Windy City Dwellers Across Charles Cut in Additional Heaters, Pour on Kerosene in Fighting Winter's Blasts

Winter's first blasts temporarily unsettled the enterprising student community nestled across the river in 84 onetime emergency government dwellings, but with a vigorous counter-attack supported by electric heaters, storm windows, and weather stripping Harvard Way residents have triumphed in the initial stages of the battle.

"We love living here," Mrs. Mary Ann Round commented yesterday, as she maneuvered her daughter away from the electric heater that constituted the bed- room heating plant. "Everything's pretty well organized now," her business school husband George offered, "but on really cold days we've had to close off the living room and one bed-room and put rugs under all the doors."

Although the efficient kerosene used for University-installed boilers has provided little trouble thus far, the Rounds, as well as most other families, have had to purchase extra heating units.

Blaming the wind more than any near zero temperatures for early winter discomfort, husky Paul Ducharme, third term business school student from North Dakota has covered every conceivable cranny in his apartment with weather-stripping. "We're accustomed to cold weather," Ducharme said. "I remember back home when it was 50 below and the wind blew at 40 miles per hour."

Some families, situated on the western end of the development, enjoy added warmth from the afternoon sun. "We still have to cut off the bed-rooms occasionally, but we're not complaining," one mother said