Ten Students Won't Partake In Lottery

Ten freshmen who live in Apley Court, a building affiliated with Dudley House, cannot participate in this week's housing lottery and may have to vacate the Holyoke St. residence next year, Charles P. Whitlock, Master of Dudley House, said yesterday.

Susan A. Neer, housing officer, said yesterday this is the first time "that I can remember" that freshmen with University housing may not receive such housing as sophomores.

The freshmen, originally admitted as "forced commuters" because of the unexpectedly large size of the Class of '83, received rooms in Apley Court last September after unexpected vacancy, she added. However, Neer said, housing officials told them at that time they probably wouldn't participate in the lottery.

Some of the freshmen said yesterday they knew they couldn't participate in the lottery, but thought they could continue living in Apley Court.

"I was under the impression that we'd be living here for all four years," Brian F. Reynolds, Jr. '83 said yesterday. "If I don't get a room, it's going to cause a lot of problems, added Reynolds, who lives in Lowell, 30 miles away from the Yard.

"It was a pure fluke" that freshmen lived in Apley this year, Whitlock said, adding that usually only upperclassmen who have "really contributed" to Dudley House can live there.

"No freshman will have a ghost of a chance" of being readmitted to Apley Court unless he has been very active in House activities, Whitlock said.

"As far as I know, we're entitled to stay right here," said one Apley Court freshman who asked not to be identified. "I don't think it's very fair at all."

In addition to the freshmen, twenty upperclassmen are already on the waiting list to have interviews with Whitlock and senior tutor John Marquand, who select Apley Court residents, Whitlock said.

David W. Blomquist, resident tutor in Apley Court, said yesterday "about fourteen" rooms will be vacated this year.

Neer said the University will house the fifty additional freshmen who are living in the Yard this year through increased crowding of suites in the upperclass houses