"The campaign doesn't end until December 30," Tiedemann said, citing the fundraising effort's original end date. "And the campaign isn't over until then."

Certain goals of the campaign, such as the libraries and professorships, have been sticking points since the beginning.

And while some of these areas made strong progress over the summer, most remain short of their individual goals. Still, the campaign's overall $2.1-billion goal can be surpassed if other areas--such as the drive to construct new buildings on campus--make up the difference.

Sidney Verba '53, Pforzheimer university professor and director of the Harvard University Library, said the University has raised about 80 percent of the $78 million it needs for the libraries.

"I think we're catching up," Verba said earlier this week. "I guess I'm feeling like Bill Bradley. I think we will reach our goal."

Under the large yellow crane that has been hovering over Widener Library since the summer, Harvard is equipping its largest library with climate control, new electrical wiring, new carrels and two additional reading rooms--in total a $50-million project.

The rest of the library campaign's fruits, Verba said, is slated for preservation of the system's 11,000,000 books, improvement of digital technology, purchasing of new books and renovation of other Harvard libraries.