The Washington times., 1929-11-29
HARVARD HOUSE,
PLAN NEARS .
READINESS

CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 2o.--Dun.
ster and Lowell-earliest and
present presidents Of Harvard
University-were the names Civ.
en- the first two houses cor
structed in connection with the
Harvard House Plan, the culmi
nation Of moro than 20 year,
consideration at Americas olde=.
university.
The carrying out Of the plarf
became possible last spring wheI
Edward 8. Hardness, Of New
York. and graduate Of Yale Uni !.
versity, who had arrived sep
arately at a similar plan, offered
to defray the cost involved by a
gift Of more than SIS, 100000. y;
The plan proposes the estab e
hshment Of q series Of social and
residential units within which un.
dergraduates win live and study
during their three upper-class
years. The first two houses, for
which applications have been
mailed to the junior class, are
to be open for residence In Sep
tember, 1880.
Home for 28S =.
Dunster House viii have as,
its master, Prof. Chester Noyes
Greenough, Of the Department
Of English. and Lowell House,
Prof. Julian Lowell Coolidge, Of
the Department Of Mathematics.
The latter House will hold 28S
undergraduates, Dunster House
234 or about so less. In addition
to the usual studies, bedrooms
and baths, each house will con.
tain a dining room, q library,
common rooms, and squash
courts.
Furniture Is provided by the
university. It Is also prepared
to rent rugs Of good quality at o
reasonable figure to men who
desire to rent them. The furni-
ture will be, diversified so that
different rooms may not present
a regimented appearance.
A minimum rate for meals has
been established Of $3.50 for il
meals, which all students will be
required to pay. Additional meals
will be paid for at set rates
per meal. For the student who
wishes to take all his meals in
the house, the rate of $1,000 per
week has been fixed, or $3.50 per
day.
The house plan will be appu-,
cable at present only to Sopho-
mores, Juniors and Seniors, and
the Freshmen will continue to
live in their own halls.
Named for Presidents
Dunster House bears the name,
Of the first president Of the col
lege, Henry Dunster, who held
that position from 1910 to 1854.
He was graduate Of Magdalene
College Of the University Of Cam.
bridge England, and was appointed.
president Of Harvard Immediately
after his arrival In Boston at the
age Of 81.
He placed Harvard on a real
collegiate basis. 50 that it's de-
greeS were soon recognized by the
universities Of oxford and Cam
bHdge as equivalent to theirs.
He obtained the college charter
in 1850, completed the first build,
ing, did all the teaching himself
for three years, trained the first
tutors and in q time Of severe,
business depression obtained the
necessary money to keep the col.
lege alive. Henry Dunster was the
founder Of university education in
America. :.
Lowell House was given the
name of the family which has in
the last las years given six mem
bers to the board of overseers, has
provided two professors, one of
whom is the present president. A..
Lawrence Lowell. The first
Lowell to hold an official connec-
ton with the college was Judge
Lowell, who graduated In 1850. 3
Abbott Lawrence Lowell. who
has been president since 1909, re-
ceived his A. B. in 1877. He was
lecturer on existing political sys-
TENS 1897-99, professor of the sci
ence Of government 1900-03, and
Eaton professor Of science of gov
ernment from 1903 to 1909.