Radcliffe students and administration clashed at Thursday's RGA meeting in a discussion of the suitability of the living conditions in the brick dormitories.
The controversy arose in connection with a motion "that seniors who are 21 or older should be allowed to live in private apartments if they so desire."
In support of the motion, students mentioned the fact that over two-thirds of Radcliffe seniors are presently living off-campus. "The Administration should certainly take into account such an overwhelming preference for off-campus living," one member of the legislature remarked. "There is obviously something seriously wrong with living conditions in the brick dormitories."
Mrs. W.A. Kerby-Miller, academic vice-president of Radcliffe, contended that there were many arguments in favor of on-campus living.
Decent apartments in Cambridge are very hard to find, she said. "Those few that are available are very expensive," she added.
In addition, Mrs. Kerby-Miller pointed out that although there had been a great deal of opposition to the building of the graduate dormitory on Ash Street, there are now "large waiting lists among graduate students" to get into the dorm.
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