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THE Report of a Commission appointed by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of Great Britain and Ireland on "The Planning of University Halls of Residence" has recently been published (Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1948. 6s.). The chairman of the Commission was Dr. Keith Murray, rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, and the secretary, Prof. C. M. Attlee, formerly professor of education in University College, Nottingham. The Commission visited the most important universities and colleges which have residential halls or hostels (forty-seven altogether), and interviewed a number of authoritative witnesses. The investigation was thorough, so the Report is exhaustive, dealing with size and layout of residential halls, corridors and staircases, optimum size, finance and costs, administration and management. One appendix deals with the floor areas of all constituent rooms of a hall to accommodate 150 students and staff. Another lists equipment required, including furniture, crockery, cutlery, linen and domestic materials. A short bibliography is appended.
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University Halls of Residence. Nature 161, 344–345 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161344c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161344c0