Barry Michaels '75, one of the student members of the committee, said last week that he has asked Strauch for permission to present at length his arguments against sex-blind admissions and in favor of a one-to-one admission level when the committee begins meeting again in the fall.

Michaels said he thinks that the committee will still move away from any enforced ratio--even one-to-one--because of the fear of legislation and a general trend toward rejection of quotas.

Arthurs says the committee is still open-minded on the question, and that she hopes the members can "determine what is right for this institution without regard for what we might be pressured to do from outside sources."

Despite the differences of opinion that have surfaced in this spring's sessions, most members praise Strauch's leadership and the spirit of "colleagueship and commitment" the group has developed.

"The committee works pretty well together. I'm not really satisfied with what has happened yet, but I think that this is probably a better group than many committees the University has set up. This is the best way to get at the problems Harvard and Radcliffe must confront," Michaels said.

Strauch makes his opinions very well known to the committee but he has thus far been able to avoid any attempt to steer the committee in only one direction. Aside from Strauch, most committee members point to Dean Whitlock as the most influential among their number. Whitlock, who has 26 years of administrative experience at Harvard, knows so much about how things operate in the undergraduate sphere, that members often defer to his experience.

"Whitlock doesn't say much, he's actually very terse. But when he does talk, we have to listen because he knows so much," one member said.

Whitlock himself refers any question about the committee's work to Strauch. "It's better that the chairman offer our consensual opinion on these matters," he says.

President Horner said in January that Strauch was selected to chair the committee because of his reputation for fairness, his ability to listen to all points of view and draw them together, and his successful work in the executive committee of the Undergraduate Science Center.

The members of the Strauch committee in addition to Arthurs, Michaels and Whitlock are L. Fred Jewett '57, dean of Harvard admissions and financial aid; Kathleen O. Elliot, associate dean of Radcliffe; Roger W. Brown, professor of Social Psychology; Doris H. Kearns, associate professor of Government; Stephan A. Thernstrom, professor of History; Fred L. Glimp '50, former dean of Harvard admissions and a member of the Associated Harvard Alumni, F. Stanton Deland Jr. '36, a Harvard Overseer; Helen H. Gilbert Radcliffe Trustee and Harvard Overseer; Anne M. Morgan, president of the Radcliffe Alumnae Association; Connie M. Cervilla '74; Robert L. Schram '75; Renee Landers '77; and Dean Rosovsky.

Strauch and several committee members have said that they would like to release a preliminary report to the Harvard community for comments late next fall before they draft their final recommendations early in 1975.