Dormitory rents in the Wisconsin state colleges will be increased by 50 cents per week when the new semester begins in the fall of 1960, bringing the yearly cost for a two-man room to $240.50. The decision to increase the fees was reached at the recent meeting of the Board of Regents of State Colleges in La Crosse. It means that where two students occupy a dormitory room, the future charge will be $6.50 per student per week, while the charge will be $5 per student per week for those in three-man units.

THE INCREASE in rates for dormitory occupants is the first approved by the Board of Regents since 1950, and Eugene R. McPhee, Director of the State Colleges, emphasized that the Regents have diligently endeavored to keep stutdent costs at a minimum.