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...isolated instances in the past week have shown that such compromise is possible. University officials announced they are considering a compromise with tenants scheduled to be evicted from apartments on Mellon and Sumner Streets. Maurice D. Kilbridge, dean of the Faculty of Design, said the tenants had suggested the compromise plans his staff is looking at. The consultation between city and school, it seems, can be workable, and effective...
...litany of city complaints against the University include the eviction of tenants in buildings on Mellon, Ware and Sumner Streets and a low-interest loan program for faculty members that city officials fear will dry up the already near-barren Cambridge housing market...
...University did take the first steps toward assuaging some of the hard feelings last week, when Graduate School of Design officials announced that they would consider giving tenants on Sumner St., scheduled to be evicted on June 1, more time to move...
Tenants suggested both the possible rollback of the eviction date and the use of the connected cellars of 7 Sumner and 3 Sumner for office or storage space...
...went mad over higher education. Giving every teen-ager an opportunity to go to college became a mark of American grandeur in the world. It was a silly delusion." Northwestern's Ellis puts it more simply: "We let ourselves get fat." Sound management principles were ignored. Argues Sumner G. Rahr, a fund-raising consultant: "The businessmen on college boards didn't apply tough financial standards at board meetings. They figured, 'Oh, the nuns will come through again,' or 'Old Mr. Chips will bail...