Word: planning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...suggestion here offered is similar to the plan in force with the French books. Why not have selected German books, novels and light literature as well as selected French and English? The necessary books are in the library, but why are they not set aside so that any one taking an elementary course, for instance, may familiarize himself with the language by reading interesting novels. As it is now, one is compelled to waste a great deal of unnecessary time in looking through the various catalogues. The German language abounds in romance that would be more widely read...
...have the number of articles on it lessened if the general fare could be greatly improved by doing so, as in most cases extras are resorted to only when the usual food is distasteful. It would be very easy to stop the ordering for a while and give the plan a fair trial and if the expected improvement did not follow, the old system could be continued...
...inspector responsible solely and directly to the association were to be appointed this state of things could soon be remedied. The changes which have been suggested can be made only by the authority of the corporation, and their attention should be called to the matter. Even if this plan may not seem expedient yet some determined effort should be made immediately to save the digestions of those unfortunates who "feed" at Memorial...
...more than most of the criticisms which one now finds there. If his themes were marked one would have a definite notion of the value of his work-a notion which he certainly cannot get from "This shows care" or "Literary promise." Of course there are drawbacks to my plan, but I offer it as an improvement, not as an ideal...
Although complaints have been frequent, no one has heretofore proposed any practicable plan to reform the present state of affairs at Memorial. Recently a gentlemen, unconnected with the college, made a thorough examination of the subject, and presents a number of excellent suggestions. The principal fault to be found with Memorial fare is the poor cooking of the food, due to the insufficient number of cooks, the overtaxing of their patience by the order system and to the absence of sufficient supervision over the kitchen. That the bad quality of the food is due to poor cooking is seen from...