Word: dorms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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President Bok has decided to destroy Hunt Hall because Harvard needs a new freshman dorm and he could only raise money to build it in the Yard. Something had to go, and since Hunt Hall is not particularly productive in terms of dollars per square foot it was chosen. While no one can deny the importance of economy, Bok's often-exhibited insistence upon placing financial considerations above all others is not particularly appropriate in a university setting. Hunt Hall, in its dignity and beauty, represents the style and intellectual heritage which have made Harvard a worthy institution. By tearing...
Meanwhile, Bok is making no comment pending his meeting with the Faculty Council. But Harold L. Goyette, director of the Planning Office, defended the demolition of Hunt Hall, calling it "a thumb in the eye" of the Yard. Goyette added that the dorm would not overload the north Yard, but instead would provide "a reasonable density...
Alisande L. Citron '76, a Hollis resident, said that "I wish this dorm had been coed." Joan T. Freeman, another Hollis resident said that "while it was interesting being a guinea pig, I really think that separate entries were not successful...
...student dorm will have several entryways; need they all be physically attached? From Robinson Hall to Holworthy, from Robinson to Emerson, there must be enough room to fit 200 students and save Hunt Hall, perhaps incorporating it as a Freshman center, a function the Union has failed to serve despite its new paint job. Hunt could house practice rooms, a center for women in the Yard, a lounge, a grill...
...says Security Director Paul Doebel of the University of Illinois: "We encounter a great deal of naiveté about security among students, as well as hostility at any mention of tighter controls." At Northern Illinois University, a security officer was recently scheduled to discuss the crime problem at a dorm-but no one bothered to come to hear him. Explains Harvard Vice President Stephen Hall: "Students could cut crime by 90% if they would lock their doors and be more suspicious...