The University appointed two new vice presidents this week, completing the re-distribution of the administrative duties of Joe B. Wyatt, former vice president for administration, who recently left Harvard to become chancellor of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.

On Monday, Robert H. Scott, a high-ranking Harvard financial officer known for long-range planning skills, was named vice president for administration, with responsibility over the University's service departments.

Two days later, Daniel Steiner '54, the general counsel to the University for the last 12 years, was promoted to the new post of vice president and general counsel. Steiner, who is widely considered President Bok's right-hand man, will assume Wyatt's responsibility for overseeing Harvard Real Estate, the multi-million dollar non-profit organization that manages the University's properties.

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Harvard's "predominantly white atmosphere" fosters "some tensions" for Black students, the "Black Student's Guide to Colleges" concludes.

The guide, which will be distributed nationally later this month, drew national attention last week for its criticism of several prestigious schools. But several Harvard officials said it was incomplete because it failed to mention the race relations Foundation.

The Brown University professor who edited the guide said the book's staff concluded that the Foundation was of little significance since Harvard officials devoted only three lines to it in a six-page description of race relations at Harvard.

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The days of all-nighters and week-long thesis typing marathons may not be over this fall, but they could be significantly reduced if College officials give final approval tro a unique plan to install word processors in all Houses and freshmen dorms.

Under the tentative plan, the Digital Equipment Company (DEC) word processors would be available 24 hours a day for an hourly rate of approximately $4.

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Two Black law students, reportedly the largest number in a single year, are among the 51 new editors the Harvard Law Review selected last week in the first year of the journal's affirmative action plan.

The plan, which the Review adopted last year amid heated debate, permits minority students to submit a statement of special obstacles they have faced, which is weighed in the selection process.

The two students selected were Annette Gordon and Wilburn Williams, both in their second year.

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