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Edward J. Walsh has been appointed investigator into conditions in the House Dining Halls, according to an announcement yesterday by Aldrich Durant, business manager of the University. Walsh has already started his work and his survey will last for two or three more weeks...
...commissary manager of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Walsh supervises the serving of from 20,000 to 25,000 meals daily. Durant referred to him as "an expert with a national reputation...
...Durant's action came after a declaration by him before vacation that he would appoint a qualified investigator to inquire into the inefficiency and poor preparation of food in the dining halls. Three weeks ago the nine-man Student Council Committee on Board in the Houses had reported on these conditions, and had advised that both an investigator and a permanent dietitian should be appointed...
...Durant followed this report with a statement to the effect that he was "asking the University to engage, at once if possible, the services of a firm or individual fully accredited in the restaurant business to make an impartial survey and report upon all the dining hall system's operations...
...opinion of the Committee after studying figures on costs compiled by Mr. Durant and after sounding out student opinion on the subject, that the economy which would be effected by eliminating the alternate dishes always available in the dining halls (fruit salad, second portions, club sandwiches, ice cream, etc.) would be far too small to justify the corresponding reduction in the variety of food offered to students...