Tempering the growing satisfaction with Harvard overall, however, was sharp criticism of tutors and other advisers, who students characterized as less helpful with both academic and personal problems than in previous years.

Harvard this week made public College-wide averages of answers to many of the questions asked in the 73-question survey, which garnered 825 responses.

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University officials last week successfully smoothed over one of the many squabbles they have had with the city of Cambridge by agreeing to study the historical significance of several Harvard-owned buildings.

City officials have maintained that about 80 such buildings--including Eliot, Winthrop, and Lowell House, Old Quincy and Old Leverett--are being insufficiently preserved and should be placed in the National Register of Historic Places.

In the past, Harvard administrators have objected to such an action, but they now have agreed to set up a "preservation planning office" to look into the question. The Massachusetts Historical Commission has agreed to postpone ruling on the matter for two years to allow completion of the study.

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In its first substantive action, the new Undergraduate Council voted unanimously Sunday to establish awards honoring Faculty members for exceptional dedication to teaching.

A senior professor, junior professor and graduate student will receive the honors at a testimonial dinner later this year, according to the plan which will now be formalized within the council's academics committee.

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President Horner announced last week that repair work on the water-damaged Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center (Q-RAC) will begin soon, and those sections not damaged will reopen by the end of the month.

The decision to begin work and to open portions ends two months of negotiations about the fate of the three-year-old complex, which was shot down in June when administrators noticed some flaws.