Word: leightons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been no secret that the eight and ninth Houses have been on top of the priority list for a long time. Just a week ago, Dean Leighton, in his report to the President asked for two Houses to meet the needs of present enrollment. On three separate occasions during the past year, Pusey has called overcrowding in the Houses, one of the College's principle problems...
...Dean Leighton has called for two new Houses in order to meet present overcrowding. In his annual report for 1955-56 to President Pusey, Leighton said the new facilities are needed "without any expansion in enrollment" in order to achieve "any satisfactory attainment of the objectives of the House Plan...
...Leighton said the College should aim for an average House enrollment of 325, as contrasted to the 418 average last year. This, along with overcrowding in freshman dormitories, has put residence at 149 percent of pre-war capacity. He added that 44 percent of the undergraduates still have to use the double-decker beds introduced to meet postwar conditions...
...dean also suggests the establishment of a new center for commuting students. Leighton concedes that it would be desirable for commuters to live in Houses, but he points out that because of the cost there is really no practical possibility of expanding the capacity of the Houses to that extent...
Dean Bender, Dana L. Farnsworth, Director of the University Health Services, John H. Finley, Jr. '14, Master of Eliot House, George B. Kistiakowsky, Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry, Dean Mason of the Public Administration School, Dean Leighton, John U. Monro '34, Director of Financial Aid, Charles H. Taylor, Master of Kirkland House, and Dean Watson...