Word: boarders
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Dates: during 1883-1883
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...that Memorial Hall with its new steward is in complete operation and has been running for nearly a week, a few remarks on what impression it presents to an old boarder, may not seem out of place. In the first place it must be understood that the short time that has elapsed since the opening of the hall does not, of course furnish a perfectly satisfactory basis for comment, but the general idea of what we are to expect can be gained from the number of meals we have already had. It is absolutely necessary that the hall should...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: The quality of the knowledge displayed by the "Boarder" who inquires about the "crockery assessment" item is well illustrated by his statement that "the assessment has never been less than $100." He would need to look not far among past reports, which the auditor is always ready to exhibit, to find, in fact, that the general average of the assessments is about $90, to say nothing of months in which it is considerably less than that. If he had made such an investigation he might have discovered at the same time a striking uniformity in the four...
These remarks are not idle, for it they fairly indicate the critical nature of this "Boarder's" examination of the reports, it may well be doubted whether there is anything in them not perfectly clear to one who, instead of rushing into print with a question, bestows a fair amount of careful thought on the statements before him. It is desirable, however, that the members of the Dining Association should have clear knowledge of the "crockery" and "repair" assessments and the surplus now happily resulting therefrom. Nothing can be simpler, and, it would seem, more equitable, than the working...
...BOARDER...