Rosovsky said he consulted with several masters and with Pipkin before deciding to chair the CHUL. "They all thought it was a good idea," he said.

"There is a danger of Rosovsky losing touch and becoming isolated" if he does not maintain close contact with the CHUL, Pipkin said.

Rosovsky's presence "will not inhibit discussion" Pipkin added. However, since Rosovsky "makes the actual decision" on CHUL recommendations, CHUL members will not be able to "play games like they do" when he is not at the meetings, he said.

Rosovsky said he "wants to have closer contact, to some degree with masters but more so with students."

In a separate action, the CHUL voted unanimously to examine the ideal capacity figures that are presently used "to equalize crowding" in the Houses.

An ad hoc committee established by the CHUL will meet during the summer to consider possible changes in the present system and develop alternative methods of determining the ideal capacity of each House