14 The Harvard Athletic Association (HAA) announces it will enforce a ban on women in cheering sections at the Stadium.

NOVEMBER

4 Massachusetts Attorney General Clarence A. Barnes proposes legislation to bar Communists from teaching in public schools. In February, President Conant blasts the bill in testimony at the White House. But despite the opposition, the legislature passes a watered-down version of the bill.

22 The Yale football squad defeats Harvard, 31-21, in the teams' 64th annual matchup.

DECEMBER

2 The infant Veritas Films, a student film studio, begins shooting its inaugural picture, "Touch of the Times."

12 Smoking will be permitted in the new Lamont Library, but Radcliffe undergraduates will not, announces library director Keyes D. Metcalf. JANUARY 1948

The Chicago Tribune brands Harvard a "hotbed of Communism."

8 Students submit a proposal for a new "Crimson Key" society to welcome visiting athletes and dignitaries.

FEBRUARY

6 Before a cheering audience of 1,000, Professor of Geology Kirtley F. Mather slams Massachusetts Attorney General Clarence A. Barnes in a debate over Barnes anti-communist bill.

MARCH

2 More than 200 students stage a rally for the Marshall Plan, braving stiff winds and six inches of snow.

23 The Hotel Brunswick in Boston's Back Bay--which had been leased by the University for two years to provide housing for married veterans--will return to civilian occupation at the end of the year, officials announce.

APRIL