The Harvard image is one of stability, the great anchor of Cambridge that has endured for as long as anyone can remember. But the impetus for change has slowly grown in the past few years, and many groups this year again called for new University policies.

As expected, the call for change met with some resistance. While students and some Faculty members questioned Harvard's policy on its investments, boycotts, and accepting gifts. President Bok, in a series of letters to the community, made it clear the University policy would not change.

Yet in one instance, change was realized, as student protest accomplished the "denaming" of the Charles W. Engelhard Library for Public Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government.

With the institution of the much-vaunted Core Curriculum and some Faculty struggles to reform tutorials, the University may be headed for even more change. Still, critics both inside and out of Harvard called the changes cosmetic, and urged more progressive measures.

The battle between change and stability undoubtedly will continue to perplex Harvard, as each faction within the University works to promote what it thinks is "best for Harvard." Whether the issue is labor, education, or student causes, the University will continue to encounter both support and opposition in its attempt to remain independent in an over-interdependent world.

September

The Class of '82 registered on a cloudy Cambridge Monday in September, boasting the lowest sex ratio ever. One thing that failed to greet them was The New York Times, but cockroaches were present in full force, infesting dorms around campus.

President Carter, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat announced their "framework for peace" the night before classes began. The close to a thousand students who flocked the next day to Economics 10, "Principles of Economics," found a different textbook. The course dropped the Samuelson "Bible" in favor of Lipsey and Steiner's "Economics."

Eight hundred Radcliffe alumnae and guests sang "Happy Birthday" to Radcliffe as weekend festivities kicked off the year-long celebration of Radcliffe's centennial. President Horner said Radcliffe must continue "to provide the opportunity for higher education to women at Harvard and to promote women's higher education everywhere."

In a Massachusetts political upset, Edward J. King stunned Gov. Michael S. Dukakis in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, garnering 51 per cent of the vote to the Duke's 42 per cent. State Rep. Michael Connally edged Lois M. Pines in the hotly-contested race for Massachusetts Secretary of State.

And Harvard's kitchen workers shocked themselves and their employers by rejecting the University's contract offer because they did not receive the benefits they wanted. The decision set off speculation about a possible strike.

Meanwhile, inspired by the outrageously successful movie, "Animal House," toga parties made their reappearance on campus after a 15-year respite. Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, said "Let's just hope the sheets are kept on."

October

With politics in the air, the first College-wide undergraduate assembly at Harvard in nine years held elections in early October. Around the same time, a group of students in Lowell House circulated a petition asking for a University Food Services boycott of Nestle Corporation products because of the company's marketing practices in the Third World.

The Delta Upsilon club received some unwelcome visitors at its punching party--eight women. A club member said D.U. continues to refuse women membership because "the alumni are against it and they support us."