Bullitt Ready to Accept Applications for Quincy

Sophomores and juniors planning to apply for transfer to Quincy House may get their application blanks this Monday in University 4, Master John M. Bullitt '43 announced last night. The applications must be returned by Monday, Dec. 1.

"We plan to admit about 80 upperclassmen to Quincy House," said Bullitt. "I will have office hours in University 4 for the next three Fridays, from 2 to 4 p.m., and will interview every sophomore and junior interested in joining our House."

Freshmen who want to live in Quincy will not apply now, but next spring in the regular House admissions process. They will be interviewed by Bullitt at that time.

"Creating a new House is an adventurous undertaking," Bullitt continued. "We want active students to participate in building a House worthy of the other seven. We are not interested in people trying to escape from their present House. Quincy will admit only students who accept it on its own merits, not as an escape," he added.

Room Rents Considered

The rent schedule for Quincy suites is now under consideration, and "it is anticipated that the average room rent will be consistent with those in the other Houses," Bullitt noted.

"All eight Masters are cooperating in the creation of Quincy," Bullitt emphasized. "The Eighth House is an extension of the present system, and within its tradition. No upperclassmen who applies to Quincy and fails to gain admission will be penalized in his own House."

Quincy will open this fall with about 230 students, 150 sophomores (present freshmen) and 80 juniors and seniors. Although the sophomores will outnumber the two classes, Bullitt emphasized the importance of the latter.

"For a few years, the tone of Quincy will be set by those upperclassmen who are willing to uproot themselves from their present Houses and actively participate in the creation of a new House," he said.

"Students interested in the physical layout of Quincy will find an exhibit of some plans in the third floor lobby of Lamont," Bullitt added.

"The most unusual feature of Quincy will be the student suites--a living room on one floor, with a private staircase leading to individual study-bedrooms on the floor above or below," he said.