Tucker Delays Decision On Uniform Menus Plan

Standardized menus for the Houses probably will not be instituted before next winter at the earliest. "It is my considered opinion that the plan will not have started by the beginning of Fall term," Carle T. Tucker, Director of the Dining Hall Department, said yesterday.

Further support for uniform menus was expresed recently by Edward Reynolds '15, Administrative Vice-President, and the official in charge of the final decision.

Although the proposal is "being explored," no definite decision is imminent. The Department is currently under heavy strain with preparations for the opening of Quincy House, renovation of the Leverett House Dining Room and problems at the Graduate School. Under the circumstances, the Department has been unable to increase its normal, continued study of the problem.

Tucker Discusses Menu

Tucker, however, said he felt that a standardized menu would greatly facilitate operations. He pointed out that the proposal was first made by an outside management-consulting firm last year. "It would co-ordinate and consolidate the ordering so that instead of spot buying three times a week we would get bids for larger quantities," Tucker explained.

While several Masters have suggested that valuable initiative inspired by separate menus would disappear under the proposed system, Tucker maintained that "the managers of the separate kitchens would have the same standards of initiative" with uniform menus "since they will still have to produce good quality food."

Tucker declared that he welcomed polls of students on the proposal. "It is a healthy state for everyone to partake in the discussion," he said.