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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tutoring program has been highly praised by the settlement houses as well as by the parents of the youngsters. George Skelly, Director of the Cambridge Community Center, said that "this is the first year we've had the tutors and the plan has far exceeded any expectations ... the tutors here have certainly done a lot to build good will between Harvard and this community...
...first head of Harvard College was fired largely because he served poor food. Around 1800 food battles became so violent that the University had to abandon the idea of a common table. In 1926 Dean C. N. Greenough said he would welcome suggestions on how to solve the "food problem." Last year Dean Bender asked the Student Council to conduct a poll on what students thought of the food. Throughout this 300 year history of food problems many changes in the dining system occurred, always whenever protests became widespread and proved to be well founded...
...both the food and atmosphere of the Commons deteriorated, most student withdrew to the peace and plenty of private boarding houses. The Commons was finally abandoned in 1849, and President Sparks said, "It is improbable that the Commons will again be revived...
...administration said that the poll proved nothing definite about the food. It did request Benjamin Seiler, a Boston caterer and member of the visiting committee, to make an informal investigation of the system last spring. He made a few informal recommendations to the dining hall administrators. His main point was that preparation of food should he brought closer to serving. He said it would be ideal to have a kitchen for each dining hall. He made several suggestions for improvement within the present system. Some of them, such as toasters on the serving table, were partially carried out. Others, such...
These three different opinions constitute the modern food problem. As was said in the nineteenth century when Memorial Hall went into operations as a voluntary commons, only time will tell how the problem will be solved