Other students, however, noted that the crowd was unusually large and that police commented on its size while dispersing the gathering.

Harvard Police Lt. John F. Rooney said the police department does not tolerate the use of obscenities. Rooney said the case would be investigated if students were to lodge a complaint.

"I wasn't there. Maybe that officer was taking lip from one or two individuals," Rooney said. "We try to maintain a professional atmosphere. Profanity is generally unacceptable."

The police also cleared a party at Leverett House at 12:32 a.m. The stu- dents hosting the party had registered in advance and cleared the event with their entryway tutor, according to Seth D. Hanlon '98, who said he had organized the party with his roommates.

"When you have a big party like that and there's a tutor supervising it, there's less likely to be an incident than if parties are broken up and people go around drinking on their own," Hanlon said.

He added that although he and his roommates were restricting who entered the party, other students gathered in the stairwell and in the Leverett courtyard.

The third party to be dispersed by police was at Adams House, where the Harvard police responded at 1:07 a.m. to noise complaints, according to the police log. Some students then converged on Linden Street, but were sent "on the way," the log reported.

Cambridge police will give aid to Harvard police if requested, according to city police spokesperson Frank T. Pasquarello.

However, the Cambridge police log had no record of any action on Sunday morning.

"We probably went there but if we didn't make any arrests, we don't make any reports," Pasquarello said.

Students complained yesterday that the police action was excessive.

"I think that school policy is that [parties] have to end by one. It seems that during the year that would make sense," said Mrockowski. "But nobody had anything to do the next day.