OXFORD ECONOMIES
UNDER-GRADS DISCARD BUMP SUPPERS FOR 1/9 MEALS ' LONDON, Wednesday. Oxford University, once regarded as the resort of the wealthy, is now economising thoroughly, as business houses and undergrads are cutting expenditure in every direction, not only because lavishness is out of fashion, but because they do not possess the money. Merton College took the lead. A bursar, noticing that many undergrads were applying for advances and seeking to postpone payment of bills, ealled a meeting and proposed various economies, including the renunciation of dances, bump suppers, and plays. These suggestions were enthusisatieally received, whereupon the authorities inaugurated cheap teas and a three-course dinner for 1/9, which have proved so popular that nearly all undergrads are taking advantage of them. The economies are saving £30 a year. Other eolleges have formed a committee of economy experts to devise reductions in expenditure.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 109, 30 December 1931, Page 7
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