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'Counter-productive' effects

An administrative assistant warned
student leaders that the protest might
have had "counter-productive" effects.

The proposed increase in enrollment
was announced earlier in conjunction
with plans for a new dormitory complex.
The plans for the complex were tied to
the 1972-74 budget requests which were
based on a seven per cent increase in
enrollment figures.

The budget accounted for the
admission of a freshman class of 1,151 in
1972, an increase of 264 over this year's
class.

In a release issued prior to the
decision, President Thomas A. Graves
explained that the increase was planned
as part of the budget in 1970, before he
took office. He also explained that, "the
estimates were in keeping with prior
College projections under a restricted
growth pattern."

The pattern aimed toward a total
enrollment of 5,000 with 3,800
undergraduates.