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...would like to know how the RGA proposes to "work out the problems" of over-crowding in Hilles Library by waiting a month and a half. Waiting a month and a half means waiting till Christmas vacation, which undoubtedly means tabling the discussion until after reading and exam periods. Over crowding problems do not work out by waiting, only by restricting admittance or adding more tables and chairs. The number of boys in Hilles has been between 100 and 120 each night this week, about 20 per cent of capacity. I suggest that the RGA, a body organized "to further...
Earlier this week, the Council had discussed the parietal changes with RGA executives. They then seemed "favorably disposed" to the idea of extension, Suzanne Wilson '67, President of RGA, said last night...
...RGA will not take a final vote on the proposal until its November 17 meeting. In the two intervening weeks, RGA representatives will lead discussions in their dorms to see if there is any significant opposition to the proposed changes...
Pressure for midnight parietals has come chiefly from students in off-campus houses who say that their living rooms are too small to accommodate all the couples who wish to use them on Friday and Saturday nights. Should RGA and the College Council approve the midnight parietal option. Miss Curry feels that the larger dorms would be less likely to take advantage of the extension than the off campus houses...
...last time RGA asked for an increase in the total number of parietal hours, two years ago, the proposal was squelched by acting College President Mrs. Helen H. Gilbert. However, at that time RGA was asking for 70 hours per week which was considered an "unreasonably radical" increase. Ethel Silverman '67, treasurer of RGA, said that this year's RGA will almost assuredly have better luck with its proposals, because "they know what they can hope to get away with...