Word: leightons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University will, if there is a sufficient demand, turn over to Dudley House next Fall a large residence at 1705 Massachusetts Ave., to be run as a second cooperative for undergraduates, Delmar Leighton '19, Master of Dudley House, revealed yesterday...
...Leighton said that the building, near the present cooperative at 3 Sacramento St., could house about 15 students. "From preliminary indication," he noted, "we anticipate no difficulty in filling the new cooperative...
Last week, Leighton sent a letter to the members of Dudley, asking their reaction to the proposal. "The cooperative house offers an efficient, economical means--particularly to students who live at some distance from Cambridge--of enjoying the advantages of full residence at the College at considerably less expense than membership in the residential Houses involves," he pointed...
...Dudley cooperative, each student would contribute two or three hours a week to the "cleaning, maintenance and improvement" of his House. He would also undertake an assignment of about twelve hours of "kitchen duty" each six weeks. "This seems a modest demand in view of the very low rent," Leighton commented...
...Master Leighton has pointed out, it is in the non-Honors area that the Houses can do their most creative work. By designing a program for House members who are not qualified for or who are not interested in further specialization, the Houses could fill the gap left by the elementary General Education courses...