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RADCLIFFE, students returning to Cambridge last Fall found a disturbing change in the Quad: dorm doors had been painted red, yellow, and blue shades. The doors, girls learned later, symbolized President Bunting's reorganization of the nine 'Cliffe dormitories into three "Houses." Many 'Cliffies were resentful, thinking the President was determined to impose on them a Harvard blueprint for living. Gaudy doors, the initial - but un-Harvardian-feature of the system, were certainly not appreciated...
There was fierce debate in each dorm, however, no matter what decision was eventually reached. One of the residents of Briggs Hall, which rejected the extension, said, "Briggs is not set upstairs, you know. I don't think our bedrooms are conductive to any kind of jollity...you know...
However, each dorm must comply with two general regulations. Parietals are limited to a specific number of hours and can only be held between 12 noon...
...earning areas for the students, which include 38 per cent of the undergraduate body, featured the dining halls with 478 students making $1.47 an hour plus meal for upperclassmen ($1.52 an hour for this year). Other large employment areas included the dorm crew (with 405 students), the HSA (321 students earning $100,000), Faculty Aide (91 students assisting faculty members), various libraries (247 students), and 339 students doing miscellaneous jobs for the University, such as meteorite analysts or clerks in University offices...
...yesterday's meeting, the RGA passed a proposal--approved previously by Mrs. Bunting--allowing each dorm to determine what day and which three hours (during the time the dorms are open) it can hold parietals...