Lamont Retains 'Men Only' Sign

The better part of a million dollars would be needed to pay extra attendants to watch over a co-educational Lamont Library clientele, Keyes de W. Metcalf, director of the University Library, stated yesterday.

The fast-rising undergraduate library's five floors are designed on an "informal" basis and contains many a hidden corner, Metcalf disclosed in explaining that extending Lamont privileges to Radcliffe would necessitate an "entirely different kind of supervision than originally planned."

'Cliffe hall Own Books'

"Radcliffe undergraduates should find their own library entirely adequate," the College librarian asserted, pointing out that the Annex bookshelves contain 100,000 volumes, while Lamont will number only 60,000 for almost four times as many users.

One of the main reasons for building the Lamont Library was to put Harvard "on an equal footing" with Radcliffe, in having its own undergraduate library. "For that reason Lamont is one of the places where Harvard and Radcliffe will not merge," said Metcalf.