Roosevelt Standard | 1917-02-21 | Page 6 | College Meals at 7 Cents

COLLEGE MEALS AT 7 CENTS boarding hall at kentucky institution shows profit feeding 1400 at this thia rate berea berca ky in order to prove that high cost of living has not reache devery part of the country berea college in the kentucky mountains Is responsible for the statement that its 1400 students are fed lit ata a cost of seven cents per meal that they gained several tons in weight and that the boarding hall made a net gain of in explaining pla ining this record president frost of the college coliene refers first to the economy of numbers some 1400 students stud ants being in constant attendance 1 in the five departments another explanation of tho the seven even cent eel it meal Is the fact that most of the st students are accustomed to p plain lain fare so that they almost unanimously choose tf t go 90 without tea coffee a and n d butter to duce expenses to offset these omissions the balance ration has been introduced