Vindication of Henry House

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

As former occupants of one of the "extremely uncomfortable frame structures" to which you referred in your front page article on Radcliffe off-campus houses (November 16), we protest your ambiguity which implies that Henry House is among them. Last year we found Henry House at least as comfortable as the larger brick dormitories. Good breakfasts cooked to order until 8:45 in the morning were certainly a welcome advantage. We were able to have a much friendlier and more informal relationship with Mrs. Henry, the Head Resident, than is possible in a larger dormitory, and our schedules were more flexible because we did not have to get back to the house for lunch.

We do not object so much to the inevitable closing of off-campus houses as to the tone your article took in reporting it. Henry House is not a rat trap in any sense of the word, and, frankly, we are sorry to see Radcliffe lose it. Susan Storck '53   Martha Tanner '53   Adele Sargent '53   Barbara Whitney '53