Doubling Up Seen in House Rooms During Overcrowded Term in Fall

Veterans who thought that they had seen the last of double bunks when they got their discharge papers might as well get used to climbing to a second-story berth once again, because all present indications are that, with a 50 percent personnel increase in each House next fall, many men are going to find themselves doubling up in their college rooms.

A survey of House accommodations yesterday revealed that all Houses plan to add one extra man to almost all suites, and that dining hall hours for evening meals will probably have to be extended in order to food the 5,800 College men expected to be carolled next fall.

House masters are leaving the matter of where the extra man will sleep up to the individuals themselves, but in most instances the added man is expected to draw an upper bunk, sharing a bedroom with one of his roommates. In some suites, bedrooms are large enough to accommodate two single beds.

"We should have no difficulty taking care of the men if the hours are extended in the dining halls," Leigh Hoadley, Master of Leverett House, said. Leverett, which was built for 240 men and which now accommodates 368, plans to make room of 360 in September by adding an extra man to all suites but four, with the exception of the study bedrooms.

All rooms at Dunster are relatively small, which will require exclusive use of double bunks in order to increase the present 240 men to 350. Kirkland will expand from 250 to about 375; while Eliot, which will be returned to the University from the Naval ROTC next fall, will accommodate 450 instead of its customary 300.

At Lowell, every double room will become a triple, and every vacant single room will become a double, in order to accommodate the 440 men expected in September. Winthrop, with 264 men now, is making plans to handle 400 in September.