Four Masters Deplore Possible Uniform Menu

Masters of four of the eight resident Houses yesterday joined John M. Bullitt '43, Master of Quincy House, in opposing the still unofficial proposal to make menus uniform next year.

"It would be a very poor move," suggested Gordon Fair, Master of Dunster House, which has its own kitchen. He claimed that "uniform menus would deprive stewards in independent kitchens of all initiative." Fair also stressed that the present system, by providing variety, gives students more choice in what they eat.

Reuben A. Brower, Master of Adams House, and John F. Conway, Master of Leverett House, both expressed themselves opposed to uniformity on principle. Brower, whose House also has an independent kitchen, added, "I haven't been officially notified of a proposal, but I would take a dim view of such an idea; it smacks of Brave New World."

"Competition is the hope of improvement in the dining halls," insisted Charles H. Taylor, Master of Kirkland House. He explained, "there's no good reason why the independent kitchens reason why the independent kitchens must always serve better food on the same budget; the Central Kitchen should be able to do just as good a job."

Indifference "Almost Monumental"

Two Masters of Houses which use the Central Kitchen were relatively uninterested. David E. Owen '27, Master of Winthrop, declared, "my indifference is almost monumental; I'll leave the eloquence to the Masters of Adams, Dunster and Quincy Houses." The only comment from John H. Finley '25, Master of Eliot House, was I'm not interested in food."

Howard J. Phillips '62, who is chairman of the Student Council Dining Hall committee, talked yesterday with Carle T. Tucker, Director of the College Dining Halls. He reported that "Tucker stressed the operational advantages of the proposed change but insisted that he had merely made the proposal as a suggestion, and that he was in no position to decide on the matter."