Deans Council Says No Calendar Moves Necessary for Now

The Council of Deans decided yesterday not to change the spring semester calendar unless the energy situation becomes worse in the coming weeks.

In addition, bedrooms and classrooms at Harvard will remain at their present temperatures in spite of the official request by the Federal Energy Office for thermostats to be lowered another six degrees, Stephen S.J. Hall, vice president for administration, said yesterday.

In My Interpretation

Hall said, "In my interpretation, the Energy Office is merely stating in more finite terms what they've been talking about all along, which is the need for a 15-per-cent cut in the use of heating oil. We've already been able to maintain a reduction in the use of oil much greater than that."

Explaining the council's decision, Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, said yesterday, "The decision is only tentative because lord knows what may happen with the weather and the fuel supplies in the future."

"If everyone gets with it, we'll be fine. If not, we'll win, but it will be a hard pull," Hall added.