Word: crunchingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many House secretaries wonder if the extreme crowding can be comfortably absorbed, but Eleanor C. Marshall, assistant to the deans of Harvard and Radcliffe and the new director of the Housing office, remains tranquil. She is optimistic the crunch will ease within several weeks...
SEVERAL YEARS ago John T. Dunlop, then dean of the Faculty, pressured the College to accept transfer students in order to fill spaces left by the leave-takers. Now Dean Whitlock says the crunch may prevent Harvard and Radcliffe from accepting transfers next year. All told, 38 students will transfer into both Colleges...
KIRKLAND and Leverett Houses must accomodate overflows of 17 and 21 students, respectively. Kirkland, which had only a minor housing crunch last Fall, has placed additional beds in about half the sophomore suites. Alice H. Methfessel, Kirkland's House secretary, predicted last week, "This overcrowding is simply not going to go away like the Administration thinks it's going...
Leverett's situation is not yet fixed. Sophomore suites have received extra beds for 21 extra students, but the crunch has diminished since last Spring. House secretary Frances W. Malkus says the numbers "change from minute to minute...
North and South Houses are no more crowded than they have been in the past. Last Spring the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life made an attempt to alleviate the housing crunch in those two traditionally over-crowded houses by reducing their approved capacity by 82 places. Since the March decision the Housing Office has transferred between 50 and 60 places from Harvard to Radcliffe...