The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-29
LATEST COMMONS At YALE.
GREAT CHANGES CAUSED n THE
NEW DINING HALBJ'
Man, Of the m students VINO Acted -
walters or Managed Eatina ftubs
Have Lost . Source 81 lncome-iand-
ladies Affected -succe~ Of

NEW HAVEN. Sept. - -Yale's new dining
hall on Grove street has brought about
an important change In student life. IL
has given a severe blow TO the eating clubs,
and Il has Incidentally affected the real
estate market.
In the old Commons not more than six
hundred m~n oould be accommodated at
once. but Ia the new dining hall exactly
I .00~ men may be seated a. one meal, whicS
h. nearly half 81 the entire student body.
leaving out the 500 and more meh who live
Ia their own society clubs. or board In
private families, there will he barely NO
met. Who will have To find eating clubs OF
their own. This l. about half tire numbef
that followcd this plan last year
The passing Of the private club custom
A. Yale u n more serious matter than might
NJ fut be suppossd. Not only has the Gus
tom Afforded a livelihood 10 score~ OF
women. bu' IL has hkcwi-. supported many
College men. who have acted as stewards,
butler- and waters
Fully 10 men have b<en supporting
themselves In tho past few wears by the
easy method o. either managing or WAITING
In student eating Joints, ~ they are called.
OF this number fully slightly have suddenly
been thrown on their own re-purce- at the
oI ening Of the fall term The fact that no
student waters will be hirei for the new
Commons causes NOV trouble The Com
monscucs,ion has Furnished food for thought
10 many undergraduates this past week.
and has overloaded the Self Help Bureau
with unexpected applications for work
Up to a year ago student walters were
employed In the old Commons. and got
their meals for their work. In thu new
dining hall. as last wear In the Commons.
this will not he the oase. Whether ~
Yale authorities do not televe N students
serving at table. or whether the more prac-
teal rsason 81 waste and smashing OF
crOckery is adduced Ia lot known. but
II II CERTAIN that the authorities
do no, believe ia hiring undergraduates
TO do the work In the old days In the
Gym. Commons. when students waited
at table. the noi-e and general hilanty
over avoidabIe and IA voidable clashes
was only Ia To- compared With tn sstonish-
ing amount II breakaRe that daily came
about. Unaccustomed to steering their
way through crowds with piles OF dishes
held high overhead. not al hour passed
at maaltime- without some ~ooliision OF
rushing walters in the narrow
or the mobhing % tome g,ilehe- freshman
waiter WITH a tIschl tray OF oenchcl"s
for a tutors table. Before the practios
was finally given up for good. the daily
havoc and the rio, wcre extraordinary.
While the senior and junior walters had
n hard enough time 81 II Ia supplying their
friends and classmates with the best tho
larder supplied. the freshman walters,
who we're most numerous. had the most
unfortunate experiences. They were i'm
pneed upon 10y all hands. and ordered to
bring up from the regions below the most
- A-I I.Aoa u.asl.s0s
extrn charge Brts were freely circulated
a. 10 which waiter of two tables would
first return with n required dish, and fire.
guently the calender was rushed into the
Kitchen by his losing tabheful. Every
time n freshman dropped a plate a roar
went up from the so men present. and the
acufics that ensued In the passsgrwavs
between student walters Who were late
for rccitations often brought the entire
body Of diners TO the fray
Whether on this account or on more
lofty grounds the Commons management
finally decided to abolish student waiting
L. an official secret. hut last year AT about
this time a rule was put In forCe dropping
student walters and substituting the ebony
hued -on Of Ham in HE stead Tn urbane
African has ever since waited or the rising
Yale generation. and will continue to do
- in the new quarters.
The managers and buffers 81 eating
joints will probably suffer most keenly
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