Parking Plans Collapse As Only 20 Men Apply

Lebensraum for student-owned ears seemed more distant than ever last night as only 20 applicant rallied behind the Student Council's proposed parking let project at Soldiers Field.

Yesterday's five o'clock deadline found the trickle of entries still far short of the necessary 250, and University officials reiterated that absolutely no action would be taken on opening the field until the quota is met.

70 Cars Get Tickets

Wednesday night, Cambridge police intensified their winter campaign against illegal overnight parking by ticketing over 70 violators in the University area.

For John K. Lally '49, chairman of the Council Parking Committee, all hope is not lost. Positive that a great many students will still use the parking space if provided, he attributed the paucity of applications partly to the fact that car owners were asked to register on a five month basis, and partly because "most of them just never got around to signing up,"

Registering May Continue

Lally will ask the HAA to continue accepting prospective lessees next year, until a large enough number is obtained to warrant opening of the field. In such a case, students who have already registered would be charged only for the time the lot was in operation.

Lally also hopes to convince the University to open the parking space for a few weeks without a guard, thus preventing the deficit that the temporary lack of users would cause, "If the field were opened by January 1 so that all could see it definitely in operation, I would estimate that 250 students will have signed up by February," he prognosticated.