Dunster, as crowded as Winthrop, has placed students in tutors' offices and also overloaded sophomore suites. Last year Dunster had only ten extra students. House secretary Barbara A. Stone said late last week that last year's start was a clamer one than this year's.

KIRKLAND and Leverett Houses must accomodate overflows of 17 and 21 students, respectively. Kirkland, which had only a minor housing crunch last Fall, has placed additional beds in about half the sophomore suites. Alice H. Methfessel, Kirkland's House secretary, predicted last week, "This overcrowding is simply not going to go away like the Administration thinks it's going to."

Leverett's situation is not yet fixed. Sophomore suites have received extra beds for 21 extra students, but the crunch has diminished since last Spring. House secretary Frances W. Malkus says the numbers "change from minute to minute."

North and South Houses are no more crowded than they have been in the past. Last Spring the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life made an attempt to alleviate the housing crunch in those two traditionally over-crowded houses by reducing their approved capacity by 82 places. Since the March decision the Housing Office has transferred between 50 and 60 places from Harvard to Radcliffe.

North House still has 16 undergraduates--sophomores, transfers and students returning from leave--in temporary housing. Laurie Dunbar, North House secretary, said freshmen are not being squeezed together in order to make room. She said "I think it's hard enough to be a fresh-man here, but to come in and live in a crowded room, that'd be pretty tough."

South House has made room for its overflow by creating ten economy doubles for freshmen. Shirley K. Broner, House secretary, said the House had a similar situation last year, and the economy doubles eventually emptied.

Adams, Eliot and Lowell report less serious conditions than the nine other Houses. Dallas L. Hext, Adams House secretary, said last week that "everything is about the same as it always is," with the House absorbing only a few extra students. Paul S. Goodof, who assigns housing in Eliot House, said last week that Eliot has no problems.

Lowell House has about 12 students--mainly returning from leaves--still without rooms; most of the dozen have been told that they might not find housing until registration, according to Ken H. Levison, Allston Burr Senior Tutor. Lowell waited until August to assign rooms, Levison said, and the delay helped the House head off a more serious crunch.

IN SPITE of the overcrowding not everyone is unhappy about his housing arrangements. Forty of the 145 sophomores assigned to Radcliffe last Spring against their will have been moved to Harvard, with all of the new transfer students replacing them in the Quad.