Distribution of Report Delayed for Approval

A report explaining the workings of the Administrative Board will not be distributed to students until the board approves it, a college official said yesterday.

Virginia K. MacKay-Smith '78, special assistant to Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57, said she expects little controversy over the contents of the report but that she cannot estimate when it will be available to students.

MacKay-Smith cited the printing time and the need to submit the report to many people for approval as factors in the delay.

In addition to the Ad Board, MacKay-Smith said she plans to have the Faculty Council and "other constituencies" read the report before it is finalized.

"This is official, and we want to make sure that we get it right," MacKay-Smith said.

The report, which details the board's procedures and gives hypothetical examples of cases and punishments, was first presented to the Ad Board in outline form during the summer.

A preliminary draft was introduced earlier in the semester and the penultimate report was distributed to Ad Board members last Tuesday for their suggestions, MacKay-Smith said.

"We've been working on it together all along," MacKay-Smith said. "I don't think that there will be any major surprises."

Leverett House Senior Tutor Gordon C. Harvey, a member of the Ad Board, said he would be surprised if the Board delayed the report for long.

"It's more about how things already agreed upon are described, not that it's saying anything new," said Harvey.

Jolyon A. Silversmith '94, co-director of the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard, said that although his organization was "somewhat disappointed" with the administration's delay in releasing the report but has been "impressed with their responsiveness thissemester."

While MacKay-Smith said she hopes the reportwill help to lessen the mystery surrounding the AdBoard, the information presented is not new.

"The report does not contain information thathas not been available to students who have hadcases before the board. It's just that theyusually sit down with their senior tutor and talkabout it," MacKay-Smith said

While MacKay-Smith said she hopes the reportwill help to lessen the mystery surrounding the AdBoard, the information presented is not new.

"The report does not contain information thathas not been available to students who have hadcases before the board. It's just that theyusually sit down with their senior tutor and talkabout it," MacKay-Smith said