Major Changes Announced For Graduate Dining

Extensive changes in the organization of Harkness Commons will be initiated next Fall, Carl S. Tucker, Director of the Dining Halls Department, announced yesterday. The graduate school dining hall will offer a la carte orders in addition to full meals, and will serve continuously from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

A further innovation will be a new contract covering 15 meals per week, giving the student $14 worth of food for $13.30. The price of a contract for 21 meals a week has been lowered 55 cents to $16.95. On this contract, a student will be able to get meals worth $19.60.

Food sales at Harkness have been decreasing steadily for the last five years while costs have been rising. The cafeteria expects a $27,000 loss this year.

Ellsworth J. Holden, Jr. 4G, president of the Graduate School Council, yesterday expressed approval of the changes. He noted it is too early to tell the real effect of the move, and added, "As far as anybody can tell, this seems to be the best thing to do."

Holden said he was "impressed" by the attitudes of the University officials with whom he has discussed the problem. He said he believed the changes are designed not only to enable the cafeteria to operate in the black, but also to serve graduate studens better than at present.

A recommendation to offer food a la carte was made earlier this year by the management consultant firm of Harris, Kerr, Forster, and Co.