The Battle of the Dunster House Gates ended in victory for Master Gordon M. Fair last night.

At a meeting of the Dunster House Committee Fair decided against the plea of the House "Civic Improvement" Committee to leave the river gates open all night.

Over 50 students crowded the Small Common Room to hear John M. Gregg '53 advance the arguments for the 30 students who had signed the committee's plea for open gates.

Gregg argued that late-coming students were inconvenienced by the fact that only the back door of the House stayed open. Firemen he said, would also be inconvenienced if there were an early morning House configuration.

When Fair said lack of tutors in two of the entries was another reason for the closing, Gregg countered that "tutors are supposed to be pedagogues, not Pinkertons."

Despite the decision, Dunster gates are still the most wide open of all the river barriers. They close at 12:45 a.m., and Fair said last night he may extend the curiew until 1:15. Other river Houses drop the latch early in the evening.