CHUL Finds Interhouse Diners Do Not Overcrowd The Union

Action to bar upperclassmen from eating lunch at the Freshman Union has been forestalled by the results of a Food Service survey on interhouse dining, a member of the Committee on Housing and Undergraduate Life (CHUL), said yesterday.

The survey, conducted at CHUL's request, found that crowding at the Union and at even the most popular dining halls is within acceptable limits, Margaret Ross '76, Lowell House representative to CHUL, said.

Ross said that the survey, sparked by an October report on overcrowding at the Union presented by F. Skiddy von Stade, dean of freshmen, covered students eating interhouse at all undergraduate dining halls from October 25 to November 2.

Katherine E. Garrett '76, Currier House CHUL representative and a Crimson editor, said yesterday that the least popular House dining halls, or those who lost the greatest number of diners in interhouse switching, were Dunster, Mather and those at the three Quad Houses.

Interhouse Switching

Although a breakdown by individual houses was not available, Garrett said that for the week, 878 interhouse meals were eaten at the Quad dining halls, while 2216, mainly lunches, were eaten elsewhere by Quad residents. The figures for Dunster-Mather were 940 and 1698, respectively, she said.

Eliot House was the next most unpopular dining facility, accepting 330 interhouse students and losing 750, Garrett said.

Lawrence F. Stevens, administrative assistant to Eliot Master Alan Heimert'49, said that Eliot's unpopularity was "no big surprise." He said that the House has "too many people for too few places" in the dining room, and added that if all house members ate at the same time they would have to sit piggy-back.

The most popular dining halls, Garrett said, were those at Lowell and Kirkland