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Housing conditions for sophomores must inevitably worsen under the new plan. Canaday holds about the same number of sophomores as the Quad has freshmen--but to simply switch them would cause intolerable problems. Freshmen currently housed at the Quad are very crowded: last year's problems at Mather House will pale by comparison if sophomores are forced to live in one-room doubles at the Quad. North House alone, would have to lose 40 people to retain its current level of upperclass crowding. These 40 people must be picked up elsewhere--and that means the already overcrowded River Houses...
...Quad either were freshmen there or know people who were). While the Quad will have more sophomores, the River Houses must also become more crowded--even those who wish to and are able to live at the River will suffer. The only conceivable benefit is that sophomores living in Canaday will be living in a House. But even this is a two-edged sword: many people have chosen to move out of the Quad into Canaday in order to eventually live at a River House. Now this option will no longer exist; housing conditions at the Quad will significantly worsen...
...elimination of upperclass accommodations in distant annexes will serve to reunite Houses now geographically split. Some 200 students will no longer have to hike between bed and board. Upperclass accommodations in Canaday will be eliminated entirely, while Claverly may be used, on a limited basis, to house sophomores from adjacent Houses...
Jeffrey K. Griffiths '77, CHUL representative from North House, proposed at the meeting that North House and another Quad House each take over entries of Canaday, offering space in the Yard to students affiliated with Quad Houses...
Michael Jiminez, assistant to the Senior Tutor at North House, said yesterday that the North House proposal alleviates the problem of unhappy sophomores at Canaday, puts the Quad in closer touch with Harvard Square and the River House community, and allows the Quad to keep its freshmen...