Revenue Loss
At that time, the Council felt
that, since this plan would likely
result in some revenue loss to Food
Service in the vending machines,
the Castle, and the Glass Hat, Food
Service should realize the profit
from refrigerator rentals. It was a
compromise plan, but a reasonable
solution to the problem.
Last spring, the Council decided
not to continue publicizing the
refrigerator issue, in order to give
Food Service time to consider the
proposal on its own merits. This
they have done. Over the summer,
Mr. Fontana, Director of Food Service,
Mr. Main, Director of Housing,
and Mr. Shutts, Business Manager
of the University, decided that refrigerators
should be legalized on a
trial basis, and working with the
Executive Committee of Counselors,
they developed a poll of student
opinion on the subject.
In their research during the summer,
this group contacted several
schools which have recently legalized
refrigerators (including Duke,
North Carolina, Brown, Michigan,
William and Mary, and other). At
almost all of these schools, when
student groups have handled the
refrigerator concession, food services
have suffered heavy losses,
with the result that snack bar hours
have been curtailed and food prices
have risen. In fact, there is no food
service at all in the dormitories at
North Carolina this year.
