In his letter, Jones invited all students to meet with him and his staff at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Harkness Commons to discuss the financial and career problems facing graduate students.

Jones is also holding individual meetings with department chairmen to work out scholarship allocations for next year.

Several department chairmen contacted yesterday said they were not sure how the new aid system would affect their departments.

Otto T. Solbrig, professor of Botany and chairman of the Biology Department's committee concerned with graduate support, said yesterday that the new system "allows us more flexibility."

"It puts the grants to all graduate students on an equal footing. It will eliminate disparities in support," he added. Presently, he said, some teaching fellows who also hold fellowships receive more than $5000 support while other students receive only $1500.

In his letter to the graduate students, Jones announced that the GSAS will make a government-sponsored loan option available to graduate students. A similar program was announced for the College in January