Word: meals
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...however, less the necessarily dry record of elections and bequests than the account of student life, etc. Grumblers at Memorial fare will do well to remember that in 1637-39 Mrs. Nathaniel Eaton "provided very scantily for the students." She gave them bad fish, bread made of heated sour meal and denied them cheese "when they sent for it and although she had it in the house." Anextra order list was in vogue, one finds, as early as 1734. "The buttery came to be a recognized department of the college, where students could purchase provisions. beer, cider and other extras...
...article of food at the Hall which did not cause complaint. The bread was half the time sour, and the water foul; the oatmeal and the vegetables were often so cooked as to be uneatable; the fish, poultry, chops, coffee, were positively bad. Very little order was kept during meals. The bill of fare was chosen by regular routine, so that you could predict every meal beforehand. And with all this, the price of board averaged $4.23 a week during the first two terms. This was the condition into which inefficient management could sink the Hall, and the condition...
...Memorial board,-cooked by wholesale, and served by negro waiters to tables each averaging thirteen men,-will be appetizing; especially when all the thirteen are apt to come in together, expecting to be served at once, and to allow, on an average, less than half an hour to a meal. But I believe that the board is better now than ever before. The price has averaged only $4.04 per week. Very little of the food has been unfit to eat. There has been a good deal of variety. And, as showing the general feeling, three facts are significant. The complaints...