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(4) FUTURE OUTLOOK

The Cafeteria is justly popular because it furnishes
the best food procurable at actual cost to the students
of the University and thereby satisfies a longfelt need
in our life. It is my considered judgment that we will
be running at absolutely full capacity next session and
the number of boarders will steadily increase. You are
in a better position than I am to pass judgment on the
relative urgency of the needs of the University of Virginia;
but it is my duty to express to you my genuine conviction
that $75,000.00 to double the present floor space and
equipment will be urgently needed prior to the meeting
of the General Assembly of Virginia in January, 1924.

The situation will be rendered even more acute if
additional dormitories are erected on the University grounds.
No greater service could be rendered our students in the
future than by providing additional university dormitories
and additional cafeteria space.

I cannot close this statement without adding a word
of just tribute to our present cafeteria manager, Mrs. Josie
W. Rodes, whose unselfish devotion, whose untiring energy,
and unbounded enthusiasm has made possible the successful
operation of the University Cafeteria.

You will be pleased to know that she has contracted
to continue as manager until August 31, 1922.