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...point mentioned by "Determination" as to the posting of the price lists of goods purchased is left entirely unanswered. Such publication was ordered by the Foxcroft Club but the order was deliberately disregarded. Until some explanation of this is given I do not think the auditor is justified in saying that "Randall Hall is run entirely by students of Harvard University." The statement that the buying at Randall is as economical as that of the stewards at Memorial and the best Boston hotels is of little value unless we are told on what lines the comparison is made. No list...
...high, there would seem to be a possibility that other leakages as yet undetected may still exist. If the board tell us that improvement is impossible, it is tantamount to saying that the Randall bequest was something of a white elephant, because many of us were better off at Foxcroft last year. Personally I have ceased to nurse the delusion that board can be obtained at Randall at a rate appreciably lower than elsewhere. Many men keep their bills down to the low figure quoted in the Catalogue only because of the frequency with which they take meals elsewhere...
First, as to the complaint that the steward's salary has been raised. The present steward agreed to take up the work at Randall Hall, at the same salary paid by the Foxcroft Club, until the membership of the new Association should be known, when a just salary could be determined. About a month ago the running of the Association had reached a fairly fixed state; the membership, the receipts, the expenditures, had all increased to more than two times the Foxcroft amounts. The Board of Directors therefore voted to place the steward's pay as nearly as possible...
...directors have tried in every way to cut down expenses and keep Randall Hall prices at the level set by the Foxcroft Club. The prices have not been increased. Randall Hall is run entirely by students of Harvard University. The Board of Directors, fifteen representative members, is alone responsible for the management of the Association...
...last year, while prices at Randall are much higher. Take eggs for example. They cost 14 cents a dozen or less; after being cooked, they are sold for 48 cents a dozen. It is high time that a bulletin of cost prices be conspicuously posted. Two years ago, the Foxcroft Club voted for such publicity. The steward, after tacking such a notice on a door far in the rear for a month or two, discontinued the practice, without authorization, so far as I can learn. DETERMINATION...