Three Houses Reveal Plans for Ford Money

At least three Houses have made definite plans for use of money granted them by the Ford Foundation last fall to "add to the educational impact of the House."

Leverett House will mark its 25th anniversary with a four-day celebration March 16 through 19. The program will include a symposium on "The University and the Public Life," and a concert by the Cambridge Festival Orchestra, conducted by Daniel R. Pinkham '44.

Speakers at the symposium will be James B. Reston, Washington bureau chief for the New York Times, and Walt Whitman Rostow, professor of Economic History at M.I.T. It will be moderated by Mark De Wolf Howe '28, professor of Law.

The symposium, March 18, at 8 p.m., and the concert, March 17 at 8:30 p.m., will both be open to the public. There will also be a formal dance and House dinner for House members only.

Master Leigh Hoadley said that the program would try "to express the various kinds of things the House can do as a unit." In future years he hopes to use the Ford Grant money to pay the expenses of well-known people who will live in the House for a week or two.

Oppenheimer to Live in Adams

Adams House will use a small part of its Ford money to entertain J. Robert Oppenheimer '26, when he is a guest in the House next month, according to Joseph L. Walsh, Acting Master. Oppen-heimer will live in Adams while he is in Cambridge to deliver the 1957 William James Lectures.

Walsh said that part of the money would be used in the production of plays in the House, and added that he had plans for other uses of the grant.

Lowell House plans to have occasional private dinners when a few undergraduates can meet with a small group of tutors. Also, the program of discussion groups for seniors working on theses, already in effect, may be supported by the plan.

The spokesman for Lowell emphasized, however, that it plans an informal use of Ford funds. No sections or other formalized educational programs will be undertaken.

No Other Definite Plan

All the other Houses reported that they were working on plans for use of the approximately $1400 yearly grant, but no definite plans have been made for Dunster, Eliot, Kirkland, or Winthrop.

The money is part of a large grant made by the Ford Foundation in 1955, some of which has been used to increase faculty salaries, and some to endow new chairs. In allotting the money to the masters, the Corporation advised them not to use it for maintenance or for formal academic instruction.