950 Men Will Live in Yard, 50 Below 1950

About 950 men will live in the Yard this year, Assistant Dean William D. Weeks '49, announced this week. The figure is 50 fewer than last year's total and considerably below the crowded times right after the war.

The last room assignment should reach freshmen by September 15, according to the Housing Office.

The Yard is not back to the pre-war luxurious pattern, when two men occupied space that was later to be filled comfortably by four. Weeks said that there is no real pattern to the number of men in similar suites this year. Instead the office has been "uncrowding hardship cases"--a suite that is actually smaller than its apparent twin, next door.