Word: plans
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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After five years of experimenting with the European plan, the directors of Memorial Hall have decided to propose the adoption of the American plan to the members of the dining association and a vote will be taken on this proposition today. Nobody seems to be able to find out just what is the matter with Memorial or in fact what has been the matter for the past few years. Different directorates have proposed different remedies, new schemes have been tried and generally discarded as unsatisfactory after a few weeks' trial, and the price of board has fluctuated during all these...
...Corporation has consented to remit three-fourths of the sinking-fund payments for two months at least while the plan of returning to the American basis is given a trial. While this does not remove any of the debt which is 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...
...vote of the members of Memorial Hall will be taken during all three meals today on the proposition of instituting American board at a fixed price of $5 a week. This plan is offered by the board of directors as a substitute for the present system. The Corporation of the University will assist in the inauguration of the plan by remitting three-fourths of the sinking fund payments for at least two months. The Board of Directors has instructed the steward to serve meals at a price not exceeding $5 a week; and they are confident that with the membership...
...Board of Directors of Memorial Hall, believing that the fish and eggs system is not satisfactory to the members, offers as a substitute for it American board at a fixed price of $5 a week. The Corporation of the University will assist in the inauguration of this plan by remitting three-fourths of the sinking fund payments for at least two months. The Board of Directors has instructed the steward to serve meals at a price not exceeding $5 a week; and are confident that with the membership equal to the average attendance of the past two months the board...
...adoption of the American plan at $5 a week will be practically a reversion to the plan under which the Hall was successfully conducted from 1875 to 1903, with allowance for the increase in the price of food since that time and for the cost of the improvements of 1904, when the Corporation advanced the money for the addition in which the kitchen and serving-room are located and for a renovation of the machinery...