PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE SEEKS TO SOLVE ROOMING PROBLEMS

In an attempt to case the housing shortage for service men training at Harvard University, the Phillips Brooks House Housing Office has rented from the University what formerly was a private home, and will sublet it to unbarracked, married, trainees.

The project is admittedly merely an experiment, and only a drop in the bucket in the way of settling the trouble. Nevertheless, although still in embryo form, the PBH Housing Office feels that its experiment will prove successful.

The building, right now, is unfurnished, and a group of Cambridge women and faculty wives has accepted the job of canvassing homes to try and collect enough furniture to make the rooms livable. Any kind of furniture at all will be useful.

People who aren't canvassed and have furniture that they want to contribute, may do so by bringing it to PBH, or, it they call or drop a line, a Brooks House representative will be around to pick it up.

Rent will be charged on the amount of space occupied by each man aid his wife. Since the building is a former private home, it has only one kitchen, which will be used jointly by all the occupants.

A housekeeper will act as a go-between for the owner and the occupants and any difficulties that may crop up will be settled through her.

If the experiment is a success, it may be that private owners will follow the example set by the Housing Office and convert unoccupied buildings into quarters for the families of the trainees.

Up to now, the unbarracked service men have had trouble in finding rooms where they and their families could enjoy any kind of home life. In the project works, and if the Housing Office can do the same with other old homes, this situation will be alleviated.