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Show Harvard Collegiate Extracurricular Participation Rising CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (CPS) Harvard undergraduates are turning to extracurricular activities activ-ities in greater numbers than ever before and are leading more meaningful lives as a result, according ac-cording to a recent report made by Harvard President Natham M. Pusey. IN A REPORT to the school's board of trustees Pusey said students stu-dents on his campus are finding time for "more and better activity activ-ity outside the classroom" than previous student generations, despite increased academic pressure. pres-sure. He termed "most remarkable" the work of more than 800 Harvard Har-vard and Radcliffe undergraduates undergrad-uates in service programs conducted con-ducted through the Phillips Brooks House programs involving involv-ing work in settlement houses, prisons, and mental hospitals; drives for blood, clothing and boows; tutorial projects for the handicapped and for indigent children; and volunteer teaching at Indain reservations, in Africa and in Alabama. |