Word: overcrowdedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Housing conditions for sophomores must inevitably worsen under the new plan. Canaday holds about the same number of sophomores as the Quad has freshmen--but to simply switch them would cause intolerable problems. Freshmen currently housed at the Quad are very crowded: last year's problems at Mather House will...
Natural Sciences 4a, "Natural Selection and Behavioral Biology," also holds lectures in overcrowded conditions. The enrollment for the course is 523, but Science Center B, where lectures are given, has a seating capacity of only 498.
"There are usually people sitting in the aisles. It's definitely overcrowded," Pat Reagan '79, said last night. "Today it was especially packed," he added.
Alfred B. Lord '34, Porter Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature, who teaches Humanities 9a, said yesterday his lectures are overcrowded, but he does not think it causes a problem.
Robert L. Trivers '65, associate professor of Biology, said, "It's not really overcrowded. Usually people who sit in the aisles are latecomers who don't move to the front and take up empty seats."