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"I'd be a tool to try to convince people that we haven't thought about what the implications of this report are going to be for Radcliffe and the Trustees." Susan S. Lyman '49, chairman of the Radcliffe Trustees, said shortly after the Strauch Report was released.

But, Lyman continued, the Trustees were mainly interested in keeping the discussion on the report to what is best for women and undergraduate education in general.

And so was. Throughout the deliberations during the spring Lyman, President Horner and other Trustees were careful not to enter into any discussion that would culminate with the question: Is this the end for Radcliffe?

The Harvard Corporation underlined just what the report could mean for the Trustees by approving the report in a matter of minutes and spending the better part of a luncheon meeting discussing how to make the Trustees "feel more comfortable with it."

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