Board at Memorial.

The report of the auditor of the Dining Association, is a matter of no small interest. Men who remember the price of board in 1882-3 as high as $4.56, think with surprise of $3.97. $3.97 per week is the lowest "on record" since the hall began, In 1877. board was as low as $4.00, averaging for the year only $4.03 1-3. Since then, it has been on the steady increase,-4.06 2-3, 4.11 1-3, 4.46 2-3, 4.84 2-3, 4,48;-up to June '83. Then followed a change in the stewardship, Mr. J. J. Sullivan, taking the place of Mr. Balch, who had been steward since Jan. 1876. Last year, 1883-4, saw a decided improvement in the board, service and prices. The board for the year averages only $4.12. This was certainly a long stride in the right direction. The first flgures for this year, are even more encouraging, and the management of the Association may well congratulate itself on its success. Its own exertions, aided by the increased number of boarders, have wrought most satisfactory results. The board and service has been excellent and has given general satisfaction. The man who is particular in his taste can be suited at Memorial almost as well as anywhere else, certainly in Cambridge. The order list is complete, and, what is an important consideration to so many, the prices are reasonably low. We can. I think. safely say that as good board for the money can not be got elsewhere in Cambridge.

Of course Memorial is susceptible of improvement, and there is at times, some occasion for complaint; but we can feel sure that if things continue to improve in the future as rapidly as they have in the past years, this susceptibility will be materially weakened, and the complaints few. The principal fault with Memorial now is the fact that all the applicants for board cannot be accommodated. End-men have been instituted at many of the tables, and still all who seek board cannot be admitted. This is to be regretted. When Memorial Hall was built, I doubt if the idea of the dining-room's ever being too small was entertained. However, to-day we wish it larger. To accommodate the increased numbers, some have suggested the use of the west gallery, others have gone so far as to mention the floor of Sanders, but no satisfactory plan has been found yet. For the present, at least, the rule must be "first come, first served," and late applicants must take their chances: