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...insatiable cupidity, unexampled persistence and "monumental gall," the average Memorial Hall waiter can probably never be excelled. When this interesting specimen of sable humanity is not engaged in talking politics or adroitly pilfering from the table of his neighbor, the chances are that he will be filling the ears of his helpless victims with tales of imaginary woe or visions of enjoyment which the donation of a "quarter" or "half" will give. The ingenious devices resorted to are worthy of admiration. At one time an extra dollar is needed to pay the month's rent; again, a pitiful story...
...only way to stop the evils of the fee system, and save ourselves from being a subjugated race, is to inaugurate a vigorous crusade against the extortionate demands of our waiters. No reason has yet been adduced to warrant the system; if the waiters do not receive wages enough they are at liberty to go elsewhere. Furthermore, the donor in nine cases out of ten receives no benefit from his gift, for the waiter is stimulated more by the hope of the reward than by the gift when given...
...freshman who has recently severed the ties that bound him to the total abstinence society, recklessly demanded a glass of "Charlotte Russe" of the waiter at Adams' the other night...
...number of the boarders. My own personal experience, which is substantially the same as that of the others, was as follows: I came into the hall a few minutes before nine o'clock, while the doors were still open, and on ordering my breakfast, was informed by the waiter that my order had "given out" - a notorious and disagreeable feature in the management of the hall - but that he would get me something as soon as it came up from the kitchen below. In company with several other men at my table in like predicament, I waited and waited until...
...post of head waiter at Memorial Hall is now filled by Mr. Charles Herbert, formerly of the St. James and Grand Union Hotels...