Word: mealing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...night of the last college meal before vacation only a scattered few were breaking bread in a House dining hall. There was a strange quietness about the room; the rustle of skirts and the clatter of silverware were the major sounds. Voices seemed hushed and shy. Because of the dearth of students many waitresses stood against the wall in idle talk. Spontaneously, above everything, there burst forth a song. In a moment all the girls were caroling to the diners. Applause rewarded this serenade; but that was not enough. As the remnants of the House were leaving, in a magnificent...
There seems to be a common superstition among the uninformed that Harvard University is the richest University in the country, and that therefore it can afford to raise wages among its employees without, at the same time, raising the tuition and meal-rates of the students. This false notion should be quickly dispelled. From the $3,154,650.30 available to pay the bills of the service departments of the University in the fiscal year 1935-1936, only $63,883 remained as surplus. If wages at Harvard were raised materially, the point would soon be reached where the tuition and meal...
...years ago some of the best hotels in New York, Atlantic City, and Boston were beseiged with complaints from individuals who became ill after a meal in these hotels. Intensive search failed to reveal the cause...
EFFECT ON STUDENT MEAL RATE...
...belief, however, that a game of scrub football, a fight-talk, and a square meal are sufficient to make an unruly boy into a useful citizen is wide of the mark. Intelligent leadership by the Harvard man comes first. Example, psychology, religion are but a few approaches to consider in this extremely difficult problem. It is a challenge to the so-called "insulated" student...