Masters Postpone Parietal Revisions

Eleven p.m. Saturday room permissions will not start until after Christmas vacation, Elliot Perkins, Master of Lowell House and Secretary of the Housemasters Council, announced last night.

In their meeting yesterday, the Housemasters unanimously agreed to accept the revised parietal rules voted by the Faculty Tuesday.

Discussion of details will continue at next week's meeting. The Housemaster' Council plans to show its procedural changes to the Administrative Board before enforcing them.

Lowell Differs

The Council refused to discuss specific proposals, but Perkins said he intends to institute a different sign-in system at Lowell House for Saturday nights. Around 8 p.m. both students and women guests would have to sign in at the Superintendent's office, report where they will be, and sign out at 11 p.m.

Except that women guests will also have to sign in, this plan is similar to the present Lowell system whereby the Bellboys may entertain girls in the common rooms from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday nights.

Perkins refused to comment as to whether the Council considered any extension of the Saturday hours. On weekdays, new weekday hours will be from 4 to 7 p.m. instead of 1 to 7 p.m.

Tulenko Cites Confusion

Reactions in the Houses on the Faculty's decision were mixed. Some felt that slicing afternoon permissions was "stubbornness on the part of the Administration." Others thought it "a step in the right direction."

John Tulenko '54 of the Winthrop House committee said most students were confused over the change. "If the faculty were formerly against late permissions on ethical grounds," he commented, "there seems to no explanation for cutting the afternoon hours."

In a Winthrop House poll, the only systematic sampling of undergraduate reaction, 92 disapproved of removal of afternoon permissions, while 35 were completely satisfied with the change.

Lee Segal '53, chairman of the Leverett House Committee, though the compromise was "perhaps necessary this year." He stated the faculty may reinstate the afternoon permissions next year.

The most indignant over the changed system, Segal added, were students who have steady girl friends. "The others are perfectly happy," he said.

Radcliffe Objects

Radeliffe students, however, were the most vociferous in their objection to the faculty's destroying afternoon parities.

"There is no other place to sit quietly in the afternoon," said Sidney Foster '54.

"People use this opportunity to study together." Jane Scriber '55 added.

One 'Cliffe housemother. Mrs, Allan S. Locker of Briggs. could not understand way the Faculty had changed afternoon rules. "Before lunch. I can see why girls in a man's dormitory would be far from welcome: But in the afternoon, most people are up and around and clothed." she said.

However. Radcliffe was unanimous in its approval of later evening permissions.

Yardlings are not included in the partial rule revision. The hours when they can entertain women guests will remain the 1 to 7 p. m.

Yardlings polled yesterday were unanimous in asking the new House rules be exclude die the Yard. "I'd give up the week's permission just to have till 11 p.m. on Saturdays," said David S. Robin '56.

Proctors were less dogmatic, but most agreed with Gray's Dominique H. Want 5 he said. "Personally I don't see any reason why there should be any difference have between freshman and upperclass men.