DIRTY WALLS

Every summer the University fails to give several of its dormitory rooms the elemental care that they deserve. Every September a certain number of students return to College to find themselves lodged in sites with dirty walls and even dirtier ceilings. It is not uncommon in some of these rooms to find sizeable areas of peeling paint and bare plaster. Such conditions, in contrast with better kept accomodations, are unneccessary and distinctly unfair to the occupants.

One man in Dunster House was so disgusted with the appearance of his walls that he set to work himself with wall-paper cleaner. Another in Winthrop House was driven to hire the University for $40 to paint his spotted walls and ceiling. Recently, an inspector, when shown the peeling paint in a bathroom, casually remarked, "A lot do that. It's the steam from the shower." some walls in the Yard have been washed two-thirds of the way up; but whether it was the work of the University or former occupants is unknown. At any rate, there are not a few rooms throughout the College that are ill-kept, and something should be done about them.

It is evident that constant repainting would be too great a financial burden on the University, but there is no excuse for dirty walls. Rooms that need it should be scrubbed during the summer. A water-proof paint for the bathrooms might be found more economical than ordinary wall-paint. Perhaps if a more stringent check-up were made at the end of each year suites would be better cared for by their occupants. Every dormitory resident deserves this attention to his living quarters, particularly since it would entail little additional expense.