Dry Run

What's the harm of a little drink on a Friday night among friends?

Quite a bit, the House masters recently said, when they decided to enforce the ban they made last spring on happy hours and liquor at House parties.

Acting on the advice of a Harvard attorney, the masters cracked down because they risk prosecution under the higher drinking age laws if they allow happy hours, William H. Bossert '59, master of Lowell House, said recently.

Despite the ban on happy hours, drinking in the Houses is continuing--in the form of private happy hours, "fun hours," masters' receptions (at which a limited amount of free alcohol is available for House residents only) and "zorbels" (Dunster House's deadly punch, served after every home football game).