Both Knowles and Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis said that there was no need for a new House and that the House system was not more crowded than it has been in past years.

Lewis said unequal distribution of students among the Houses caused some Houses to be more crowded than others.

"I would say the distribution of students among the Houses are not optimal or rational," he said.

Knowles said when the goals for the capital campaign were established a new house was not needed. He said it might be possible to find extra space without building a new house.

"What I hope is that when major renovations occur in the Houses in the second half of the next decade," Knowles said, "we shall be able to capture space--from basements and attics--as we did when we renovated the freshman dorms a few years ago."

In other business, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Christoph J. Wolff requested that Rudenstine appoint a standing committee oh Higher Degrees in Public Health Sciences--the motion passed.

Wolff also spoke, for about 20 minutes, about increasing stipends for graduate students because they are sometimes lower than the cost of living in Cambridge.

In order to keep graduate students from leaving to other schools, Wolff said, GSAS must remain competitive.