Officials from within the House said that a mandatory first year for transfer students at Dudley House would have general positive effects.

"A mandatory first year would help Dudley and the students," said Dudley resident tutor Hans Van der Ven. "It would give transfer students a lot of clarity about their housing situation," he added Van der Ven said that a Dudley House affiliation was seen by many transfer students as merely a ace to wait for other housing.

Dudley House Master Arthur L. Loeb advocated many of the proposals. "I would favor a period where transfer students didn't have to second-guess the unfavorable rooming statistics at Harvard," Loeb said.

He added that the Dudley House committee has been looking for ways to make Lehman Hall more private to Dudley House members Loeb cited the recent decision to allow House affiliates to take their board contract mealt at Lehman, and summer orientation programs for transfer students, as ways in which the contracts for has tried to give Dudley House more of a residential House atmosphere.

"We need more programs for transfer students," said Van der Ven, "especially when they just arrive, which can be a time of frustration for them."

"I think we are becoming more aware of transfer students," he added, citing orientation programs and tutor-student get-togethers as programs which helped to case the transition for transfer students.

He added that the increasing presence of graduate students within the House, brought about by several new College affiliation policies, has added to the quality of house life