PROTEST AGAINST UNION MEAL PLAN MADE BY '38 MEN

Fifty Freshmen from Wigglesworth Hall last night signed a petition, demanding that the dining-hall system now in practice at the Houses be inaugurated at the Union, permitting the first year men to sign for ten, fourteen, or twenty-one meals a week, according to choice.

The petition read: "We, the undersigned, members of the Freshman Class of Harvard College, do hereby petition that the Harvard Union institute a new ruling, permitting us to sign up for only ten or fourteen meals a week, as is permitted to upperclassmen. Under the present system, unfair discrimination is exercised against us. We believe, moreover, that we should not be compelled to pay the present rates of $6.25 and $7.25 now charged in the other College dining-halls for the ten-meal and fourteen-meal week. These rates are based, not on the financial problems presented, but on a desire to make the cost of the ten-meal and fourteen-meal system prohibitive."

In Wigglesworth Hall

This petition was circulated throughout Wigglesworth Hall, where the fifty names were obtained. The sponsors of the petition express the intention of taking it to all the Freshman dormitories until they have obtained the signatures of at least three fourths of the class.

That the present class has no complaint against the quality of the food was indicated by a representative poll recently undertaken by the CRIMSON. A number of men from every hall were questioned in this poll, and without exception, each expressed satisfaction with the calibre of the food.

The poll did indicate, however, a strong feeling in favor of extending the closing time of the Union hours at breakfast. Other questions revealed little sentiment against the overcrowded conditions at the Union.