Citing a disturbing increase in dangerous student behavior at final clubs, Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III issued a report yesterday warning students about the organizations.

Incidents mentioned in the report include several drug deals at one club, a drunken student who was attached, repeated reports of sexual harassment, a complaint about lewd sexual acts performed by hired women and three incidents of underage drinking (for the full letter, see page 9).

Students put themselves at risk when they attend club-sponsored events, Epps said in a phone interview.

"We're trying to construct means of prevention and safety that will avoid tragedy," he said. "We're not happy waiting for the phone to ring, waiting for the next tragedy to happen."

Douglas W. Sears '69, executive director of the Interclub Council which acts as the governing body of final clubs, bitterly denounced Epps' motives.

Calling the report "whiny, patently self-serving, smug and patronizing," Sears, who said he was speaking only for himself and not as a representative of the clubs, said the report could sour future relations between the College and final clubs.

Epps issued the report following a Sept. 29 meeting between the Interclub Council and the administration on the issues that "failed to get translated into actual policy," he said.

In the letter, Epps proposed two measures he had recommended at the September meeting--adult supervision and "bonded bartenders" at the clubs--as solutions to many disciplinary problems.

Sears said the recent incidents of misconduct were the responsibility of the College rather than the Interclub Council.

The Interclub Council has no authority to enforce rules, but can only set guidelines, according to Sears.

Sears blamed Epps for writing a report rather than taking disciplinary action.

"As dean of students, he's mandated to take disciplinary action," Sears said. "If Archie feels that action should be taken, he should go ahead and do it."

Epps agreed that "Harvard students are liable to the rules of the College wherever they are."

But he added that the goal of the report was to encourage prevention, rather than discuss punishment.

"I am not directly responsible for the conduct at those institutions," Epps said. But he also wrote in the report that, "the College will not hesitate to bring illegal activities in final clubs to the attention of police."