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barracks for as long as it has.  They should have been dismantled three
years ago.

   Since September, 1943, the University has required all first-year
men to live in the residence halls, unless they were living at home,
were commuting, or were given special permission to live out by the
Dean of Men.  During the same period first-year students have not
been permitted to live in fraternity houses.  These requirements
clearly have improved the standards of living of men students and the
quality of their scholarship.  It seems desirable, therefore, to ex-
tend the residence requirement to include second-year men to the
extent that the residence-hall space will permit.

   The requirement that all men living in the men, s residence halls
take two meals daily in the cafeteria of the Rose Street hall seems
justifiable for several reasons.  These men will be assured of more
wholesome, better balanced, and better prepared meals.  Too much
of their food in the past has consisted of hot dogs, hamburgers, potato
chips, cokes, and candy bars.  Many parents have argued that the
boys should long ago have had the privilege, like the girls, of having
a part or all of their meals in supervised dining halls.  It is certain
too that the arrangement will be more economical for the student if
the quantity and quality of the food are the same.  Admittedly, a
student can eat out for less, if no consideration is given to what he eats
or how much he eats.  The requirement also will tend to keep students
on the campus over the week ends, and the necessity for emphasizing
this grows more apparent every day.  A student comes to the Univer-
sity to obtain an education and he defeats his own purpose if he spends
every week end on a vacation,  Finally, a requirement of this kind
seems imperative if the costs of the residence halls are to be amortized.

   The same reason applies, of course, to the requirement that the
girls living in the new residence hall and on Maxwelton Court be required
to have two meals daily (breakfast and dinner) at the Student Union Cafe-
teria.

   It seems desirable to permit all students assigned to the cafeterias
to eat lunch wherever and whenever they choose.  Some classes are
scheduled during the noon hour and for many students the lunch period
cannot exceed one hour.  Furthermore, many classrooms are at con-
siderable distance from the cafeteria to which the student may be as-
signed.

  Room rents are being increased for both men and women students.
For the men the average increase in room rent is about 17 per cent and
the cost of room and board for women is advanced about 10 per cent.
We are reluctant to add to the cost of attending the University, but the
costs of operating dormitories and dining rooms continue to rise, and
the construction costs of new residence halls must be met.  Fortunate-
ly, we can make the above raises and still enable our students to live
more economically than in private homes and at lower rates than stu-
dents are paying in comparable universities,



The student who seeks a private room near the campus will find that