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With the completion of Holmes Hall, the college will be able to house enough resident students without using 20 Walker. This house was closed two years ago and was reopened in the fall because of an unexpectedly large incoming freshman class. If there is enough demand for Peach House as a cooperative dormitory, it will be used as one next fall...
Radcliffe's three cooperative houses. Edmunds, Everett, and Peach were founded a few years ago to lower living costs. The approximate charge for room and board in a coop is $450 per year, about half of the present cost for a single room in one of the regular dorms. This saving is increasingly important in view of the rising room rates at the Annex...
...actually eat better here than in the dorms," they claim. Helpings of food are plentiful, and there is the added attraction of raiding the icebox between meals. Peanut butter, crackers, and fruit are to be had for the taking at Peach House. Girls sign up for the things they take and the cost is apportioned at the end of the year. Harvard men often appear as guests at meals, and generally seem impressed with the domestic talents of the girls...
...Annex administration is considering the move because Peach House, one of the current co-operatives, is among the Houses to be closed next fall. Opening of a new co-operative depends upon whether the remaining two co-operative houses will be able to absorb financially-qualified students...
...announcement yesterday said that Peach House will be shut down next year, in addition to 20 Walker Street and Henry House, because they are structurally undesirable and will not be needed when Holmes Hall is opened...