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...caught in the same cost-price squeeze that forced Pavilion to close. Pavilion's dedication to excellence, for example, dictated a kitchen staff of 30 to 40 and about that number working the floor: an average of one employee per four meals. Many newer restaurants, stressing simpler menus and service, have cut that ratio: at Jimmy's, the employee-meal ratio works...
...exhibits sponsored by the Cambridge Art Association will provide a feast for the eyes, an Advocate poetry reading by Kenneth Koch spice for the ears--and various restaurants will cater to real appetites with special menus and rates designed for the Festival. One of the Square's major commerical events will be a large auction, the profits of which will go to the Festival fund. The idea for this auction reflects the sense of community already growing so rapidly among merchants, students and community, but every shop seems to be coming up with its own little brainstorm for the Festival...
Crumlin plans balanced menus for vegetarians and assists students with medical diet problems. She also developed the Nutrition Workshop for those trying to lose weight...
...thrill of discovery quickly wore off. TV crews and reporters were soon scurrying frantically to satisfy the medium's insatiable appetite for novelty, sometimes achieving massive inanity instead. During coverage of the first great banquet, correspondents-who had not been given menus-variously described those little orange balls decorating the table's center as pomegranates, oranges or JellO. (They were actually North China tangerines...
...FIRST reason is, alas, irreversible: it is simply that in the early days living arrangements for undergraduates were comparatively luxurious, since upkeep and wages were correspondingly low. It was possible to maintain such things as uncrowded suites and daily maid service and waitresses and choice of menus for a very low price. The Houses were built for that style of living, and the crowding in the original Houses which began in the late 1940s' in order to keep down the cost per student will always be a nagging psychological drawback which can be solved only by architectural changes...