Two students canoodle in the Pforzheimer House bell tower suite at Saturday night's AEPi party, which offered its late-night attendees ample alcohol and a crowded dance floor.

Harvard students came one hour closer to partying until the break of dawn this weekend as six Houses extended their party hours until 2 a.m.

According to partygoers, hosts and administrators, the longer parties in Cabot, Eliot, Kirkland, Lowell, Mather and Pforzheimer Houses successfully cleared the first hurdle this weekend toward achieving permanently extended party hours.

Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 approved the provisional extension last week. Whether and when to begin extending hours is up to individual House Masters.

According to several Masters, one of the major concerns heading into the weekend was whether the extended party hours would disturb the community.

Kyle P. Cremarosa ’04, who attended the “Caveman Capone” party in Cabot on Friday, said he shared those concerns.

“It’s just an evaluation period. If it doesn’t work out, the 2 a.m. thing will be shut down,” he said. “Hopefully, everyone will realize what’s going on.”

Laurie A. Maranian ’07, who attended the City Step party in the Pfoho bell tower suite Friday, echoed concerns that the party would disturb Cambridge residents late at night.

“People aren’t going to be more quiet,” she said. “Everyone’s too drunk. No one has any idea what’s going on.”

But according to Undergraduate Council President Matt W. Mahan ’05, those fears did not play out.

“I haven’t gotten any negative feedback. I haven’t heard about people being abusive, [or] about additional damage,” Mahan said. “It’s only Sunday afternoon, but the feedback from students has been pretty positive.”

Mahan added he heard complaints from students who were disappointed that their Houses did not opt to immediately extend their party hours.

“The only negative feedback I’ve heard is from people whose Masters didn’t let the parties run until 2,” he said. “They read The Crimson and thought that they’d try to have parties until 2 anyway, and then they were upset when someone came by at 1 to shut it down. I think the dean’s office could have been a little less vague about Masters’ discretion in extending party hours.”

Eliot resident tutor Karen M. Teoh, who was on call this weekend, said that she did not hear complaints directly from students or from entryway tutors.

“For Eliot, this was a good start. The parties were conducted well and ended on time,” Teoh said.

She stressed the importance of ending parties on time.