Word: porritt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Ruth K. Porritt, head librarian, said yesterday that the architect's original plan had provided for a seating capacity of 600, but only 500 units were installed when Hilles was completed last fall, in case the other 100 would be unnecessary...
...speakers--Mrs. Bunting, architect Max Abramovitz, Librarian Ruth K. Porritt, Mr. Hilles, and Susanne J. Wilson '67, president of the Radcliffe Government Association--were lavish in praise of the library...
...library will continue to take a count of studiers, at several times during each day until November 11, Miss Porritt said. At that time, they will compare figures with Lamont's staff, who are conducting a parallel study to determine the feasibility of admitting women. Together, they will attempt to come to a common solution of the library problem...
...Hilles staff is also considering recent complaints about the open reserve system, Miss Porritt added. They cannot, however, make an actual count of the demand for books, because the books are never checked out during the day. But they have noticed that the Harvard undergraduates who study there at night use very few reserve books...
...weeks ago, a group of Cliffies petitioned the Radcliffe Government Association to restrict men to the first and fourth floors only, after 6 p.m. As RGA tabled the proposal until the middle of December, Miss Porritt noted that there was no need to determine solutions for a problem that no one was sure existed...