Open-Tub Policy Should Join Open Dining Halls

To the editors:

We write in agreement with Benjamin L. Krefetz's letter ("Adamsians Selfish," Oct. 8) citing the selfishness and arrogance of Adams House residents who wish to keep their dining hall to themselves when it is crowded.

As seniors in Eliot House, we were unable to choose Eliot, a house with no bathtubs, only showers. We applaud Mr. Krefetz's willingness to open the bathtub in his suite to use by students in houses that do not provide them.

This open-bathtub policy should be instituted at the highest levels of power as a general Harvard policy. Perhaps individual residents of suites with bathtubs could be allowed to reserve certain popular times, such as 9 to 10 in the morning, for use only by residents of the suites. However, outside of those times, their selfishness and arrogance should be curtailed. Residents of bathtubless houses should be able to use anyone's bathtub (even if it is already overcrowded at the time), any time, night or day.

Also, as an emergency measure, equalization of house facilities should begin with the padlocking of the copious common spaces in the Quad and Winthrop House, and every house's TV area should be made as dingy as Eliot's.

Michael J. Epstein '00

George A. Kirkup '00