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BRIGGS HALL made an admirable assault against arbitrary and unjust tradition when it nominated David Cochran for Dorm President last week. Today it seems that the forces of reaction have recaptured that traditionally conservative dorm. It is well that a female candidate has arisen from the Briggs ranks--no election should go uncontested. She was drafted for the race, we suspect, not because of her many charms and abilities, but because some felt that a girl, solely by virtue of her sex, ought to be Dorm President...
Cochran is familiar with dorm problems, since he has spent most of his waking hours there for the past three years. There is no stipulation in Radcliffe's Redbook about sexual or residential requirements for dorm officers...
...knows quite why Cochran is running, but he has the support of outgoing president Barbara E. Rose '70. He has no specific plans or promises, but does want to change the "when you've seen one dorm you've seen them all" syndrome at Radcliffe...
Cochran also hopes to substitute champagne and caviar for the proverbial Saturday night milk and cookies, although the thirty-six dollar balance in the dorm treasury might force economy moves...
...weeks, and on the willingness of Radcliffe officials to make the first gestures of mergerism. Even if mixed housing is not tried next term, though, the HPC report ought to alert administrators to the folly of planning the future of the Houses or mapping out schedules of Radcliffe dorm construction without intending to make either coeducational...