Watson Okays Adams House Bendix Plant

The College yesterday gave Adams House permission to install an electric washing machine in the basement, but added that no other House could have one until Adams tries the experiment for a year.

Associate Dean Robert F. Watson '37 and a special administration committee made the decision after requests had been made by the Student Council and several House committees. Since the Gold Coasters were the first to ask for a Bendix, they were the House chosen for the one-year trial.

Committee Must Approve

The Adams committee must still pass a resolution and decide how to finance a machine before one is bought. The group will probably meet on the matter right after vacation.

Watson said that no profit will be allowed from the Bendixes, which will be coin-operated. All revenue from the machines must go to the House Committee, rather than to a private company, and the committee must use all the money for expenses and maintenance. It will also have to pay the University for electricity and water.

No companies or groups are ever allowed to make money on University grounds, in order to preserve Harvard's tax-free status, according to Dean Watson's statement.