Sargent Dorm to House Woman Grad Students

The University's first dormitory for women graduate students will open next fall, Arthur D. Trottenberg, Manager of Operating Services, announced yesterday.

The next dormitory will be Sargent College's Lennox Hall, at 1595 Massachusetts Ave. Sargent will move to Boston at the end of its spring term.

Eighty women students in the graduate schools of design, divinity, education, law, medicine, public administration, and public health will live in the remodeled structure. Women in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are enrolled in Radcliffe, and will remain at their own dormitory on Brattle Street.

Dorm to Have Singles

The dormitory, which has not yet been renamed, will have only singles rooms, with one bathroom for each group of three singles. The five-floor building already has a lounge and reception room on the first floor, and the basement dining room will be converted into game and common rooms.

There will be kitchenettes on each floor for preparing tea and snacks, but the women will take their meals at Harkness Commons, since the graduate school dining center is located immediately behind the new dormitory structure.

Rents Not Yet Decided

Trottenberg said that room costs have not yet been decided, but will be published in a pamphlet some time this spring. House staff details will be decided by Miss Frances Brown, Dean of Residence at Radcliffe College, who will also direct the new Harvard dormitory.

Lennox Hall has been used since 1934 to house Sargent's female students of physical education and therapy. The first floor and other parts of the building were remodeled five years ago.

When Harvard purchased the Sargent College land from Boston University last year, it was thought that Lennox Hall might be used as a dormitory for married graduate students.

The University has not yet announced how it will use the remainder of the 10,093 square feet of land on the site. The land includes, at present, a small wooden administration building, and a main building containing three gymnasia, lecture rooms, a science laboratory, and a physical therapy clinic. The value of the property has been estimated at over $150.000.