In a later interview, Whitlock called The Crimson to add that "any expenditure which is connected with the master's running of the House in a social sense would be appropriate."

Masters and administrators contacted yesterday differed on how much of the discretionary fund could be used for maid services.

Kiely last night said the hiring of the maid was exceptional because she was a holdover from the Lillers, who had personally paid for both a maid and a cook.

Kiely explained that the maid is two years away from retirement, receives no medical insurance and receives social security "only because we pay for it."

He added that it was an "unfortunate situation" that could be remedied only by the University providing regular employees for the upkeep of large masters' residences.

Entertainment and the upkeep of the house are "inseparable functions," Kiely added, noting that he gives an average of one to two receptions or dinners a week at Apthorp House, the master's residence.

'Very, Very Doubtful'

Barbara Rosenkrantz '44, master of Currier House, said yesterday she spends about two per cent of the fund on maid service and called a substantially higher figure "very, very doubtful."

"I just can't imagine that any House uses that much from the entertainment fund for maid service," she said.

Charles W. Dunn, master of Quincy House, said that a typical House uses 25 to 50 per cent of the fund for serving at large dinners, especially for extra help like bartenders from Harvard Student Agencies.

However, he said he differentiated between maid service used solely for the upkeep of large public rooms--a legitimate expense from the entertainment fund--and maids for personal use--"which come out of the master's salary."

All of the Apthorp House maid's salary--which Kiely described as an absolute minimum one--is paid for by the University.

Kiely, Dunn and Whitlock all stressed that masters have been placed in an increasingly difficult financial situation.

Many masters, they said, pick up entertainment expenses out of their own pocket.

The first two years as a master have been a net financial burden for me, Kiely said