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EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: At a meeting of the board of directors at Memorial Hall, three hundred dollars were voted to pay for fitting up the office of the auditor. In the first place, I think it would be interesting to the college to know the reasons for this expenditure. Does the hall greatly need such an office at a time when the question of the price of board is always a matter of considerable dispute and dissatisfaction? If we really need this additional accommodation, is it fair that it should all be paid for by this year's boarders...
...matter of putting a desk and railing in the auditor's room - these repairs were found to be absolutely necessary, since the auditor did not have sufficient office room in which to transact the necessary business. There was no place up stairs in which to keep securely the books and papers of the office, consequently they were kept in a very inconvenient place down stairs. By the new arrangement the auditor can keep all his books and papers in his office, and thus ensure a speedy and convenient transaction of all business...
Taken by mistake from Memorial, "Adams' Life of Randolph," library copy. A favor will be conferred by leaving book or address with the auditor or at the library...
...acted upon. Members are quite generally taking advantage of the new rule making Sunday allowances for three and four meals. The petitions also show a somewhat general neglect or ignorance of the rules in regard to signing off. It was voted to make some necessary changes in the auditor's room, erecting a desk and railing. These improvements are not to exceed three hundred dollars. Messrs. Hubbard and Cushing were appointed a committee of supervision. After a pretty thorough and general discussion of the coffee question, the whole matter was left as at present, for another trial. The steward reported...
...remedy that I would suggest for this state of affairs is, that the umbrella racks be removed to the auditor's room, where the paper boy or a waiter might be put in charge over them. The racks would not take up an unnecessary amount of room ranged along the wall, and could be easily disposed of, as now, when not in use. In this way men could have some hope of seeing their umbrellas again when they had put them in the racks, and the dining-hall would not be littered up by the dripping things...