The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-07

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OF the ASSOCIATION. and from the latter date
to Oct any twelve persons registered
for member hip. may form club
table by a written application to
the auditor dated and signed by the
intending club members Printed blanks
are provided for these applications which,
in order 70 he considered, must be signed
by ten members, the first person signing
certifying TO and being responsible for the
! other signatures. Choice of location is
granted 10 the order of filing the applica-
tions. The association does not bind itself
TO assign any cub tables after Oct 8, and
while ten members can retain a table until
Oct. !, any seat remaining unassigned after
that date or for more than a week at any
time when the hall is open ceases TO be sub
Ject to the control OF the club. At about
that time animated scenes are enacted in
rapid succession around the auditors Office.
As many as ], 900 persons can be easily ac-
commodated in the dining-hall, which sur
passes in dimensions those of the English
universities, At a recent date 754 students
were occupying seats at the tables. The
dining-room is 1874 by so feet interior di-
mansions, with high t of eighty feet 10 the
ceiling at the apex. In a great stained glass
window at the west end, 20 by 80 feet are
emblazoned the arms of the college, of
the state and of the United States.
| Other windows at the sides, in stained
glass, are memorials, TWO of which are a
comparatively recent addition. These are
| twenty-five feet from the floor, the wall
| space beneath being filed with collection
of art works of historical and commemora-
tive interest. Examples of Copley and of
| Gilbert Stuart are frequent Among the
portraits is one of John Quincy Adams,
of which Stuart painted the head and
Thomas Sully the body. A portrait of
| John Adams III court dress Q7S3) is by Cop
| ley, this artist being also represented by
portraits of Nicholas and Thomas BOylston
and the wife of tue latter The series con-
tain portraits of George Washington the
first LII. ID. of Harvard by Trumbull and
by Edward Savage a bust of Joseph
Story, LII. D., by w. W. Story, is among
the works of sculpture, as is also bust of
Washington Q7S5) by Hudson.
Such is the respectable company in view
of students dining In Memorial hall, and
whose conduct is regulated by judlcious
rules. A prohibition is placed on wine,
| beer, and all alcoholic drink. One of the
rules directs that the joints of meat shall
not be carved upon the tables. The pre-
| Scribed number of courses at dinner is three
| this meal being served from $3.50 to $50
O'Clock p. M, except during October
and after the spring recess when it is
half an hour later. Most frequently
student OF the same classes are seated to-
| gether. The walters are Clearly and neatly
dressed. as it is the stewards duty to see
that they shall be, and are not permitted to
| engage in conversation during meal hours
| OF to make any unnecessary noise. No
meals are sent to rooms except in cases of
| actual illness, and an extra charge of 10
cents per meal is then made. Members
| bringing guests to meals sign order slips for
them, being charged thereon at the
| rate OF 80 cents for dinner,
% cents for breakfast and
twenty cents for lunch. A visitor can
not be kept as guest by member for
special permission. An "a la carte" bill of
fare is used as the most satisfactory ar
| rangement in case of visitors, and the
student must depend on the same wnen
coming after the regular stated hour, being
charged extra for what is ordered. He
may select boiled eggs at ten cents or ten
derloin steak with mushrooms at seventy
five, but the hours for meals are not to be
| disregarded.
Whether students are able to provide for
themselves more satisfactorily through this
association than they could be provided for
IN any other manner is question on
which opinion is not unanimous. Criti-
cism of tGe management is not uncommon,
holding that the money expended should
give more gratifying results. The cooks
sometimes have been French, an
American at present being at the culinary
helm. If not of character to delight Sy-
baritic taste, the fare is substantial as we'll
as abundant. At a season when outdoor ex-
ercise is largely taken the daily supply of
| milk reaches the not iliberal amount of $50
gallons. The menu of one of the recent din
ners at the hail. by chance in hand, shows
probably an ordinary arrangement with the
chief meal of the day: