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...focussed on housing, students have grown concerned with minuscule differences between specific houses. But the next housing plan must leave certain fundamental alternatives for the undergraduate. At present, Currier, North and South Houses offer students a lifestyle much different from that in the River Houses: an even male-female ratio, a mixture of all four classes, and an escape for many from an overbearing old Harvard atmosphere. Eliminating this choice would seriously narrow the range of undergraduate experiences...
...five housing options violate these criteria. The most repugnant alternative is the 1-1-2 plan, which would house freshmen in the Quad and sophomores in the Yard and leave only juniors and seniors in the River Houses. The system would eliminate the Quad Houses with their even sex ratio and deprive all first-year students of an opportunity to live in a House with supportive upperclassmen. Even worse, 1-1-2 would force students into a second isolated, one-class year. This may be healthy for class-giving at 25th reunions but it certainly wouldn't be for undergraduates...
This leaves only the present system, which can work with several crucial adjustments--at least until the College has a 1:1 male-female ratio. The first of these is the Yale assignment plan. The second is a program for improving life in the Quad. Shuttle-bus service should be extended into the day and past 1 a.m. Harvard should expedite renovations and new athletic facilities and ease overcrowding in the three Houses...
...Quad is now far behind the River Houses in accommodations and far from the Square. It needs major refurbishing and a more efficient shuttle-bus system to bring it to parity with the River Houses. It is also important to preserve the Quad's one-to-one male-female ratio and its mixture of freshmen and upperclassmen--both options that, because they are out of the Harvard mainstream, the University has a particular obligation to preserve for students who want them. It is especially important that the Quad's one-to-one ratio be maintained until the ratio throughout...
...more Houses are to have an even sex ratio there are good reasons why these should be Quad Houses, which have traditions that might otherwise be lost. However, assigning women to the Quad must really be contingent on whether they want to live there. This can be affected by upgrading the Quad physically and educationally. Yet even with his needed change, I doubt that women will choose the Quad in sufficient numbers to voluntarily support a Quad-wide ratio of 1:1. In this case, the number of students actually choosing a 1:1 ratio should determine how many Houses...