Evening Star Newspaper, May 22, 1931, Page 35

HARVARD ASSALED ON EATIVG YSTEM ‘New “High-Tahle” Dinners Termed Undemocratic by Critics. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, May 22 (N.AN.A.) —Since Towell Hoise was opened last Fall as on» of the first two units of the Hark- ness “hour > plan,” which eventually will alter the sccial system of Harvard Uni- versity, every Monday night has been marked by the holding of what is known as a “high-table” dinner. Even before the first of these func- tions was held it was, for one reason or another, the subject of controversy among undergraduates, graduates and others interested in collegiate affai | Modeled obviously cn the social rou-' tine of aristocratic Oxford, t igh | table” wes condemned by many as an | undemocratic, un-American importation | from the British educational syst=m. | With Mayor Curley’s attendance at one of these “high tables” this institu- | tion has become a matter of general | public interest. What, every cne wants | to know, is a “high tabl ho sits at it. how do they get that way, and what | of it? | Eating Made Function. Befcre the “house plan” was intro- duced Harvard undergraduates ate their mea’s at their clubs, or, if they lacked nembership, they around” in the | earious pubilc cafeterias and the more restaurants. Years before d been a college-run “ | Memorial Hell, but more recently eat- ing, except for the freshmen, was a | private mafter. The college took no! steps to satisfy the wants of the inner man. Under the “house plan,” however, eat- ing was to become & coliegiate function | almost as much as reading or attending | classes. Each “house” is equipped With a dining hall, and the residents of that | “house” must take a certain number of meals in them, or, what amounts to the | same thing, must pay for a certain numbet of meals. | Loweil House has gone a step further | 1n making cating a communal collegiate | function. At one end of iis large din- | ing room 15 built a permanent platform, about, 2 feet higher than the main por. ticn of tie ficor. aily this platform | is develd of furniture, but cn Monday nights it supports a long, narrow table, seating approximately 30 persons. Professors Invite Guests. Several weeks ago Meson Hammond, | s>nior tutor of Lowell Houce, reminded all the prcfessors and tators who are | eitached to Lowe1 hat there going t> b2 ancther *high table.” Each of thes> men has th~ priviege of in- viticg some guest to attend. | Trus Fcuse Mastor Jul'en Y. Coolidge | decided that he would Mayor Curley to be his guest on th! sion, want. ing, possibly, to hcnor the mayor of Beston with an ticn which carries | with it a cesta'n distiention, cr think- | ing, perhaps, thet the mayor would be | gr0d compan: In similar fashion a dozen cr so of the oth faculty mem- bers cf the cuse” asked friends to attend. Scme of these guests were Harvard facu’ty members not attached to Lowell, fome were teachers at preparatory | eating is part Coolidge's residence and the main din- | ing hall. Sreanwn ing iIa Lo thegundergraduates resid- 11 House, or such of them as had not been invitzd to sit at this particular “high tabl without “dress- ing,” repaired to the dining room, as usual. 3 On the main floor of the Lowell House dining rocm ere numerous small tables, most ot them seating dents. These were s dents, who sat down informally and started eating when the food was placed * | before them. About a quarter of an hpur later, at 30 o’clock, a door leading dir y from thz platform to the tutors’ rocm cpened and House Master Cool- idge, Mayor Curley and th “high-table” company filed 2 The “high tablers” were dressed in presence was hardly noticed by the un- dergraduates, who finished their meal and singly and in groups got up and left the room. By the time the “high-table” group had finished most of the undergradu- ates, having started earlier, had left for the students’ common room for th coffee and smokes. The “high tabler however, rose in a body and repaired to the privacy of the tutors’ common room to drink coffee, smoke and talk. Maycr Curley and most of the gu stayed until shortly after 10 o'c! Some, however, had left_eatlier, th there have been times when the break-up in the tutors' common room did not occur until after midnight What, anyway, is the purpose of the |7 “bigh tabl Regarding _the whole idea of the “house plan’ extend the Harvard educational beyond the ck Mr. Harkn: and Presidert re agresd of a ducation. I of grabbing a sandwich at a o lunch, under the hcuse plan the under- gradute: down t> a meal, with “tutors and _professors dropping in to join them. It's just another port of the elbow- rubbing method of education in which Fresident Lowell .always has strongly believed. Eating _toge each of the “hou stance, makes each a m tity—or is supposed to do st (Copyright, 1981, kv North Am-rican News- paper. Tnc,) ad . furthermore, giv more of a sub- definite en- Does the toothpaste you use bear this t oi the] eneral hat | ocls, some were merely private citi- | s. Besides , a half-dozen un- duate members of Lowell were random and bid to the "high z der 3 ning rolled arcund | all these guests and the men who had invited them repaired to Mr. 's residence, a of Lowell House. y went from there to the tutors’ common room, which is situated between Mr. offer Summer suggestions . . . toiletries . . . curtains favorite Summer menus... delicious rolis and breads for picnic lunches. .. paints, .in all colors to freshen your house, inside- and out . .. these are a few of the hun- dreds of items of merchandise that you may purchase con- veniently and economically at on PARK and SHOP STORES | Connecticut Avenue at Ordway and Porter Streets Whittlesey’s Drug Store Frazee-Potomac Laundry A&P Piggly Wiggly A A = -\ RS N QN - . e — Y T A Barker Original Bakgry Peoples Hardware Store TREASURY’S DEFCIT REACHES $984,268,517 | Extensive Financing Expected to| | By the Associated Press. With only six weeks remaining be- | fore the end of the fiscal year, ‘Treasury had a defict on May 19 and it dinner jackets, and took their places on | the platform. Their entrance and their | § THE EVEN Be Done Soon to Meet Situation. | the | We Made a Fortunate Purchase! :emed probable ex- ' 500,000,000 TAR, WASHINGTO tensive financing would have to be done before June 30 to meet the situation. While no Treasury official would ven- ture an opinion, indications were that a long-term bond issue was being con- sidered and instead of being held for announcement in the late Summer, might b» offéred to the public in June. However, rapidly changing conditions in Government finances would prevent a decision being made until at least the early part of next month, and it [ stit may be decided to continue bot. rowing with short-term paper untl| sociati Xi 1t | J S Stater on is making en appeal for ald On ‘May 19 the Treasury had collected $2760.210113 since last June 30 and | had spent $3,744,479.232. of 084,268,517 | March 19 it has i in rities in D. C.,'!FRIDAY, MAY 1931 forms. About half of these represented [wATEH RETUHNS PURSE refunding operations and the remainder new money needed meet Govern- ment expenditures and payments on veterans' adjusted compensation cer- tificates. o Irish Veterans in Want. Nearly 80,000 men who fought in the ‘World War are said to be on the verge | of starvation in Southern Ireland, J\nd‘ 22, Visitor From Paris Tells Police Let Missing Cash Go, as She Thanks Them for Find. NEW YORK Michel de Surmont of Paris went tained a small amount of diamond rings and oth for them. 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