BOARD DECISION EASES YARD BREAKFAST CRISIS

Although the Administrative Board has round itself unable to grant the petition of students living in the Yard that they be relieved of board charges for breakfast, Dean Hanford announced yesterday that a plan has been formulated which will permit certain undergraduates to eat their morning meal in the Union.

Men now assigned to Winthrop, Dunster, Leverett and Kirkland Houses have been provided for by the action. Because of the large number of undergraduates involved, and the limited facilities available, students attached to Adams and Lowell for rations will have to continue under the present arrangement.

Petition Inspired Move

The movement was initiated by a petition circulated in the Yard at the beginning of the term and presented to the Student Council for action. After considering the matter, the Council voted to forward the request to the University with its approval, adding a statement emphasizing the extraordinary nature of the predicament which, it stated, the Yard dwellers faced.

In order to take advantages of the plan, a student must report to the checker in the House where he is now eating breakfast. The Dining Hall management will then be notified. Dean Hanford made it clear, however, that the privilege applies to breakfast only, and that it must be used regularly, with no shifting from House to Union and back.

In explaining the action of the Board, Dean Hanford said that "it was felt that it would be very difficult to grant the present petition and deny requests of other groups who might, for one reason or another, desire to be excused from charges for certain meals." Furthermore, in order to maintain board rates "for all, as low as possible" it was decided that a uniform 21-meal rate for all men had to be maintained.