The new policy requires that masters card at large open houses because "it was felt that there would be difficulty using an honor system at such large functions," said Dingman.
In response to concerns raised by house committee chairmen that undergraduates would have to card other students, officials said they will consider having non-students check I.D.'s.
In addition the College might look into establishing a pool of available people to supervise the parties, Dingman said.
The College will continue to consider the issue of whether the ban would seriously impair house social life, as committee chairmen have said.
The executive council of masters next week will examine Undergraduate Council proposals that the College establish a sizeable fund to allow houses to sponsor more elaborate parties. In addition the council proposals suggest that allowing campus-wide parties be allowed to serve alcohol and that house committees be allowed to apply for temporary liquor licenses to charge for alcohol at parties.
Those recommendations will also be discussed at a meeting of the student-faculty Committee on House Life