ADMINISTRATION INCREASES DORMITORY ROOM RATES

An increase in the rentals for rooms in college dormitories was announced March 21 and will go into effect at the beginning of the next college year. This increase will amount to a little less than 15 per cent in the aggregate, or about $20 per man, and after a careful study of all rooms, has been so apportioned that the more desirable rooms will carry a larger relative in crease than the rooms which are in less demand. Rentals for rooms for 132 men have not been raised at all, while the rates of rooms for 270 men have been raised but $10 per man per year. The following announcement was made from the Offices of Administration at the time when new rates were published:

"In view of the announcement of an increase in rates at a time when most prices are going down, a brief explanation may not be amiss. The various costs entering into the operation of college dormitories have shown very slight decrease. Increases in rentals were made two years ago in an attempt to meet the post-war condition, but they were not sufficient to give a net return as great as the return which the College receives on other forms of investment, and which it should receive from this source. It became evident last year that the scale of dormitory rentals was too low, but in view of the increase in tuition which went into operation at that time, it seemed preferable to the officers of the College to defer the necessary increase in rates until this year.

"At a recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the Trustees, after a full consideration of the whole situation, the increase was reluctantly ordered."