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...some hope for the commuters came at the Dudley Founding Fathers Dinner, April 19. At the dinner President Pusey declared that Harvard has "gone far enough, perhaps too far" in its efforts to attract students from other states. "I nearly leapt out of my chair," Leighton commented on Pusey's remark. "This is what Dudley has been waiting to hear." The University's effort to become a national institution began in 1933 under President Conant and resulted in the percentage of Massachusetts students per class dropping from 55.1 per cent for '29 to 21.3 per cent...
Emphasizing that "the success of a residential House system requires one unit not completely residential," Leighton pictures Harvard's goal as "a House system flexible enough to allow students to move in or out without having to adjust to an entirely new environment. It is the University's responsibility to offer those fortunate enough to be able to enjoy the simultaneous benefits of home life and education, a part in a college community which is mainly residential...
...make way for the rest of the new Medical Center. Four possibilities are being considered. Dudley might take over Lehman Hall when the Bursar's office moves into the top floors of the Health Center Building. Or Dudley House might move into Claverly; this suggestion, reportedly favored by Master Leighton, would seem to hinge on the construction of the tenth House to accommodate extra residential students...
...ratio of commuting to residential students. Administration feeling favors a 50-50 ratio, but this would drastically slash the number of commuters from the present 304 to approximately 200. Furthermore, just how such a House would be organized is not at all clear. Regarding the other three proposals, Master Leighton emphasizes that with any further cut in the number of commuters, Dudley would be too small to support its own tutorial program and could not participate in athletic events on an equal basis the the other Houses...
...more like the residential Houses or maintain its individuality. University officials are still half-convinced that the commuter is cheated out of some educational advantage that the residential student enjoys. The time has come to make decisions, and the University must decide quickly what it wants to about commuters.DELMAR LEIGHTON...