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...three-meal-a-day routine. Not made obvious to the undergraduate epicurean was whether the University would continue the present policy throughout the year in an attempt to defy rising prices of meat and similar commodities. At present the cost of the college's food bill has risen fifteen percent. Unless this upward turn ceases and backs down to the norm, the college may find it necessary to increase the rates and also lower the quality. The latter possibility is almost as intolerable as sand...
Last year approximately 2,000,000 meals were served to students and instructors, while 350,000 meals were given without charge to employees of the University. This year, Westcott said, he is prepared to serve the same number of meals, although prices are from ten to 15 percent higher...
...University uses 18,000 gallons of milk and 15 tons of potatoes every month. Although the latter are fairly stable in price, milk has gone up ten percent over last year. Cauned goods are also more expensive...
...most serious rise has been in the price of meat. The less expensive cuts are up ten percent over last year, while such items as sirloin steak are 35 percent higher. Although sirloin steak may possibly be rarer in the future, Westcott disclosed that the University would still serve ten tons of roast beef every month...
...been discovered in past instances that 80 percent of those afflicted with stuttering started under the age of six and 25 per cent of them admitted that one of their family or an intimate friend had been troubled with this speech defect...