May Desires Coed Designs From Houses Coed Committee Plans Open Meeting Sunday

Dean May has asked all House Masters to submit by Friday tentative coed housing plans in preparation for an open meeting on coed living. The meeting will be held at 4 p. m. Sunday in the Tonkens Room in Winthrop House.

A committee appointed by President Pusey called the open meeting to discuss the desired ratio of upperclassmen to women in the Houses and to discuss which Houses should go coed.

May said that a decision on these two issues should be reached before Spring vacation. Because of the Faculty's authorization, the committee's final decision will be binding.

Any student contacting May before Sunday will be allowed to participate in the discussion at the meeting.

The committee-composed of May; Seymour Martin Lipset, professor of Government and Social Relations; and Genevieve Austin, Radcliffe dean of residence-was created in response to student criticisms of the Kagan Committee proposals on coed living.

These proposals, recommending a 2-1 ratio of upperclassmen to women, severely limit the number of Houses that can go coed.

May, in a letter sent to the House Masters yesterday, asked the Masters to work with the House Committees to compile a listing of the students who are willing to move either to Radcliffe or within their House.

Difficult

Mark Kaplan '71, Dunster House Committee Chairman, said that it would be difficult for the Houses not yet coed to find out how many students are willing to move by Friday.

"We will have ours in on time though," Kaplan said. "We don't think that Lowell, Winthrop, and Adams should be the only coed Houses next year just because they've already sent people, and know how good it is," he added.

Lawrence S. DiCara '71. QuincyHouse Committee Chairman, said that his House does not have enough time to complete its poll by Friday.

"I think the only alternative is for Quincy to sponsor a statement asking the committee to let each House make its plans for coed living at its own speed and with its own ratio," DiCara said.