Word: fared
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Locandiera. Goldoni's "classical" 18th century Italian comedy is sandwiched in between the more substantial fare of tragic offerings ordinarily provided at the Civic Repertory Theatre.* La Locandiera, the Mistress of the Inn (Eva Le Gallienne) breaks through the crust of a woman-hater, the cavalier Ripafratta, finds him quite soft inside, then jilts him and marries her headwaiter. An old play, it is presented with all its venerable tokens of age (soliloquies, asides, good and evil characters) yet not subjected to the snickers of sophisticated production...
This extra cafeteria department would overcome the one objection to a Common dining hall, the fact that a long period of eating in one place, no matter what the variety of the bill of fare, becomes monotonous. Then, too, students not desiring a hearty meal, could procure a few special dishes at such a place...
...present eating situation. If the Harvard Union itself were a regular restaurant, it would have gone bankrupt long ago. The dinner it serves for 90 per cents, for instance, can be surpassed by half a dozen restaurants near the Yard. If the service were good or the bill of fare attractively varied, it might be much more popular than it is, despite the poorly cooked food, but they aren...
Such a hall, capably managed, if need be by a non-University organization, providing the important accessories to table d'hote fare enumerated above, offerings variety in its connected cafeteria, and alert to maintain a high standard both in the cooking and original quality of its food, is the sole satisfactory way for Harvard to wipe out its present dietetic defeat...
...cold dishes should be features of the new regime. Students should be encouraged to drop written criticisms of the menu in a box provided for that sole purpose. Those in charge of the dining-halls might thus be informed of student opinion, and regulate the bill of fare accordingly. The majority of students could probably be accommodated at the following hours: 8-9, 12-1.30, 6-7; but a small section of each building should, be open, to accommodate men who for various reasons cannot take their meals at the more usual hours, as follows...