Officials Investigate High Electric Bill

University officials continued their search yesterday for a way to reduce the mounting electric bills in Quincy House and Leverett Towers.

The high expenses are caused primarily by spotlights which shine out of the picture windows in the two modern Houses. The spotlights are designed to beautify the appearance of the buildings from the outside.

L. Gard Wiggins, Administrative vice-President, said yesterday that "the problem has been discussed at great length," but did not mention any specific possible solutions.

Some students in the two Houses have complained that the spotlights, which are supposed to illuminate the rooms by reflecting light off white curtains in the windows, serve no useful purpose.

One Leverett resident criticized the "shamefully inefficient and expensive lighting" in the Towers. The spotlights illuminate only the curtains, he said, "forcing students to supply their own lamps to brighten the rest of the room."