GIRLS AND CLUBS

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

It was extremely disappointing to read that Radcliffe membership in Harvard organizations had been rejected by the Student Council on such seemingly minor, or at best, ill-defined grounds. Needless to say, the present policy on membership discriminates against Radcliffe students who want to be an active part of Harvard activities, let alone those girls who would like to join activities where girls have previously not been allowed at all.

To justify Harvard's hoarding of extra-curricular opportunity the Student Council claims that a change in "the whole structure" of Harvard-Radcliffe relationships would be necessary. This structural change would rest on "a lot of details;" examples of these details emerge, however, as the Council's qualms about changing names of organizations from "Harvard" to "Harvard-Radcliffe," and fear that women may be "stuck in some guy's room at 11:00." Radcliffe girls would undoubtedly care little if names of organizations were changed or not, and it is likely that other places for meetings could be found than dormitories.

It is unfortunate that such a reasonable proposition as Radcliffe's membership in Harvard organizations should be treated in such an apparently irrational manner by the Student Council. Susan Shackter