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Return To Functionalism

At the same time central
buildings in and around the grounds
must be restored to the purpose for
which they were intended.
Jefferson did not build monuments,
he built functional practical
buildings. Students and Alumni are
keen to attend the Restoration Ball
each Spring for the purpose of
renovating the Rotunda but
nothing is ever done to it: indeed if
the Rotunda were restored we
could no longer hold the Ball and
wouldn't that be a pity. Few
Professors on the Lawn make full
use of their Pavilions-why not
restore the basements to their
original function of "dieting the
students"? Indeed Pavilion VIII
could easily diet 200 students a
day.

The Hotels on the Range could
also be easily converted as the
faculty members of the Colonnade
have so recently discovered.

Miss Betty Booder's House and
Miss Betty Cocke's House, side by
side facing the Brooks Museum,
should be acquired immediately
and restored to dieting the
students.

And what finer way than to
commemorate Mrs. Carr, who used
to sit as many as 100 students
down to lunch, than by restoring
the house built on her Hill to
dieting the students? Food should
not be the major point of reform
but in case there are those who
think I am going overboard, try
standing in line for the contract
cafeteria when you have to join the
end of the line fifteen minutes after
opening time, standing in the
driveway in the place alotted for
mail pickup!

Or go to Student Health and ask
how many patients are treated each
year for physical and psychological
disorders that stem directly from
protein or vitamin deficiencies. Or
estimate the number of students
who "dine" almost exclusively at
Hardies, McDonald's, and places of
that ilk, on a dally diet of
whammy-burger with side order of
fries. A student who is less than
100% healthy is a bad risk in any
endeavour, let alone education.