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Survey F·inds U-L Food· Is Exorbitant
Theologian
To Speak
At Meetillgs
Is Noted A1Lthor
Dr. Theodore M. Greene, Mas­ter
of Silliman College at Yale
University and well-known au­thority
on the philosophy of reli­gion,
art, and education, will be
the principal speaker during the
week set aside for Religious Em­phasis,
April 6-10.
Active in academic life for more
than 30 years, both in this country
and abroad, Professor Greene has
served on the faculties of many
outstanding universities, includ­ing
Forman Christian College of
the University of Punjab, India;
Princeton University; S..tanford
University and Yale University.
As an educator he has been a long­standing
exponent of the iptegra­tion
of all the liberal disciplines
and of the central importance of
the humanities.
Professor Greene has contrib­uted
to the publications of the
Hazen Foundation and written
many widely known ooks in the
field of philosophy, uch as THE
ARTS AND THE ART OF CRIT­ICISM;
co-authored LffiERAL
EDUCATION RE-EXAMINED;
ITS ROLE IN A DEMOCRACY;
edited SELECTIONS FROM
KANT; and THE MEANING OF
THE HUMANITIES; and with
H. H. HUDSON translated Kant's
RELIGION WITHIN THE LIMITS
OF REASON ALONE.
In 1950 Professor Greene was
appointed to a commission of
Christian Scholars brought to­gether
to study the moral implica­tions
of atomic bombs.
He is also a member of a 15-
man committee appointed to pre­pare
a volume on THE GOALS
OF OUR ECONOMIC LIFE.
In 1951 Professor Greene was
invited to testify in Washington
at a Senate Hearing on ethics in
government, when he supported
Senator Fulbright's proposal that
a commission be set up to study
our basic moral anct spiritual con­victions
as a step toward improv­ing
government.
He continues to lecture to a
variety of college and civic audi­ences
throughout the country on
topics dealing with liberal · edu­cation,
liberal Christianity, phi­losophy,
and art.
THEODOREM. GREENE
Council Plans
Calendar For
Select Week
The Religious Council of the
University of Louisville is making
final plans and arrangements for
activities of Religious Emphasis
Week, April 6-10.
The program for the week in­eludes
the following:
MONDAY, APRIL 6:
12:H1-Playhouse-Newman and
Presbyterian Clubs present:
Panel Discussion-Moderator:
Jim Sheey
3:00--Jefferson Room- Forum:
"Religion and the Arts.:· Mod­erator:
Dr. Richard Kain;
Panel: Dr. Theodore Greene,
Dr. John McCarty, George M.
Perle, Ulfert Wilke, and Pro­fessor
Clifford Amy, Dept.
of Fine Arts.
TUESDAY, APRIL 7:
11:00-Playhouse-Official Convo­cation-
Dr. Greene will dis­cuss:
"The Price of Freedom,"
2:30-Gardiner 110-Dr. Greene
attends the Great Social
Thinkers class ·to moderate
discussion of the above topic.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8:
12:10- Playhouse - Canterbury
Club Presents: Very Reverend
Norwell E. Wicker. Dean of
Chirst Church Cathedral
THURSDAY, APRIL 9:
12:10-Wesley Club presents:
Gene Sines, Youth Minister of
the St. Paul Methodist
Church.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10:
12:10 - Baptist Student Union
presents: The Georgetown
College's Drama Group, in
their interpretation of "Job."
Fund Show Set For Aprill4
' The U of L Student Chest Variety Show, proceeds from which are
to be given to the 1953 Student Chest Fund, has been scheduled for
Tuesday, April14, at 8:00pm in the Playhouse.
Kitt Cox, Arts and Sciences junior, has written the script, the
form of which is based upon 12 musical-comedy acts. Liz Mayo and
Sabra Hansen, co-chairmen of the University Student Council Student
Chest Commission, are general sponsors of the program.
Leading roles will be portrayed by Corkie Kirkham, Barsh Mullin,
and Arnie Grever. Tickets for the show are $.50.
VOL. XXIV
USC Sponsors Investigation
Of High ~ating Costs Here
Cafeteria Exposed
As Most Expensive
Of Places Checked
A student of the University of
Louisville may eat outside the
campus at 25 percent less cost
than at the U niversitv cafeteria.
This was the conciusion reached
by a USC committee, consisting
of Kitt Cox and Dave Jones, in-vestigating
the prices charged by
the cafeteria.
Four Restaurants Compared
The committee took four res­taurants
off Belknap campus hav­ing
similar clientele, and sanita­tion
ratings, and about the same
number of persons as the U of L
cafeteria. They made a compara­tive
list prices for an average din­ner
meal, consisting of meat, 2
vegetables, salad, rolls and butter,
and coffee. The establisments
chosen for study were The Din­ner
Bell on Kentucky Street;
Thompson's Cafeteria on 4th St.;
the College Inn on Eastern Park­way;
and Miller's Cafeteria on
South 2nd Street.
Comparative Prices Cited
The survey revealed that the
average price of a dinner meal at
the Dinner Bell was between 70-
85 cents, at Thompson's Cafe, 55-
65 cents; the Cottage Inn, 75 cents;
and Miller's Cafe, 55-75 cents, de­pending
upon the choice of meat.
Miller's also sells meal tickets at
$4.75 for $5 of food on a weekly
basis.
However, the investigators dis­covered
that 'prices were 25%
higher at the U of L cafeteria.
The absolute minimum price for
the average dinner is 83 cents, the
By LINDSAY ALMAND
Cardinal Co-Editor
average price usually being about
$1. The individual prices at the
U of L cafeteria are as follows:
meat (the cheapest) 35 cents; veg­etable,
one at 12 cents the other
at 15 cents; salad, 10 cents; coffee,
5 cents; bread, 2 cents per slice;
butter, 2 cents. The total is 83
cents, the absolute minimum. The
minimum price at establishments
off campus is 55 cents, while the
average is about 75 cents.
Unlike other restaurants oper­ating
on a profit basis, the Uni­versity
cafeteria is, in theory, to
be a non-profit section of the Uni­versity.
The cafeteria operates at
a bare overhead: it pays no water
bills, is exempt from restaurant
taxes and property taxes, is main­tained
and kept up by the Uni­versity.
It is paying its help, con­sisting
of 22 employees, the mini­mum
wage. Personnel working in
the Snack Bar also are employed
in the cafeteria. Because of an
unvarying number of students
who patronize the cafeteria, the
investigators pointed out that pur­chasing
for the cafeteria should
remain fairly constant. Unlike
other restaurants which give serv­ice
and meals, students who pa­tronize
the cafeteria are forced
to carry their own trays, and get
other items necessary for the
meals. ·From this information, Kitt
Cox and Dave Jones concluded
that, since overhead is at a mini­mum,
prices should be lower.
Cafeteria Operates On 105%
Kltt Cox requested for an of­ficial
report of the cafeteria's op­erations.
The report give n to
Tom Pfau, president of USC, was
as follows: raw food costs 50%,
labor cost 50%, net losses 5%. No
explanation was given of the fac­tors
which cause the 5% deficit.
NSA Congress Planned At OS U
To Coincide With Ohio Fete
The United States National Student Association will hold its
Sixth Annual Congress at Ohio State University, August 24 to
September 2, in conjunction with the Ohio Sesquicentennial, ac-cording
to Richard J. Murphy, NSA president.
"The Four Freedoms In Higher
Education" will be the theme of
this year's meeting. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower, MSA Di­rector
Harold Stassen, Hunter
College President George Shuster,
·and Commentator Edward R.
Murrow are among the notables
who have been asked to address
sessions of the Congress.
Student Presidents To Meet
The Association will sponsor the
annual Student Body Presidents'
Conference, August 20 through 23,
at the same site. The Reverend
Vincent J. Flynn, President of the
College of Saint Thomas, has been
invited to keynote the meeting of
the student body presidents.
THURSDAY. MARCH 26, 1953
More than 500 official student
representatives are expected to
participate in the two conferences.
The Congress is to serve as the
highlight for the youth activities
of the Ohio Sesquicentennial be­ing
celebrated in Columbus, home
of Ohio State University.
Four Attended Last Year
Tom Pfau, USC president, Dave
Jones, NSA Commissioner, Tim
Bornstein, Co-Editor of the Car­dinal,
and Judy Shelton, News Ed­itor
of the Cardinal, represented
the University of Louisville at the
Fifth Annual NSA Congress last
summer at Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana.
However, Mr. Pfau failed to di­vulge
the source of the financial
report; Mr. George Funk, manag­er
of the University Cafeteria re­fused
to comment upon the situa­tion.
Therefore, t h e students
reached the conclusion that the fi­nancial
report is false or the man­agement
is inefficient.
The student investigators quot­ed
an informed source as saying
that the cafeteria maintains its
prices at the present level to
cater to employees of Reynold's
Metals Co. on ~rd Street, and the
Buckeye Cotton Oil Company on
Floyd, and other nearby commer­cial
businesses.
Conclusions Are Incriminating
The following conclusions were
reached by the investigating com­mittee
: (1) that meals can be
bought off campus for 25% less
than food bought at the U of L
cafeteria, (2) that the financial
report is obviously not valid, (3)
that with the prospect of losing
money the cafeteria! would not
keep its doors open to the general
public as the University is in no
position to carry a 5% deficit in­curred
by the cafeteria, ( 4) and
that since the financial report was
not given' in good faith, no credit
can ge attached to its figures.
In view of the information col­lected,
investigators offered sev­eral
remedies: (1) give the stu­dent
a reduction between 20-25%
or a meal ticket with a reduction
attached, (2) employ student help,
(3) run the cafeteria expressly for
the students and not the public,
( 4) call for an investigation which
would be clear and open with no
restrictions upon investigating the
financial status of the Cafeteria.
The USC investigation was
sparked by a letter which appear­ed
in The Cardinal written by
Kitt Cox and signed by about
30 dormitory students. Dean David
Lawrence was in full accordance
with the student investigation.
Kemper To Discuss
Polls On TV Show
. "Do Public Opinion Polls Help
Democracy?, is the topic for the
panel discussion to be held on
the "University Today" program
over WAVE-TV Monday night
from 10 to 10:30.
Participating in the panel will
be Dr. Raymond A. Kemper, As­sociate
Professor and Head of the
Psychology Department at U of L;
Dr. Louis Kesselman, Associate
Professor and Head of the Politi­cal
Science Department; Judy
Shelton, student at U of L major­ing
in economics-commerce; and
Ed O'Neil, City Editor of the
Louisville Times.
The panel will be moderated by
Dick Wangerin, consultant on
audio-visual activities for U of L.
The "University Today" series
is directed by Bob Franck and pro­duced
by Dr. Harvey C. Webster.
NO. 20
THE CARDINAL UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE'S OFFICIAL WEEKLY PUBLICATION