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WHEN THE LATE Ward M. Canaday '08 gave Harvard enough money to build a new dormitory several years ago, he probably had no idea that his generous gift would someday force freshmen out of the Quad Houses. But that, in effect, is what will happen, if the discussion at Wednesday's special meeting of the Committee on House and Undergraduate Life is any indication. And even if the Quad does not house only upperclassmen within a year or two, Canaday's gift will have sparked a long often rancorous debate among students, masters, and administrators about the future...
...Quad, created a furor. Most of the debate over Fox's plan centered on that recommendation, but the real reason for the support the plan received in the CHUL straw votes was not its no-freshmen-at-the-Quad provision, but its consequence of moving sophomores out of Canaday Hall...
...plan, this is genteelly referred to as "upperclass room assignments distant from the Houses;" in CHUL meetings, it is known simply as the "Canaday problem." This is the second year that sophomores have lived in the Yard, and they hate it. Almost without exception, sophomores nominally assigned to River Houses who have to live in Canaday Hall are there against their will...
...have offered another proposal. This North House plan, when combined with a proposal to have some residential and some non-residential four-year Houses under a no-choice assignment system, seems to make much more sense. The North House proposal advocates that North House take over several entries of Canaday Hall providing a housing option for Quad affiliates who may want to live in the Yard. This would alleviate the problem posed by River House sophomores living in Canaday and help reduce the psychological distance affecting North House's popularity. The North House proposal, along with a no-choice system...
...narrow the range of undergraduate experiences. Yet, it is precisely this alternative that would be compromised if the CHUL adopts Dean Fox's plan. That proposal, which would establish three-year Houses throughout the system and house all freshmen in the Yard with the object of eliminating sophomores from Canaday Hall, is singular in its lack of sensitivity for the Quad point of view. One only needs to point out that Fox bases his arguments about the Quad's unpopularity on one of the Quad's acknowledged strong points--four-year Houses--to realize how little Fox seems to care...