Word: dorm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Thayer North will officially open today, as ten Freshmen move into the dorm's entirely remodeled suites. The program of renovation, which may extend to other Yard buildings, began last fall...
...music center of Radcliffe, Holmes is the only Annex dorm with its own music groups and concert piano. Quincy men will be able to join forces with 'Cliffies already organized into a chamber music group...
Cooperative houses should not be regarded as the "ultimate" solution of the commuter problem. In its features, a cooperative dorm falls far short of a Harvard House. A cooperative residence will lake tutorial staff, library, and that minimum of gracious living designed to remove the chores of cooking and maintenance which interfere with the proper pursuit of undergraduate learning. Perhaps most important, the Houses possess a heterogeneous grouping of students the cooperative houses cannot offer. The idea of a cooperative house is, to a great degree, a compromise with the goals of Harvard education...
Moors Hall earlier had refused to participate in the contest, but Miss Wilhelm described herself as "a rebel rebelling against a rebellious dorm." Girls from Moors and Barnard had branded the contest "un-Radcliffe" and "immoral." Merelice A. Kundratis '62, another Moors Hall candidate, explained that "the contest may be un-Radcliffe, but it's not un-feminine...
Radcliffe may encounter some difficulty in attracting academic talent to these positions. Certainly there is no great prestige attached to being a Radcliffe dorm master or chatelaine. But clearly among the numerous couples in the area some would be acceptable, and of these a few will surely be interested. Young couples might also wish to move in as resident tutors. Radcliffe dorms could benefit from this system as much as Harvard Houses...