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...think it is possible that the quality of life could improve with the decrease in the number of people in this nation, but not without a major change in attitudes. When the economy fails and the population declines, the educational authorities do not improve the student-teacher ratio. Instead, they close down schools, fire teachers or subject them to impossible assignments, while the talents of new teachers go wasted...
When Rosovsky announced his housing plan, Ann B. Spence, assistant dean of the College, and Dean Fox, who participated in choosing the four low-ratio Houses, were considering establishing two of the Quad Houses and two River Houses at the 1.5-to-1 ratio, Spence said last week...
...Quad masters who talked to Spence in the past few weeks felt the low ratio was an important advantage of Quad life, Spence said...
Retaining the 1.5-to-1 ratio did not sweeten the Fox plan enough to dissuade Eric S. Roberts '73, a Currier House resident tutor, from announcing his resignation from the House effective next semester...
Kirkland, now at a 3-to-1 ratio, will be the fourth equalized House. But since the lower ratio will only affect the sex balance among sophomores assigned to Kirkland, the House-wide ratio will remain above 1.5-to-1 for several years...