Pudding May Sublease Building Space

Hasty Pudding Club officials confirmed yesterday that they are considering opening up their Holyoke St. building in an attempt to raise money. One possible tenant is the proposed student pub, Arthur Coburn III '54, the graduate president of the club, said yesterday.

"The utilities are high, the building is expensive to run," Christopher Knowlton '79, the undergraduate president of the Pudding, added. "We are pursuing and exploring some alternatives for better utilizing the building," he said.

Michael Desaulniers '80, a student working on the pub project, said yesterday it is "premature" to say whether the Pudding club site had been added to the list of possible locations for the undergraduate tavern. Sites already listed as possible homes for the pub include Memorial Hall, the Freshman Union, Lehman and Harvard Halls, the Science Center and an abandoned bar at 29 Garden St., Desaulniers added.

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The pub idea is only one of several plans for making some money from the building, Knowlton said. "We might have commercial development of certain areas of the building," Knowlton said, but added the club members would still continue to use the building.

"We've even talked about the possibility that the club should not continue to function, that we should have the college take over the building," Coburn said, but added that "right now that isn't under serious consideration."

Coburn said "there will be some changes by next fall." He said there is "definitely a possibility" that permanent seats in the building's theater will be removed to make room for dances and banquets.

Club membership has dropped in the last three years, Coburn said, adding "the Pudding definitely needs to change if we are going to turn that trend around."

"There is a bar, a restaurant, two pool tables and a theater in there," Coburn said. "We have to make it into a broad-based Harvard club that people will want to join," he added.

"I'm eternally optimistic," Coburn said. "I'm sure we will make our bicentennial in 1996," he added.