INTERHOUSE AT LOWELL

To the Editors of The Crimson:

In a recent editorial of yours on "interhouse" meals a nonsensical comment about ants was attributed to me. Members of The Crimson have never hesitated in the past to phone me for information or opinion. I wish that the writer of your editorial had had the courtesy to do so before crediting me falsely with so vulgar and irrelevant a statement.

As to the substance of the editorial, let me say merely that the system instituted in my own House accomplishes exactly what the editorial asks -- "to eat their meals with friends from other Houses." Before this last week our dining hall had seventy or more drop-ins at lunch, making long lines till 1:30, causing delays and shortages in food service, crowding facilities - and not eating with friends. A member of the House who had a class till one and another beginning at two could hardly eat in his own dining hall.

The editorial asks for a centralized uniform rule. There used to be a uniform rule -- that there be no "interhouse" at all for weekday lunches. But since the only Houses likely to be overwhelmed by numbers are those near the Yard, it seemed to the Masters silly to maintain unnecessary uniformity.

Other arguments in the editorial appear to me not worth rebuttal. It should be remarked that the whole fiery issue revolves around a minor restriction on just five meals a week. Zeph Stewart   Master of Lowell House