Information and News

The Information Desk, at which among other things a list of available rooms and apartments in private homes may be secured, will be open in Memorial Hall, from 9 to 4 o'clock on June 26, from 9 to 1 o'clock on June 27, and from 9 to 4 o'clock on June 29 and 30. On and after July 1, the Information Desk will be open from 9 to 4 o'clock in Wadsworth 2 (Saturdays, 9-12 o'clock).

Summer School Convocation

All students and members of the Faculty in residence during the summer, including Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates, students in the several graduate schools, and those enrolled only for the first session of the Summer Term, are invited to attend the opening Convocation in Sanders Theatre on Tuesday evening, July 30, at 8 o'clock. The principal speaker will be President James Bryant Conant. Those not accommodated in Sanders Theatre may listen to the proceedings in the New Lecture Hall by means of the public address system.

Social Gatherings

All members of the Harvard community are cordially invited to attend an outdoor tea in the east quadrangle of Harvard Yard at 4 o'clock on Wednesday, July 1. Arrangements will be made to bring together the students from the several states and foreign countries in specified portions of the grounds.

The annual Reception and Dance, to which all students and Faculty in residence during the Summer Term are invited, will be held in Memorial Hall, beginning at 8:30 o'clock on Friday, July 3.

The Summer School Social Union will sponsor dances in Memorial Hall on Friday evening, July 10; Saturday evening, July 18; Friday evening, July 24; and Saturday evening, August 1. Admission is $.50, plus tax, for Faculty and students in any department of the University and for the personnel of the armed forces quartered in Harvard buildings; for others, it is $.75, plus tax.

Also under the auspices of the Summer School Social Union and with the same admission charges, there will be country dancing directed by Mr. Albert Haynes, master of old-fashioned dances, on Saturday evening, July 11; Friday evening, July 17; Saturday evening, July 25; and Friday evening, July 31, in Memorial Hall.

Athletic Facilities

The extensive facilities of the Harvard athletic department are available to all men students of the Summer School. These include the gymnasiums, swimming pools, squash courts and exercise rooms in the Indoor Athletic Building on Holyoke Street as well as the tennis courts at Soldiers Field and Jarvis Field. Any male student may purchase a participation ticket for the 12-week term for $8.00, entitling him to the use of these facilities, including locker and towel privileges and the use of the pool for mixed swimming on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings. A student who attends only the first session will have $4.00 refunded to him at the close of the session; the charge for the second session only will be $4.00. Tickets should be purchased at the Harvard Athletic Association (corner of Quincy and Harvard Streets) during the registration period.

Because of the program of physical training now in effect for all students in Harvard College, the Weld Boat House cannot be opened to women this summer, and the swimming pools will not be available for them during the day. The large pool in the Indoor Athletic Building will, however, be open for mixed swimming on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9:30 o'clock. The fee for use of the pool by women is $3.00 for each session (tickets to be purchased at the Harvard Athletic Association office) or 35 cents for a single admission (payable at the pool). Towels and bathing suits will be provided, but women may bring their own suits if they wish.

Women may use the Jarvis Field Tennis Courts on payment of $3.00 for each six-week session (tickets to be purchased at the Harvard Athletic Association office), or 25 cents per hour. Payment for the hourly rate should be made at the Courts.

It is possible that a limited number of singles, comps and wherries can be put at the disposal of women students by the Cambridge Boat Club. The charge for temporary membership for the period from July 5 to September 20 is $10 per person, or $15 for husband and wife, and for any four-week period between the dates indicated, $6.00 per person. Anyone interested should send her name to the Summer School Office, indicating her academic status, ability in rowing, and any other data which will help the Club Committee to pass upon the applicant's qualifications. One of the requirements is that the applicant must pass a swimming test prescribed by the Club.

The Harvard Outing Club is arranging a number of outings in which all students may participate whether members of the club or not. These will include an outing in the Blue Hills on Saturday, July 4, a bicycle trip to Concord and Lexington on Sunday, July 5, a day and evening either at Provincetown or Nantasket on Saturday, July 25, and a beach party at Duxbury on Saturday, August 1.