Four Dance Chairmen Denounce Stag Plan for Radcliffe Formal

Four House Dance Committee Chairmen last night blasted the Radcliffe Social Committee's plan for a Christmas Formal with stags invited, terming the plan an insult to undergraduate manhood.

The tentative system would allow each girl to invite two stags to the dance, in addition to her escort. There will be an all-college vote Monday to determine final acceptance of the plan.

Johnson Montgomery '55, Eliot House Dance Chairman, said that on the basis of his experience, "Radcliffe would have a better dance with only boys carefully selected by each girl for herself. I can't see four the life of me what one woman's going to do with three men." Montgomery added that he did not think the stag idea was "in good taste."

The suggestion invite two Radcliffe girls apiece to the House dances was endorsed by Carl A. Goldman '55, Winthrop House Dance Chariman, and by Alan B. Kennedy '55, Adams House Dance Chairman. Kennedy said this would be a good retaliation. "Might as well have two girls apiece and have some fun. We're not losing anything," he added.

Goldman said that he would not only refuse to go as a stag, but that even the regular date would be plagued by "other characters standing around waiting to cut in." He explained that previously, an invitation to a Radcliffe dance was an honor, and he fears that stage will turn a once "quiet, sophisticated evening" into a "rat race."

Joseph M. Cronin '56, Dudley House Dance Chairman, said that he refused to go as "one of the spares," and even if he were the girl's proper escort he would ask her if there weren't "some place else" she would like to go.

Richard S. Dolins '55, Lowell House Dance Chairman, was skeptical of the plan, saying that "it will detract from the dignity of the dance to have stags. However, if there aren't too many, it ought to be an interesting little situation."