Fall Housing Adequate

One of the first big question marks of the Dartmouth Plan - how many students would be in residence and require on- campus housing next fall term - seems to be no longer in the realm of conjecture.

"Because of the number of students who will be away on the Dartmouth Plan, all those wishing to live on campus can probably be accommodated," according to William I. Crooker, Director of Student Housing. "It's working out very well."

"We will be crowded - we always are in the fall," he added. But, with some double rooms coverted to triples, it looks as if there will sufficient dormitory space for all who want it.

All entering freshman women will be guaranteed, as they were last year, their choice of all-female or coed dorms. The second big housing question mark will be resolved by July 1, the deadline for incoming freshman women to register their preferences.

Some 23 upperclass women who have lived this year in North Mass and Woodward, the two exclusively women's residence halls, have been assigned to coed dorms, to insure plenty of space for freshman women. "But we have a little leeway," Crooker explains, and, if fewer than expected of the female members of the Class of '77 opt for space in all-women's dorms, some of the relocated upperclasswomen may be able to return.

There has been some discussion of the possibility of establishing a third all-women's dormitory "if, by some chance, many more entering students than expected choose the all-female option." But that eventuality remains more of a possibility than a likelihood, Crooker hopes.