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...rise in the commuter population of the College is as likely as a continued decline, Dean Monro asserted Wednesday. Commuters, who once constituted more than 25 per cent of the students body, now number approximately...
...Monro pointed out that in previous years, particularly before the advent of the House system, a large percentage of the College commuted. "If things went on this way for 300 years, it's hard to say that the last 25 years prove there will be few commuters from now on," Monro said...
...College residence is an aspect of good times," Monro said. If financial conditions should become more severe, more students might want to live at home, he claimed...
Furthermore. changing admissions standards (and possibly higher financial requirements) at other schools might bring about an increase in the commuter population, Monro said. "If a local boy has a choice of living at Dartmouth or commuting at Harvard, he'll probably go to Dartmouth," he explained, but increasing stiffness all around" may not give students such a choice in the future...
...Monro added that it may be possible "to admit people especially to commute." Policy of "forced commuting" two years ago was not very successful, he noted, and asked, "Is forced commuting necessarilly poisonous...