Despite pleas from Harvard Football Coach Joe Restic that Penn's controversial, last-second victory over the Crimson squad three weeks ago should be nullified, the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) refused to change the 23-21 result this week.

Restic had protested because of a roughing-the-kicker penalty called on the last play, which gave Quaker kicker Dave Shulman a second shot at a 27-yd. field goal. When Shulman split the uprights, Penn had assured itself of a tie for the Ivy title.

ECAC officials called the penalty a "judgment call" and said Referee Robert Lynch was in the best position to make a decision, but did add that he made three "errors in technique" while judging the play.

Both Harvard and Penn finished with 7-3 records and tied for the Ivy title.

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Responding to charges by a 'Providence, R.I., city councilman that Harvard is squandering a scholarship fund for Rhode Island students here, a University official last week claimed that the councilman "doesn't know what he's talking about."

Although Councilman Thomas W. Pearlman has accused Harvard of mishandling scholarship money designated for students from his state, has called for a Council investigation, and has threatened a lawsuit against Harvard. University officials have denied all his charges.

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Following a two-month shutdown, the undamaged main gym of the leakplagued Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center (Q-RAC) opened Wednesday to the joy of Quad residents who have been forced to hike to the Indoor Athletic Building for a workout or game.

Repairs to fix leaks in other parts of the three-year-old building will keep the Q-Rac's squash and racquetball courts closed through next semester, but the Universal Gym--previously located in the damaged exercise room--has been moved into the main gym so students can use it while the repairs continue.

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Two Harvard students from Canada last week won the Rhodes Scholarship after jetting to Toronto for the final interviews last weekend.

Timothy Endicott, a Lowell House senior, and Andrew Nevin a second-year graduate student in Economics will spend the next two years studying at Oxford. The American winners of the Rhodes will be announced at the end of this month after the final rounds of interviews are completed.

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Last Wednesday a group of demonstrators and an audience of unruly students greeted the director of the Selective Service System as he spoke in defense of draft registration.