Word: oneness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...One of the most powerful plays which has appeared in New York this winter was written by a Harvard man of the Class of 1908. The CRIMSON has chosen two criticisms from the daily press to reprint in this morning's issue which fairly represent the critics' idea of the worth of "Salvation Nell." The play was written while the author was still in college and in connection with work in one of the courses in the English department. The criticisms of the play have naturally been concerned in considerable measure with the author himself, this being his first production...
...Early in the fall, when the price of board for October reached the high figure of $5.65, it was thought that this increase had been due to the fact that the transient tables were being run at a loss. Now this explanation has been fairly well disproved and every one is left to find out for himself why the Association is not on a paying basis...
...problem is by no means an easy one, however, as it should be borne in mind that the fixed expenses are unusually heavy before the question of food enters into it at all. There is due the Corporation each year something over $14,000 in interest payments and in payment of the sinking fund. Then there are the heavy expenses of the large and cumbersome plant. It is a problem to serve board to 1200 and more people under these conditions at a price ranging from $4 to $5 a week and it is a reasonable question whether...
...There is one aspect of the situation which is usually overlooked. Supposing the Hall were obliged to shut down: the result would be an immediate rise in the price of board in the other eating places of probably a dollar more per week. Those men who are now paying $5 or $6 a week for board in the Mount Auburn street region would be obliged to pay $6 or $7. This is most undesirable but cannot happen as long as Memorial can be operated...
...still outstanding it will give the Association a chance to see if this arrangement will bring the desired results. The members will be given a chance to formally vote on this question today. Apparently, things are unsatisfactory as they are now and the new plan may be the right one. If the Corporation is willing to remit the interest during these months, it must be worth at least a trial...