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...Ruth K. Porritt, Radcliffe librarian, said last night that she favors keeping the Radcliffe library open on Saturday nights and is willing to start the new policy during Reading Period...
...Miss Porritt stated last night, however, that "people are available to staff the library during the extra hours." She also claimed that a published figure of $400 per night to keep the library open "was terribly exaggerated...
...Ruth K. Porritt, the librarian, has estimated the additional expense at $13,000 a year--approximately $400 a night--to be spent for heat, light, and extra personnel. Mrs. Bunting has indicated that this cost would not be prohibitive...
...Bunting is also examining the possibility of allowing men above the first floor after 5 p.m. Miss Porritt is not in favor of the idea because an additional attendant would be needed on the second floor so "men could not get upstairs to molest the girls...
Librarian Ruth K. Porritt has not veto the suggestion, although she has pointed out the difficulties in paying for heat, light, and an additional librarian. The matter is now being considered by President Bunting...