Word: cater
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...library is to serve the University to the best of its capacity, it must, therefore, more nearly cater to the requirements of the College members, who, today, are sadly neglected. There are two solutions to more evenly balance the conflicting interests. One is to keep the library open longer hours. The other is to separately house a collection of books solely for undergraduates. These possibilities will be discussed in later editorials...
Campus "jelly joints" cater to this nickel trade from breakfast time to closing hours. Loud music from the nickelodeon, the smell of frying hamburgers, the ever-present nickel machines, and trays full of cigarette butts characterize these gathering places...
Today, however, the basic reason for the founding of the Coop has disappeared. Harvard square merchants have fully realized that to cater to the student trade they must truly serve that clientele. Thus, prices have been reduced to standard levels, and the student is no longer penalized. In fact he stands to gain in two ways because of the foundation of the Coop...
First, he has all of the many specialty shops from which to choose, and where he may now but at reasonable prices. "Necessities" stores-stationary and drug stores, book stores, sporting goods stores-offer the student anything he may desire. There are also the shops which cater to the so-called "quality trade" whose prices are somewhat higher, but whose superior merchandise and more personal service give the student full value for money received...
Economics 41 and Economics 61 remain the most popular advanced courses in the field, while Government 18 and Government 7 cater to those interested in political science...