Word: deans
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...approach the problem is to ask: how far can the undergraduate afford to pay for deconversion? Obviously, if each student gets his own study bedroom, he will have to pay for it, and this means higher rents. Former Dean Leighton feels that, when the Houses begin deconverting this Fall, the demand for the more expensive "uncrowded" suites will be limited. "When the student no longer casts his dollar vote for deconversion," he observes, "then I am for expansion...
...However, Dean Bender notes that the cost of deconversion "is small in relation to other increases we are blithly considering, such as tuition." He feels that the issues should not be decided on the basis of "a single economic factor," and adds, "I am all for extensive deconversion for sound educational reasons...
...Dean Bender replies, however, that any such increase would cause serious difficulties in Lamont, the I.A.B., classroom space, and other central facilities, even if the individual Houses are not crowded...
There will be "no justification" for the proposed $1 million non-resident student center unless the College continues a policy of "forced commuting," Dean Bender asserted yesterday. The center is part of the Program for Harvard College, and preliminary building plans have been prepared...
Dissatisfaction arose among the students Monday night when John R. Roche, dean of the faculty, and Joseph F. Kauffman reportedly walked out from a student-faculty question period...