The advantages of this method over Harvard's current overbearing system of "blocking" are numerous. There is cohesion--friends and acquaintances from the same entryways become familiar with each other, knowing they have four years together. There is flexibility--students can petition to join friends in other Houses for sophomore year and afterwards. And there is loyalty--students form a strong connection to a House from their first day there, profiting from the friendships with, and guidance of, upperclass students.

Eric Weinberger

March 13, 2000

The writer is a preceptor in Expository Writing and graduated from Yale University in 1989.

In the Noble Spirit

To the editors:

Has J. Stuart Buck ever met Bishop Spong or heard him speak? (Op-Ed, March 6). He sounds as if he is rehashing a compendium of lies, rumors and poisonous innuendo circulated by a politically motivated faction of "Christians." If the purpose of the Noble lectures is to help students of Harvard discover Jesus, then the committee was quite right to invite Bishop Spong to speak.