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...Hotel last week as 1,000 restaurateurs gathered for the annual convention of the International Stewards & Caterers Association. The delegates listened appreciatively when a representative of Tested Selling, Inc. hissed: ''Don't sell the steak; sell the sizzle."* For president they re-elected genial William A. Heaman, who is steward of the Harvard Union (freshman dining hall) and is regarded by Harvardmen as no heir to Brillat-Savarin...
Including both steward dietitians like Mr. Heaman, feeders of groups (undergraduates, the employes of big corporations, etc.), and the traditionalists of the industry, old-line French, German and Alsatian "kitchen men," Association members buy upwards of $500,000,000 worth of food every year. Since Repeal they have handled nearly that much liquor business. Typical was the Roosevelt-Du Pont wedding last July when caterers offered what was, for them, a skimpy repast of hors d'oeuvres, ice cream and cakes, but made up for it with champagne. Even thicker than sample-passers from food companies at the convention...
...action was taken after two of the waiters had brought their suggestions to William II. Heaman, manager of the Union and goes into effect immediately. The waiters had drawn up a petition and were attempting to secure the signatures of both shifts, when they were anticipated by the move of the Union authorities. In the petition, the waiters suggested not only the advance of the hours for work on week-day mornings, but also the adoption of a rule whereby only half of a shift would work each Sunday morning in which case the student would only work one Sunday...
After the dinner there will be an informal reception in the downstairs Common Room followed by the dance in the main room at 8.30 o'clock. Music will be provided by an eight piece orchestra from Boston, which has been secured for the occasion by W. A. Heaman, Steward of the Union. Dancing will last until 11 o'clock. In previous years large numbers have attended and the dance has been uniformly successful because of the fact that women constitute about 43 per cent of the enrollment. The Crimson plans tentatively to give a dance in the latter part...
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