At the meeting, Smith presented the results of a survey of the undergraduate body conducted by the council which indicated that close to 90 percent of House residents favored a later curfew.
House masters serving on CHL seemed agreeable to the idea.
Eliot House Master Lino Pertile said he would be willing to adopt extended party hours, at least on a trial basis.
But the masters told council members that more research would be required before undertaking such a change.
Security problems that might result from allowing students to party later were a chief concern.
Smith met last week with Chief of Police Francis D. Riley to discuss how a later curfew would affect police activity.
HUPD officials confirmed that HUPD will soon open a shift that will patrol campus between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m., so a 2 a.m. party extension should make little difference in terms of police oversight.
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