The Massachusetts Hall jedimaster said he was "completely, 100 percent, you betcha" satisfied that the dapper prince could walk the halls of the News Office's plush Holyoke Center penthouse, appearing to be doing nothing but undoubtedly working with the quiet efficiency common to all Harvard administrators, just as well as the slightly less dapper Rosen.

"We could use a little of that British air up there," Bok said. "It'll be better for your health than that air filled with cigar smoke, anyway," Bok told the 95 reporters at the press conference.

Daniel Steiner '54, Bok's trusted aid and dance instructor, stood adjacent to the president throughout the conference, whispering sweet nothings in his ear and sneaking large-denomination bills out of Bok's suit pocket.

Boldface Slug

While the press conference was engineered for the purpose of explaining the Rosen-Charles rotation, the topic on the minds of most reporters there was, naturally, Lady Diana, who as Princess of Wales has been the wife of Charles for several years now, as if you hadn't heard.

Neither Bok nor Queensie would comment on Diana's plans. But a source close to the royal family told The Crimson in an expensive but exclusive transatlantic phone interview that Diana would likely make the trip to Cambridge with her husband.

"She sure as hell isn't going to become some tag-along to that Jewish fellow," the source said. "Can you imagine the circus they'll have over on Fleet Street--"Dave and Di Go for a Dip, Dave and Di Have a Princelet, Dave and Di this, Dave and Di that.""

"It just won't work, no, no, no," the royal source told The Crimson.

The source indicated that the fairhaired Princess, object of desire for most men in the Western World, will probably take a job at Harvard or in the Cambridge area. The source mentioned a counter-job at Au Bon Pain and a position in Harvard's Expository writing program as two possibilities in Diana's future.

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Though Rosen could not be reached for comment yesterday, since he was hiding out in Leavitt and Pierce and Emack and Bolios, Harvard officials said they knew Rosen to be planning what one called "a big schlepp" over to the British isles.

"He's going to take his wife, his two daughters, his pile of clips about irrelevant developments in Boston politics, and a shitload of untold stories of Harvard skeletons and white elephants that you'll never get now," one official, who asked to remain nameless, said.

The official added that Rosen intends to take with him his optician's license and professional pianist's certificate of merit, and that he will open an eye shop in the corner of one of Brixton's seediest pubs.

Harvard Reaction

Reaction to word of Rosen's departure brought tears to the eyes of most observers seen by The Crimson yesterday. In interviews, nearly 35 top officials offered variations on the words "no comment" in response to questions about how much of a gloss Rosen has put on their careers.