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...College is "much nearer the issue of expansion than we tend to think," Delmar Leighton '19, Master of Dudley House, said yesterday. "There is a good chance that two of three Houses included in the Program for Harvard College may be used to enlarge the student body...
Although Program literature lays heavy emphasis on "deconversion of overcrowded rooms," Leighton stated that "beyond a certain point, students will not be willing to pay the cost of extensive deconversion...
...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...
...Leighton emphasized in his letter that "we do not wish, however, to ask the University for a second cooperative unless a substantial number of students now commuting indicate an interest in occupying it." On the other hand, he said yesterday that students now in the Houses may be allowed to apply "if there is insufficient interest in Dudley...
Pointing out that the Dudley cooperative would be similar to the present cooperative, Leighton encouraged commuting students to visit the present house and consult some of its occupants, who, he said, are "very pleased with their experiment...