Repository: UIHistories Project: Book - Housing Bond Issue of 1952 [PAGE 8]

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ADDITION NO. 2 TO T E MEN'S RESIDENCE HALLS This building will provide housing in inH dividual i >ms on the third and fourth floors to accommodate 106 students. Lounge facilith pi vided on each floor. Recreation space will be available for this group in the existii Men's Resider] Halls.

flu 51 und floor a n d the first a n d second floors of the building will be devoted to a food unit for 1,100 students. The clientele for the food operation will be d r a w n from:

Men's R sidence Halls all spa - rented on a semester contract covering

both room a n d b o a r d )

I -tii Men's Residence I bills — housing capacit) Men- Residence Halls Addition No. 1 —housing capacity Men's Residence Halls Addition No. 2 — housing capacity '1 1 n m .md board contracts P 1

497 288 10b 891

Gi und Units — (housing capacity 1,150; board contracts optional) 20 I food service capacity 1,100 in a residence hall is entirely different from that operated on a commercial com\I1 < u p a n t s of the residence halls must sign contracts which include room

•nd chai r meals for the entire semester. No refunds arc- made- for occasional meals •k ends, etc . Some men are permitted to pay for meals In working instead of b\

fixed, a n d , with a known n u m b e r to be- served, food waste can be held to a . with a resulting low food tost. Actual operations of food service in pre tit halls

this a profitable operation. See Appendix P.) Ground I nit ire temporary-type buildings which will be- replaced In permanent th<- ID. '\ housing construction program moves forward. There are now n

ilitii in this a n a Othei t h a n the unit in the existing Men's Residence Halls.

»[ f lemand, the Univcrsit) anticipates no difficult) in maintaining this food full (a] f thi buildii properly equipped, i^ estimated at $1,144,100 excluding the

I which i now owned b\ the University. Bids h.i\e been 1 c i\«cl for this work

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I),, projeel <.ui b<- completed within thi amount, This unit is scheduled in Scptcmb 1

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