To cater to the ever present scholastic pressures, Leverett offers a comfortable, conveniently-located library, which is well-balanced, but especially strong in English. A fine record collection and a sumptuously-equipped listening room are also available to House members.

Extra-curricular cultural activities have always been prominent at Leverett. A volunteer staff editors the chauvinistic "Leverett Laurels," while a Forum Committee struggles for attention on a higher plane by annually arranging a series of talks by assorted University experts.

Instrument players will find a haven in the commodious House Music Room, or in the sometimes-active Leverett House Dance Band. Singers can join the House Glee Club or Octet, or can attempt more ambitions trials with the Leverett House Music Society, recent producer of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Ruddigore" and "The Sorcerer."

To maintain its standing as the College's least stuffy House, Leverett sponsors three miscellaneous organizations designed to keep the world from taking itself too seriously.

Field Hockey

The Mill Street Athletic Association (Leverett Section) irregularly challenges assorted field hockey teams from women's colleges. Meanwhile, Leverett's Civic improvement Society hastens to perform various necessary odd jobs around the House. Its most recent achievement was to locate the center of the universe outside McKinlock Hall's main entrance.

At the same time, the Leverett People's Republic maintains constant watch over Gore Hall of Winthrop House. As part of its campaign to prove that this building rightfully belongs to Leverett, the People's Republic has produced a firm which is used to indoctrinate all incoming sophomores.

Leverett's biggest disadvantage though, is the feeling of dread which newly-assigned members carry into their first year. The contrast between the expected and the real is so pleasantly shocking that Hutch men spend the rest of their residency futilely trying to persuade frightened freshmen of Leverett's virtues.