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The overcrowding of the Houses is going to force a change in somebody's thinking about the House system. As Dean Watson pointed out, a Tenth House could be filled tomorrow with the 200 students who have been allowed to live off-campus and the 120 occupants of crumbling Claverly Hall.
Obviously the Tenth House will not be able to serve its stated purpose: to relieve crowding in the older Houses. Unless droves of students are allowed to live off campus each year--a prospect everyone connected with the House system deplores--deconversion of overcrowded suites will be impossible even after a new House is built.
If the Administration has firmly decided it wants as many of the upperclassmen as possible in the Houses it must begin thinking about yet another House. The process of land accumulation, designing a building, and having it built is a long one; the Administration would do well to start now.
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