RGA Considers Proposal Altering Parietal Hours

Neither the Radcliffe Government Association nor the Radcliffe administration would predict last night the future of a proposal allowing each Radcliffe dormitory to stablish its own parietal hours. The EGA will consider the proposal at its meeting today.

In its present form, the proposal delegates to the dorms complete control over their parietal hours. However, their more moderate proposals would give RGA power to rule on dorm decisions and restrict the total number of parietal hours permissible.

Proponents of the original proposal argue that different dormitories have widely differing facilities and, therefore, widely different needs in terms of parietal hours.

Women at 124 Walker St. are particularly anxious to have the dorms given authority over parietals, since the apartments there have kitchens and residents would like to be able to ask men to dinner.

Some 'Cliffies, however, fear that the dorms might vote unreasonable extensions of parietal hours, creating a situation in which free movement in the dorm would be obstructed. Since all rooms open directly into the hallway in Radcliffe dorms, some women feel that an increase in the time men could spend on the upper floors would be inhibiting and inconvenient.

Some dorms have already indicated that they favor the RGA proposal by voting slight modifications in their parietal regulations.

Adele Smith '63, president of RGA, said last night that there might be some dispute over the constitutionality of RGA's involvement with parietals. Some students fear that a conflict between the position of the RGA and the college administration might arise.

President Bunting, when questioned, said that she hoped such a division would not arise. She said that personally she had no objection to changing parietals from Sunday afternoon to some more convenient day.