MARRIED STUDENTS UNLUCKY IN CAMBRIDGE ROOM HUNTING

Married students, most of them returned veterans, are facing an acute housing problem, so serious that many of them may have to drop out of college because they can not afford high rentals or because they cannot get any rooms at all.

Harvard's veteran adviser, George Bender, is investigating the matter, but as yet no solution has been found. "The only encouraging fact in the whole problem is that no one has had to set up a tent in the Yard yet," commented Bender, after taking a quick glance out of the window, to make sure.

Hotel Rents Exorbitant

Many students have taken temporary quarters in hotels and furnished suites, but the extremely high rents make it impossible for the married veterans to stay at hotels very long. Rooms are available at $100 and up, a substantial increase over the $75 monthly the government allows for all living expenses including meals, room and incidentals.

The Boston Globe, in which Renders' comments were published Sunday, received 13 telephone calls yesterday from landlords offering apartments to married veterans.