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...Some of us think that some things could be done while others are afraid of any changes at all," says Currier House Master Dudley R. Hershbach. He adds that the Masters might be willing to agree on something "if something comes up with a good idea...
...diversity issue has taken a back seat this year to more pressing concerns. For says, explaining that the Faculty Council--the Faculty's advisory steering group--was scheduled to touch upon the issue sometime this spring. But Hershbach, a member of the Council, said he was skeptical that the diversity among the Houses would reach the top of that body's agenda this year, primarily because of the seemingly subdued interest in administrative ranks...
...slap in the face for Quad residents, their wishes and concerns disregarded. But there seems to be a consensus that the plan has worked out well. "Even though there was great hue and cry at times, the judgement is that it was definitely a good thing to do," says Hershbach. Unification of freshmen in the Yard and nearby Union dorms seems to offer at least one common Harvard experience for undergraduates, officials agree. Hanna Hastings recalls that freshmen assigned to the Quad and then reassigned to a Quad House as upperclassmen because of bad luck in the lottery "really felt...
...apparent answer, which Wacker says will come via a report by the end of the term, is a resounding "yes." Committee members--the Quad masters plus Mather House Masters David and Patricia Herlihy and Eliot House Master Alan E. Heimert '49--hedge somewhat in discussing specifics. Says Hershbach: "I don't want to steal all the thunder." Nevertheless, the masters are making clear they see the need for further substantive improvements in Quad living. These will probably include a revision of House assignment formulas which severely affect the Quad's crowding situation (see accompanying story), and a call for major...
...space in Hilles Library as a result of the first Comprehensive plan, and other offices recently moved to the Quad; masters are calling for further moves along this line. Hastings's pet project is the creation of a bike path to the Quad; "It would make a difference." And Hershbach wouldn't mind a swimming pool, "but I don't know if we're going to propose...