Among many Harvard students, Radcliffe remains an institution without an identity.

"I see Radcliffe more on t-shirts, but I still have no clue as to what exactly they do," says Bruce, The Salient editor.

Harvard Band member Mark R. Bagley '96, who performed at the recent Radcliffe convocation, says he sees Radcliffe as "a traditional part of [Harvard's] mostly male past."

"Right now there still isn't a good idea as to what Radcliffe should be," Bagley says.

While Radcliffe officials have much to say about their school, one question they have, as yet, been unable to answer is how men can take a greater than supportive role at a women's college.

"There are many resources at Radcliffe which are available to and welcoming of men, most explicitly in the invitations to the convocation," says Dean of Radcliffe College Philippa Bovet. "We would love to see men play a more active role in dialogues in the Lyman Common Room. And certainly applications for working within Radcliffe exist.'

But it is unclear how serious Radcliffe really is about such claims. Asked about specific ways that men can become more involved in Radcliffe, school officials are uniformly evasive.

"Our goal is full partnership of men and women for responsible leadership," Wilson says. "Our mission is to advance society by advancing women."

"It would be wonderful if [men] could be supportive," says Bonnie R. Clendenning, vice president for college relations. "Our mission is to advance society by advancing women."

But the school's efforts are also likely to run up against those who think little of its mission.

"I think Radcliffe has had its day and should go by the wayside," says G. Brent McGuire '95, a member of the conservative magazine Peninsula who is also an editor of The Crimson.

Wilson and others, however, say men must be part of the revival at Radcliffe. That, she acknowledges, will take time, but can be eased by activities like those at the Lyman Common Room, where "men can come and share ideas."

"Men have to learn how to share responsibility with women," Wilson says. "It's not something that just falls out naturally.