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...students of the past 25 years, Leighton also represents the champion of the commuter...
...convinced Allston Burr to donate a large sum of money in 1935 to establish Dudley Hall; before that, all commuting students ate box-lunches in Phillips Brooks House. Leighton believed that the commuters, who had no central meeting place, were being systematically excluded from college life. After years of manouvering, he finally established the institution, Dudley, which could place the commuting students in the middle of Harvard life...
Students of Dudley last year were offered the sparkling opportunity of being reimbursed from the Master's funds for taking dates to concerts. Unlike the other Houses, Dudley has looked with approval on the inclusion of 'Cliffies in activities. Presently, Leighton's house is the only one with 'Cliffies taking meals there during the week on a regular basis...
According to Charles P. Whitlock, former Allston Burr Senior Tutor of Dudley, "Few people realize the strain that would be placed on the house system if there were no Dudley. If the University should over establish a co-ed House for commuters, [a pot project of Leighton's] it will be because of Leighton's interest in involving the commuter in college...
...When Leighton was not looking out for the interests of students, he either escaped to his hide-a-way in Grays 17, where even his secretaries could not find him, or he participated in one of the most comprehensive "extra-curricular" pro- grams ever undertaken by a Harvard administrator...