Word: lockers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Facilities in the non-residents' social center should be the same as last year. Provided are "a lunch room capable of seating over 100 students at a time and a large common room furnished as a lounge for recreation and study in addition to locker and wash rooms...
...Participation Ticket does not include the towel and locker fee, which is $4 extra for the entire college year...
...optimism is not running rampant in the locker rooms of Dillon Field House. The key-note of the atmosphere down there is rather a grim determination to turn in a better record than might be expected from them on paper. There are many experienced observers, however, who leave the practice field voicing the sentiment that at least one major opponent will leave Harvard Stadium this year with a far worse headache than it had bargained...
Economically, the locker system is a sound co-operative enterprise. Lockers, large enough to store 325 lb. of meat (or equivalent in fruit and vegetables), rent for $10 per year. There is no labor cost-the butcher more than pays for his time by butchering fees. Power and maintenance costs average about $900 per year. Depreciation at $500 per year is a liberal estimate. Locker rents give a gross income of $5,000. Net result is operating profit of $3,500 per year: enough to amortize entire investment in less than ten years...
Properly frozen foods will keep indefinitely. Meats are "tenderized" amazingly. Strawberries, cherries and other seasonal fruits retain all of their freshness and important food qualities. Delicious roasting ears for Christmas dinner are commonplace to locker owners. And every meal eaten from locker-stored food represents a saving of from 50% to 75% to the locker owner...