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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thirteen girls have moved out of Holmes, leaving 82 girls in a dormitory with a capacity for 120 girls. The dorm has 39 doubles and 24 singles; 10 of these doubles have single occupants. There are only four seniors living in Holmes and over 50 per cent of the girls are freshmen...
With its low fees (total yearly cost: $2,600) and liberal rules (complete honor system, no dorm curfews for students entertaining dates), Prescott expects little difficulty in filling its classes. A chance to teach in small, informal seminars and high salaries ($14, average) have helped attract a strong and adventurous faculty. Support from Arizona citizens has been building as well; last year, Barry Goldwater donated his personal library to the college At Prescott, says President Nairn, who served as a New Zealand fighter pilot during World War II and holds a Ph. D. from Yale, "we are taking our past...
...raise of 15 cents now and 15 cents next year for the 70 accomodators, or dorm maids, putting their salaries at $1.99 and $2.14. These figures are within one cent of Union demands...
...Bertram Hall meeting on the strike last night a South House head resident announced that North House dorm maids had burned copies of the petition being circulated...
...Riverside's dean of students, Norman Better, who counted 35 requests for room changes after the first week last year, only five so far this semester. Incompatibility of roommates, he claims, is more serious than many college officials realize. More than 8% of Riverside's 1,200 dorm residents switched roommates last year and "at least twice that many wanted to move but were persuaded to stick it out." Even when switches are made, he says, "the one who is left feels rejected." He recalled a case last year in which one boy with a fetish for cleanliness...