That the House dining halls are providing exactly the same food as last year and at the same price was made clear yesterday by the powers behind the serving of the three-meal-a-day routine. Not made obvious to the undergraduate epicurean was whether the University would continue the present policy throughout the year in an attempt to defy rising prices of meat and similar commodities. At present the cost of the college's food bill has risen fifteen percent. Unless this upward turn ceases and backs down to the norm, the college may find it necessary to increase the rates and also lower the quality. The latter possibility is almost as intolerable as sand in the eye.

If the superintendent of the dining halls claims that he must either stand a loss or make a profit, the undergraduate undoubtedly feels that it would suit his stomach better for him to suffer the former. It was admitted that last year the account's of the House dining halls showed a profit; therefore it is too much to expect that the University can at least succeed in breaking even at the end of the present season without either raising the rates or, most dangerous, cheapening the quality.