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Rowing in the second boat will be: sophomore Sam Perry, at bow; junior Pete Cummin, at two; sophomore Pete Walker, at three; senior Bob Clement, at four; sophomore Tom Shapiro, at five; junior Sarg Cheever, at six; sophomore Stu Gauld, at seven; sophomore Galen Brewster, at stroke; and senior Dave Perkins...
When the apartments turned out to be roomy and completely furnished, the refrigerators new, the ovens workable, and the fire escapes still there, something was obviously wrong. It seemed incredible to be still at Radcliffe and live in a place that could be made distinctively one's own. (Jane Cummin, of course, tried to do this in her dormitory room with shower curtains, gold foil and a hibiscus.) Some residents, basking in their new privacy, even congratulated themselves for not knowing each other's name after several months of living on the same floor...
...Tuesday deadline was set by Ralph B. Gates, director of buildings and grounds for Radcliffe College, in a letter he sent to Miss Cummin this week. It was the third piece of correspondence between them this month...
...first letter, dated Jan. 8, Mr. Gates told her that an inspection over Christmas vacation had revealed that her room was a fire hazard. Miss Cummin answered the next day, saying that she had tested the drapery and tin foil and found them not flammable, but that she was willing to spray the entire room with fireproofing if they wished...
...Miss Cummin suspects that the College's real objection may be aesthetic. Before she decorated it, she said, the room was a "stringy, dirty hair, rainy Monday morning grey." Miss Cummin, who has offered to do any fireproofing the College requires, says she enjoys studying in the room, and that she likes to wake up and see a red blossom of the hibiscus tree reflected on the gold ceiling...