Word: board
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...present a few facts which seem worth publication in view of off repeated statements about Memorial board? The high price of board there during the fall has been attributed to the "transient" system. Three or four hundred men are eating there now under this system and about five hundred on the American plan. It is then important to know whether this accusation is true...
...October the number of boarders on the "fish and egg" system averaged 800. The average total cost of board to each of them was $5.96 per week. Granting, as those who ate it and even those who provided it will, that this was too high, how much of it shall we blame on the "transients"? The opponents of the latter system say eighty cents per week. We will take their figures. 800 men then paid 80 cents per week too much, total $640, to be divided among the guilty transients and borne by them. A week's board, 21 meals...
...should like to add an opinion based on some study of Memorial Hall affairs, as to some of the important causes of the unsatisfactory condition there during the fall. Chiefly because of the large plant and the attempt to pay off the debt too rapidly Memorial can furnish board cheaply only when a large number of men are eating there. Owing to unfortunate experiments in the past, the number was small even at the beginning of the College year. The food under the "fish and egg" system was unsatisfactory to many. Some left the Hall and the result was still...
...outsiders except through formal records after decisions have been reached. During this period of speculation by outsiders the Corporation has not been idle and it would not be surprising to hear the result of their search before long. According to precedent, their choice will be submitted to the Board of Overseers for ratification, which body is obliged to wait a certain period of time before accepting or rejecting...
...clock to Coach Donovan in the Gymnasium, and field-event men to Coach Quinn at the same times in the baseball cage. Men having afternoon College work may arrange with the coaches for special hours in the morning; regular morning squads will be arranged later. The board track on Holmes Field has been completed and will be ready for use this afternoon. Track-event men are urged to get their lockers in the Gymnasium as soon as possible, for the first to come will get the best lockers...