"As far as I'm aware [Rowe] has no ties toCambridge," says John R. Pitkin, president of theMid-Cambridge Neighborhood Association, "and Idon't know how well he'll do."

The office's biggest failure residents say, hasbeen its inability to initiate substantiveoutreach in the city by Harvard.

"There is no particular place in Cambridge tosay the institution was something that was a giftof Harvard to the people of Cambridge," Reevessays.

But the mayor praises the work done by undergraduate volunteers of Phillips Brooks House.

"Students do a tremendous amount now thoughservice activities through PBH," says Reeves, whois a member of PBH's local board. "The studentsare a tremendous asset.

In addition, Corlette says Harvard sponsorsseveral community service program, in which theUniversity grants scholarships to teachers fromBoston and Cambridge to come to study at theGraduate School of Education.

Cambridge city councillor Francis H. Duehay '55also says Harvard's participation is vital to theCambridge Partnership for public Education. Andthe Medical School's Health of the City Programfocuses resources on improving the health of Blackmen and children.

Some activists suggest the larger problem isarrogance on the part of the University. Harvardthey feel, thinks it's too for Cambridge.

"Harvard considers itself more important thanthe U.S. Senate and probably more important thanGod," says Martinelli.

And relations with Cambridge, he charges, are"number 975 on [Harvard's] priority list."

That attitude shows itself whenever Harvardplans to renovate buildings, civic leaders say.

Pitkin, who was a member or the mayor'scommittee on University-community relations threeyears ago, calls Spiegelman's recent series oftalks "an honest attempt...to deal with thepossible problems."

But he adds: "Some of the new building onexisting property will cause problems."

Specifically, Pitkin says he is worried aboutthe effect the renovation of Memorial Hall into astudent center, which is scheduled to be completedby September 1995, will have on city streets inthe area.

"Mem Hall is creating a new center of activityon campus," he says. "The change of circulation oncampus will spill over into the city streets."