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...original idea was to arrange for an entire freshman dorm to house the seminar's 40 boys and a whole corridor in a Radcliffe dorm for the 20 girls. When this was not possible, he settled for a small frame house near the Square to use as the group's home away from home. In retrospect, Riesman is relieved that the first scheme failed. "Enough group solidarity developed as it was," he says. "I just went to another seminar wedding...
...naked," a lament from his dramatization of The One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding. "This girl's boyfriend goes to a brothel," Kopit happily explained, "and she sings this song describing what she would have done for him. It's got violins and everything." After that he turned to the dorm's head resident. She just smiled weakly...
Nora M. Ronhovde '66, RGA president, said that she felt there was a "good possibility" that sign-outs will be eliminated. At present upperclass Cliffies, though they have unlimited hours, must remember to sign out if they don't plan to return to the dorm...
...Residence Office has frequently encountered students who dislike any type of "dormitory atmosphere" and complain about problems of dorm life such as noise and lack of privacy. The complaints which some students express are irrational and temporary--but by senior year many students are sure that they cannot feel comfortable in a dormitory. In setting up next term's experiment, Radcliffe has recognized the existence of such personal preferences...
Soon Ithaca got more than $17 million in 40-year loans from the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency for ten conventional dormitories, two dramatic, 14-story dorm towers, a student union, dining hall and health center. New York State floated $12 million worth of 30-year tax-free bonds for music, athletic, library, science, fine arts and other administration buildings. All will be paid off, at the rate of $1,377,000 a year, from student dormitory fees and tuition, which total $2,800 per student. Modern buildings, insists Dillingham, help pay for themselves in lower maintenance costs...