Student Apathy Justifies No Action On Parking Jam, Reynolds Asserts

Lack of student interest justifies no further action on the part of the University to alleviate the parking problem, according to Edward Reynolds '15. administrative vice-president. In a letter to Bronson W. Chanler '45 of the Student Council. At the present time the Council also has no additional plans along this line, Chanler stated.

Reynolds based his decision on the results of the pre-vacation poll by the Council which showed that considerably less than 100 students were willing to take advantage of the parking lots which the University had proposed to set up on a concession basis behind the Business School dormitories and in back of the Stadium.

Another suggestion by the Council was vetoed as well, when, after several discussions with the House masters, deans, and other high University authorities, the vice-president refused to open the Eliot-Kirkland quadrangle to over-night parking. This decision was attributed to the need for keeping the streets clear for fire apparatus. Violators will continue to be fined by the University police.

Risk of Police Action

"Those who choose to park on the public streets around the Houses run the risk of police tagging, although for practical purposes, the risk there may not be as great as it is on Mt. Anburn Street and other through streets." Reynolds asserted. He added, "we have had counts made several nights of the cars in these streets and, before the snow fell, there were occasions on which the congestion there would have justified police action."