Bunting Says Coggeshall, Henry, Other Off-Quad Houses May Stay

"It's not Radcliffe policy to get rid of all off-campus houses," President Bunting said yesterday.

Houses like Henry and Coggeshall, which are not on the quad, may well remain even after the new dormitories are completed, she said. The college may even buy other houses in the neighborhood to provide rooming variety, she added.

Mrs. Bunting's statement came at the end of an RGA meeting at which representatives approved a committee report proposing that students in off-campus houses be allowed to eat either lunch or dinner in the dormitories. At present they may eat only dinner there.

Although the administration will almost surely approve the proposal. President Bunting warned that the new system might cause a rise in board prices because of higher book keeping costs and a possible increase in the number of meals eaten.

She said kitchen officials now expect only a certain percentage of the off-campus girls to eat the dinner for which they pay. With the proposed choice between lunch and dinner, officials would have to prepare enough food to accommodate the girls at either meal. In addition, Mrs. Bunting suggested that the new flexibility might encourage girls who normally skip dinner in the dorm to eat lunch there instead.

In other matters, the RGA legislature unanimously decided to join the HCUA in recommending a plan for free interhouse dining which would allow escorted 'Cliffies and Harvard students to eat free in each others' dining halls on nights on which they may now do so if they pay.