Word: healthful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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While all remnants of the suspected food were under the examination of the Massachusetts Department of Health, and of the Medical School, little hope was held for a definite verdict as to the cause. Apparently these sporadic epidemics occur in the best regulated restaurants: before the days of the House Plan, periodic breaks from the Square cafeterias were not infrequent, and although every effort is being made to solve the problem, it seems that little more can be done than is done at present to obviate future difficulties...
Clear thinking deserts nine people out of ten when they are confronted with a situation involving their health. Instead of determining and removing the cause, they first of all decide who is to blame. That the blame for the present food epidemic in Kirkland and Winthrop Houses should wait until the investigation has been completed is not only important but the logical manner in which to meet the situation...
...State Department of Health, the Medical School, and College officials will then possess the data which they need for their work. Without this basis, they may never be able to determine the cause and all the fun of selecting a goat will be denied everyone...
...expression in phrases ranging from the impassioned idealism of Mr. Poor, through the mawkish benevolence of Mr. Smith, to the sullen bitterness of Mr. Sweetser, the disgust of Mr. Bach, and the hard-boiled cruelty of Mr. Scott? One might feel that this diversity was simply the fecundity of health if it were not that in every case the atmosphere is strained and the tension obvious; even Mr. Poor is noticeably on the defensive, and the others inspire the reflection that probably the best thing we can do is to take another drink of Mr. Sweetser's champagne--if somebody...
...University recognized that the public was not benefitting from the Drinker machine to as great an extent as desired because the price was prohibitive, and to prevent similar situations from arising passed rules forbidding the patenting of any invention that may affect the health of individuals or the public unless the patent be taken out in the name of the University. It was on these ethical grounds and also on the existence of similar machines since 1876 that Emerson based his defense...