Word: milk
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...afraid I shall have to avoid these, for though my patriotism is undimmed, it will be impossible for me to exert myself in my present condition. This condition is, of course, due to the sparsity of food, in particular to the lack of the great calcium bearer, milk...
...years the doctors have told me that it was essential that I should consume at least a quart of milk daily, while my brain has informed me that it was of primary importance for me to have coffee to prevent me from falling asleep in the midst of the ever important intellectual conversations which flourish at the end of all House meals. Now I am forced to dispense with at least one of these, and I find it impossible to determine which. The result is that for days I have had nothing to drink; I am completely asleep...
...Council released a statement after the meeting in regard to the food restrictions in the Dining Halls, saying that "the Student Council feels that the present experimental system needs modification. Pending further investigation, the Council recommends that the charge be lifted on milk and other beverages...
...increase in board rate alone would not cover the deficit, the student body would be willing to cut down on some of its table luxuries. But when the prices charged for extras and substitutions are so high that they make prohibitive even the purchase of such things as milk, then the students will naturally protest. At the present rates only one extra glass of milk per meal would cost $1.05 per week. The effect is for the students not to buy the milk. Such a system operates in a prohibitive manner...
...case of milk, he explained, all students now who order it at every meal receive over a quart a day including what goes into the cooking, an amount more than sufficient for any normal human being, and most animals...