Lowell Plans For Reunion

Lowell House hopes to hold a dinner this spring where 25th reunion alumni can meet present seniors, Elliott Perkins '23, Master of Lowell House, announced yesterday.

Perkins said that a group of seniors suggested the dinner last fall, since the Class of 1934 was the first class whose members spent three full years in Lowell House. They were sophomores when it opened in 1930.

"I think that in the future, 25th reunion classes will have people for whom the House was the main center of College activity," Perkins stated. John J. Conway, Master of Leverett House, agreed that "the transition of 25th reunions from a class to a House orientation is inevitable."

John H. Finley '25, Master of Eliot House, suggested that a special alumni program might be arranged in the Common Room to discuss changes that have taken place. "For some time we have had small meetings with graduates who arrive before reunion activities," Finley added.

Whether alumni could be successfully rallied to House groups was questioned by Peter D. Shultz '52, secretary of the Alumni Association. "It would be the kind of thing to proceed with slowly," he advised. "For the immediate year, I am doubtful; the class has not really considered the matter."

Perkins also proposed that returning alumni be lodged, so far as is feasible, in their undergraduate Houses. Shultz termed this "a very nice idea," but thought it would prove difficult. "Only a limited amount of space is available in the Houses," he said.