Unchanged and Wet, Lowell Retains Coats; Tutor Tries Out Fans

Lowell House diners will have to continue wearing coats in the dining hall despite their petition asking for relief from these "sweltering summer days," Maurice M. Pechet, Acting Senior Tutor in the House, declared last night.

"I shall uphold the ruling agreed upon by the Masters of the Houses which are using the Lowell dining hall this summer," Pechet said. "Rather than alter their decision that coats must be worn at all times, we shall concentrate on making the hall cooler by the installation of fans."

Pechet's statement came in answer to the request last week of almost half of Lowell's 300 diners that the no-coat-removal be repealed. He quoted House-master Elliott Perkins '23, who specified that the dining hall was a place for gentlemen to gather.

Pechet added that a House Committee poll a few years ago showed that the majority of the men favored the wearing of coats rather than run the risk of diners appearing in clothes worn immediately before athletic activities.