As Harvard and Boston officials celebrated the announcement yesterday of a major initiative to fund Boston afterschool programs, University administrators scrambled to patch relations with the Cambridge mayor over a planned Harvard venture into Cambridge education.

The University is expected to announce on Monday the formation of the Cambridge-Harvard Summer Academy, which will offer classes to students at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) while it trains student-teachers at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.

Among the snafus that have upset Cambridge Mayor Anthony D. Galluccio was the major gift to Boston, which he said took him by surprise.

Galluccio and Paul S. Grogan, Harvard vice-president of government, community and public affairs, spoke by telephone last night. But as late as yesterday morning, Galluccio said he was only vaguely aware that Harvard was announcing a $5 million afterschool initiative in Boston--just days before the joint Harvard-Cambridge summer school was to be announced.

And Galluccio said he did not know the high price tag of the Boston plan compared to the $100,000 Harvard will be committing to the Cambridge program this summer.

"In terms of financial contribution, if you're telling me Harvard's putting up $5 million for Boston, then there's no comparison," he said.

"It's still an important step," he added. But Galluccio went on to say that he "certainly would hope that this is one small piece of a broader education initiative."

Last year, Harvard announced the so-called 20/20/2000 program to finance affordable housing in the community. This project offered equal funding--$10 million in low-interest loans each--to Boston and Cambridge. At the time, Grogan said the initiative would serve as a model for future community projects.