Dean, Council Group Select Student DP's

Final selection of the seven Displaced Person students who will get scholarships here next year was announced last night by John H. Carnahan '50, Chairman of the Council's DP Committee.

The seven men, three from Czechoslovakia, two from Yugoslavia, and one each from Poland and Rumania, were chosen at a conference Tuesday between Dean Bender and the DP Committee.

According to Carnahan, this was the first time students had ever had a say in College admissions. In one of the cases, Bender left the decision entirely up to the Committee.

Assurance papers have now been signed for the seven men and all that remains is for the Housemasters to assign them to Houses. Each of the seven Houses is taking one DP.

Final Fund Totals

Carnahan also reported the final totals reached by the House drives to provide room, board, and miscellaneous expenses for the students. Lowell led with $928, followed by Leverett $825, Adams $700, Kirkland and Winthrop $625, and Dunster and Eliot last with $600.

These sums, augmented by $665 collected from the freshmen to be divided equally among the Houses, $1000 given by the Council and over $100 donated by the Liberal Union, add up to roughly $950 per House.

Financial Success

Since this is well above the estimated $650 expenditure total, Carnahan said, the students may not have to do outside work as was originally planned.

The College has already set aside scholarship funds to take care of their entire tuition expenses for a year.

The DP's, who range in age from 19 to 26, have been studying in DP camps. Most of them had fled their countries when the Communists took over, the three Czechs all crossing the border illegally after the coup last spring.

Although all are fairly advanced students they will not be assigned class standing until they arrive.