Masters, Senior Tutor Commend Winthrop's Intra-House Section

Support of the plan to move sections from the Yard to the Houses was voiced last night by the masters of Eliot and Lowell and the senior tutor of Dudley.

"This is all a step in the right direction," said Elliott Perkins '23, master of Lowell House. Although he praised Winthrop's new section in Economics 1, Master Perkins foresaw no such meetings in Lowell because of a lack of space. "It's a question of logistics. When we get the new Houses, then we will be able to make room in Lowell for such sections."

A similar view was expressed by John H. Finley '25, master of Eliot House. "I hope more House sections will exist. If there were more space, as there will be when the new Houses are built, we can take action." Master Finley also suggested that when there is space, faculty members should have their offices in their Houses, not in the Yard.

"This is the next step in the tutorial system," said the Allston Burr Senior Tutor of Dudley, Charles P. Whitlock. "The only way to combat bigness is decentralization."

Whitlock looked ahead to the day when commuters would have a new center and predicted that if the new building had sections, there would be a more effective Dudley House set-up.

Art Maas, associate professor of Government, however, said that intra-House sections for commuters would be "most unfortunate" as they would isolate the non-residents. He also questioned the effect of such sections on freshmen and Radcliffe.

Reservations were also voiced by Zeph Stewart, Allston Burr Senior Tutor of Adams House. "I see no need, at present, for a large program of House sections which might well exaggerate intellectual differences and lead to uniformity in the House."