DEMOCRACY

To The Editors of The Crimson:

It is our feeling that the system for assigning freshmen to houses should be completely overhauled. The change should be to allow each rooming group to choose their top-choice house, and to allow free changing of decisions until each group is in their most preferred house. As a result, Lowell House would be more crowded, but not too crowded, since a slightly emptier Mather House would then seem very attractive. Everyone would get the chance to maximize their utility be choosing the best tradeoff between the house they desire and conditions of crowding. Gone would be freshmen's complaints about being stuck at Radcliffe--everyone there would be there by choice. Gone would be complaints by students that their houses are too crowded--anyone could choose a less crowded house instead. The cost of the instant scoreboard and the twelve-button consoles on 500 seats in Science Center B could be easily met out of the fund paying for Bruce Collier's salary. Michael Segal '76   Steven Kariya '76   Clark Pellett '76   Tent No. 1, Mather Courtyard