50 Men Apply to 'Cliffe; Ten Women Ask to Move

Fifty Harvard men have requested permission to move to Radcliffe second semester, but only ten Radcliffe women have said they want to move to Harvard Houses.

"We are obliged by Dean May's policy of last year to look first, after Harvard students at Radcliffe who want to return," Dean Epps said.

Men living at Radcliffe received letters this week reminding them of their option to move to Harvard Houses for the second semester and asking them to notify Epps' office of their intentions by Dec. 15.

Mather Sophomores

In the event of vacancies at Radcliffe, Mather House sophomores will be given first priority to move in order to reduce the number and alleviate the imbalance of sophomores at Mather. Epps explained, "For many of them, it's like having a second freshman year."

Genevieve Austin, dean of Residence at Radcliffe, stressed the importance of keeping the present male-female ratio at Radcliffe as well as at Harvard. She said, "As far as men and women are concerned, it has to be a man for a man and a girl for a girl."

Epps estimated that only 25 out of the 307 men currently living at Radcliffe will want to move to move to one of the Harvard Houses at midyear.