THE URGE TO EAT

Education, in the last analysis, is largely a matter of carbohydrates. In recognition of this principle it has been suggested that the University establish some sort of a cafeteria, where weary denizens of the House Plan can refresh the jaded spirit without being involved in fruitless exercise. Already such an institution flourishes on the other bank of the Charles, catering to the isolated appetites of the Business School, and there is no reason to believe that an undergraduate is in any way a less valiant trencherman. If the University could run an eating place of this type, open, perhaps, from 10 until 12 o'clock in the evening, it would certainly be well patronized.

The ideal system would be to establish one such refrectory in every House. They must of course be self-sustaining but it is probable that each House could support its own. It this were impossible they could be organized jointly by several Houses or there could be one central until conveniently located. The physical difficulties to putting any such scheme into effect can be easily resolved, either by the use of the dining rooms or by the make-shift use of some empty room in the cellar.

Part of the cultural value of the House plan is that by removing all physical limitations on the student it gives him every chance to concentrate on getting an education. Making provision for the eternal and relentless hunger which traditionally overcomes the undergraduate about midnight will remove the last barrier which separates a man from having every possible opportunity for tranquil study.