Word: mealing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Under the present plan now in effect in the House dining halls, a man may subscribe to 10, 14, or 21 meals a week. If he eats more than his quota, a definite rate for each meal must be paid. For next year this will be $.35 for breakfast, $.55 for lunch, and $.80 for supper...
...ticket committee headed by J. Spence Harvin and R. Bennett Forbes, assisted by H. Rushton Harwood, Jr. and Edwin Lichteg, Jr. is canvassing the Freshman dormitories; tickets priced at $2.00 a couple and $1.50 stage, may also be obtained at the Union at meal times...
...speaking of a new meal plan in Memorial Hall, an interesting observation is made: "in the installation of any new system the machinery is not apt to run smoothly at first; time and patience are necessary to secure complete satisfaction...
...howl of protest from all sides may be expected this morning to greet the announcement that meal prices will rise next year. It is only natural to assume that those who have, wanting to cling to their dollars, and those who have not, confronting the prospect of being forced to find more dollars, will point to the $40,000 which the dining halls turned over to Student Employment last year and ask the reason for the boost...
When the Houses were first instituted the meal rate was $10, the index number for food prices, well over 100. When the index dropped to 89.7 in 1933 the meal rate dropped correspondingly to $8.50. With the food index this year at 123.9 it is only natural that the dining hall charges must take corresponding upswing. To the student who must dig into his pockets for an extra $27 next year the change is an unquestioned annoyance; the figures, however, should be sufficient evidence to silence any rumbling suspicion that he is being robbed...