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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The company that manufactures Extra Strength Tylenol may be among the victims of the mysterious cyanide poisonings that have so far killed seven Tylenol consumers. Business School professors said this week.

A majority of the 14 Business School Professors interviewed predicted serious financial damage unless investigators are able to locate the source of the cyanide poisoning.

"People should have sympathy for a company put in this position." Howard Raiffa, Ramsey Professor of Managerial Economics, said. "The public should not see the Tylenol Company as that big, bad company out there, but should see it as the victim," he added.

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Two teenagers carrying small knives robbed two undergraduates in separate incidents last Saturday night. Neither student was injured.

The two robberies, which took place in the St. Paul's Church courtyard and Pennypacker Hall, occurred about 10 minutes apart, and the assailants appeared to be the same people, according to descriptions given by the students.

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While unsolved water seepage problems continue to keep the Radcliffe Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center (Q-RAC) closed. Quad residents are not letting themselves get flabby. As partial compensation for the loss of their nearby gym, students in Currie: North, and South Houses this week moved the Q-RAC's exercise equipment to House basements and set up temporary weight rooms. As for the fate of the three-year-old. $2.4 million facility. President Horner said she is still waiting for a consultant's report on the damage, which she wants in hand before deciding when--or whether--to reopen the leaking building.

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University Health Services (UHS) director Dr. Warren E.C. Wacker formally stated that he felt the grievance filed against a UHS gynecologist last spring had no validity. But Harvard attributed Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where UHS's only two gynecologists practice, is increasing its scrutiny of practices questioned in the complaint.

Wacker stated this week that the practice cited in the complaint "does not differ significantly" fromthat of his colleagues at the hospital However Wacker did not rule out the possibility of further investigations.

Meanwhile another women has filed a grievance against the same doctor. Paul I. Wining '62, for his gynecologic treatment of her.