Change Cheered, Cursed

Feeling ran high at Radcliffe last night, as the Great Rules Revolution moved late a new, more radical stage. This is the third class in as many years to be granted viringly complete social freedom.

A change of "yaya" and "yippees" in Harvard Hall granted an early afternoon runner that the referendum had passed. A group in Comstock giggled about all signing out to 7 a.m. this morning--the first time it was possible.

Sophomores in Eliot were "ecstatic," according to one observer. But when one of them signed out to an approximated 5 a.m., a senior smilingly said "Darn you."

Opponents Unhappy

The most frequent comment by opponents of the bill was a sober "I'm sorry." "I don't date that much, so it doesn't matter," said a freshman in Holmes Hall, "but my roommate really needs rules." "I'm glad it's all over," said Kristin Thorstenson '65, Holmes RGA representative. "The whole discussion was getting tiresome and picayune." She said she hoped RGA could go back to discussion of more important problems, like Freshman Orientation Week, educational policy, and Gen Ed.

Opponents of the change did not think it would be extended to freshmen. "God, I certainly hope not," said one junior. Judith Parker '66 did not think the rules would be changed further because "people are getting bored with the whole problem." A minute later she added, "It would be sort of neat, though."

Freshmen Next?

But Miriam Stone '66, one of the authors of the referendum, thought freshmen probably would get similar privileges in a couple of years. "And it might not be such a bad thing," she added.

Although many girls pleaded for calm, thoughtful discussion, and that "politics be kept out of it," the bill's supporters were often vehement in attacking their opponents. One Barnard girl damned "last ditch conservatives" in Briggs for using "diabolically clever tactics" against the bill.

One girl commented caustically on the administration's overwhelming opposition to the change. "I hear they were packing the ballot box--urging all the secretaries in Fay House to vote."