The College

IN its consideration of the undergraduate proposal that parietals be liberalized to the point of permitting a student to house a woman in his room "for not more than a few days" (reasonable men must compromise) the Committee on Administration responded with unwonted crispness. The Dartmouth, so far as we know, never got around to printing the Committee's resolution, but we think it should see the light of print:

The Committee on Administration has been asked to approve a series of proposals which would allow a student to house a woman in his bedroom, on the condition that the woman and his roommates consent and that the woman stay no more than a few days. On this issue the Committee is anxious that its response be unambiguous. It is for this reason that we use a simple word which has gone out of fashion in this age of meaningful dialogue: No.

On the other hand, we are anxious to continue exploration of the concept of home-rule within the present system of residence. If student government will select one living unit, we are prepared to designate that dormitory or fraternity an experiment for the academic year 1968-69.

An acceptable proposal should include the following features: That women guests should not "spend the night"; that a member of the faculty shall agree to live in the dormitory or fraternity during the experimental period; and that the system for home-rule be submitted to the Committee on Administration for approval.

A successful experiment of this sort would constitute what Palaeopitus and this Committee have called a "positive and constructive action" which could lead to improvement of "every aspect of dormitory and fraternity life."