College Protests Maids' Choice of Day Off

Fear of reprisal yesterday kept many students from voicing frank opinions on the new five day week for the college's maids. A spot check of undergraduate opinion, taken on the streets of the Square, revealed that the new move by the H.U.E.R.A. was unwelcome to the majority of undergraduates.

Donald F. McNiel '52 voiced the typical opinion: "If they had to pick one day, why Saturday, the day that most students entertain in their rooms? Why not some day in the middle of the week, like the barberless Wednesday?"

"And what's going to happen on Monday?" Duncan H. McCallum '52 asked. "They'll have three times as much work to do in the regular time. It'll take two or three days to make up for the work they miss."

One solution was found by Richard L. Purinton '52, pictured at left. A Moors Hall sophomore, Robin Hood Williams was quick to realize the plight of the undergraduate and rushed across the Square to practice for a possible Saturday morning job.

When Kingsley H. Murphy '52 was informed of the practical solution, he was temporarily elated. "Pretty good idea, but I don't think It'll work for the whole College."

One disheartened statistic, Frank B. Ensign '52 claimed that he would just have to give up sleeping on Friday nights. Another, Richard E. Hersperger '65, a Leverett House man said. "It's a pretty good thing, I think they were working too hard before."