Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1917 — COLLEGE MEALS AT 7 CENTS [ARTICLE]

COLLEGE MEALS AT 7 CENTS

Boarding Hall at Kentucky Institution Shows Profit—Feeding'l,4oo at This Rate. Berea, Kv.—ln order to prove that high-eestnf 1 i ving has not reached every part of the country, Berea college, in the Kentucky mountains, Is responsible for the statement that its 1,490 students are fed at a cost of seven cents per meal, that they gained "sevend tons” in weight, and that the boarding hall made a net gain of $559.49. In explaining this record President Frost of the college refers first to the ecbn omy of numbers, some 1,400 students,, being in constant attendance in the five departments. Another explanation of the seven-rent meal is the fact that most of the students are accustomed to plain 4 fare, so that they' almost unanimously choose to go without tea, coffee and butter to reduce expenses. To offset these omissions the “balance ration” has been Introduced.