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...Ruth K. Porritt, Librarian, says there are always seats in the library. The crowding is more of an illusion than a reality -- Hilles looks crowded because there is never an empty study area, but instead almost always at least one person in an area designed for two or three...
...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...
Miss Ruth K. Porritt, head librarian, said that if the present rules continue to be unsatisfactory, they will be changed, but "I want to be sure they don't work first, and the two week trial period the system has had isn't enough...
RICHARD H. PORRITT...