in the Democratic presidential drive.
Peretz called the column "one of the silliest things I've ever seen." Peretz said the article had nothing substantial to say, and was simply a reiteration of Alsop's claim that the Democratic Party is about to be taken over by left-wing irregulars.
"It seems he would prefer that the Democratic Party be funded by Government contractors," Peretz said.
Transfer Rate Slides
Coeducational gains were prospective transfer students' losses, it was learned this summer. Harvard and Radcliffe reduced the number of transfer students accepted by 60 per cent in order to compensate for increases in the number of freshman women.
Harvard accepted 16 transfer students, less than 2 per cent of approximately 1100 applicants. Radcliffe took 27 transfers, 3 per cent of 640 applicants. In 1971, each college admitted 49 transfers--9 per cent of the 530 Radcliffe and 6 per cent of the 900 Harvard applicants.
The reduction was necessary because of the housing squeeze created by President Bok's decision improve the coed ratio by increasing the size of the freshman class by about 100--mostly women--rather than by significantly cutting the number of men.
Harvard and Radcliffe admissions offices agreed that the small transfer quote this year toughened admission standards