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The article presents information on Students' Cooperative Association which was formed to solve the problems of college students. The two most important problems of the students in all colleges are eating and lodging. In normal times, eating and sleeping present no problem to students. During the past few years, however, an increasing number of students have found it necessary to economize in order to be able to stay in college. If students batched to save money, they found it time consuming and in many cases monotonous and lonely. A group of students at the University of Washington in Seattle seem to have found a satisfactory solution for their difficulties. The answer to their problem was the setting up of the Students' Cooperative Association, which was merely an idea in May 1933, but now operates ten rented cooperative houses for about three hundred and twenty-five students. This unique venture grew out of student need for lower living costs and for normal social life. It was started by Walter Honderich, a former student at the University, who had to earn the money for his own education. In spite of early difficulties, there were other influences which slowly but surely welded the group together, such as the fine support given the cooperative by the dean of men.

The article presents a shortened version of the essay which won the Haldane Silver Medal for 1964. The essay discusses the limited consumer choice in housing in Great Britain prior to the increasing division in the British housing market. The discussion includes the structure of the British housing market, the lack of private agencies that provides modern houses on any scale for occupation at cost rent, and the effort of the government on widening the housing choice in Great Britain through the Scandinavian model of non-profit housing proposition.

Examines the benefits of the evolution and growth of budget motels to the lodging industry of the U.S. Conceptual framework; Target market segments of budget motels; Discussion of facilities and services offered.

Presents news briefs on the lodging industry, energy crisis and other social issues in the U.S. as of August 1973. Prediction for the U.S. food service and lodging industries; Effects of the energy crisis on the lodging industry; Popularity of tennis in the U.S.; Food safety program developed by the National Restaurant Association.

The article offers information on a survey of rooming-house residents in Los Angeles, California, conducted in order to determine their pattern of living. The three roominghouse areas of the city, namely Hollywood, Figueroa and Downtown were selected. Hollywood consists of aspiring artists, whereas Figueroa consists of blue-collar workers. The Downtown is a slum area. It has been discovered that the Hollywood rooming-house resident has completed high school and has a weekly wage of $50, whereas the Downtowner has a weekly wage of $40 and has gone to school less than eight years. The Figueroan, on the other hand, represents a mid-point in education. The survey is stated to reveal some of the predominant features of the urban society, namely its rootlessness and economic poverty.

The article discusses family life and its substitutes in old age. According to the author, men in their own homes have the most advantageous position, whether health, economic position, family constellation, activities, or attitudes are considered. Men who live in someone else's home rank next, while those in rooming or boarding houses or hotels deviate furthest in many respects. They are the most detached from family and friends, the least secure, the most inactive. Nevertheless, they have fewer in the below-average group on adjustment or zest than has the group living in someone else's home. Among women, those living in someone else's home deviate least from the home type. Although many are widows, they have adequate companionship of other types and ample activities. They are fairly well adjusted and their zest for living approximates that of home women. Women in rooming houses rank next. More of them are detached from family ties, although their companionship in general is fairly adequate and they have sufficient activities. They tend to feel less secure than home women or those in someone else's home and less happy and contented.

This article presents an appraisal method for measuring the quality of housing. The two most widely used systems of housing classification are the U.S. Housing Census and Real Property Inventory technique. These have been invaluable in showing the approximate size and nature of the housing problem and in mobilizing support for constructive programs, both nationally and locally. They have been found, however, of very limited value in dealing with the complex, highly localized problems that confront operating agencies like city planning commissions, housing and redevelopment authorities, and law enforcement bodies. These systems largely or altogether omit consideration of neighborhood environment; and they cover too few qualitative items on the dwelling and its occupancy to measure compliance with contemporary standards. These systems report individual deficiencies without a means for measuring their cumulative effect. Tabulation by discrete characteristics makes difficult an overall comparison of housing quality. Finally, these systems do not distinguish clearly between family dwellings with cooking facilities and rooming houses.

Focuses on the taxation of meals and lodging under Section 119 of the Internal Revenue Code in the United States. Legislative history of Section 119; Details of Section 119; Treatment of meals and lodging.

Examines the report 'Lodging Industry, 1974 Edition' which dealt with the lodging industry in the U.S.

The article reports on the difficulty of finding board and lodging for women. Women find it difficult to get a room to lodge specially in the large cities because of other women who keep the houses and never take the ladies. It seems that in the territory of Washington, men are preferred over women.

The article discusses how the youth population bulge in West Germany, which was substantially enlarged by young refugees, necessitated the building of numerous youth homes and educational facilities. Those buildings are said to be convertible to residential housing as the youth population begins to attenuate in the next two years and graduate into jobs producing social insurance premiums.

The article discusses the author's experience of being an overpaid school teacher in the U.S. He got more than four times as much as his board and lodging. He had the best room for lodging with a big feather bed. According to his friends, he can be considered as one heavily overpaid teacher with regards to present standards of living.

The article reports on the construction of a lodging house for boys that will be located in Harlem, New York City. The said hotel is to cost at $150,000 and will accommodate boys and young men. Aside from its amenities which includes reading and writing rooms, it will also have gymnasium and a plunge. Its lodging will costs thirty to seventy cents a week and it also be meals at a low rates.

The article announces the launch of a drawing room sleeper service of the Seaboard Air Line railway on February 18, 2006. This service is offered for tourists en route to North or South Carolina and Florida.

The article reflects on the Riverside Lodge, a pioneer State Teachers Home for "Rest and Recreation" in Sherborn, Massachusetts. The lodge's operation was made possible through the devotion of Cora E. Bigelow, a Boston teacher and attorney. It was through miss Bigelow's interest that the property was presented to the Massachusetts Teachers Federation.

The article presents information about the Twelfth International Congress of Psychology, which was scheduled to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 22nd July to 27th July 1940. Arrangements are being made by which a large proportion of the members can be accommodated in University hostels. The inclusive charge for such accommodation would be about fifty shillings, excluding midday lunches, arrangements for which would be made elsewhere. When the Committee of Organization is fully constituted, formal invitations would be issued. It will, however, greatly facilitate arrangements if as many as possible would let the General Secretary know now that their attendance at the Congress is probable. In the meantime subjects for symposia, general discussion and lectures are under consideration by a Preliminary Arrangements Committee.

Reviews the manual 'The Lodging Industry's Image,' published by Opinion Research Corp.

Focuses on a report about the significance of travel conglomerates in the lodging industry. Problems facing independent operators; Discussion on the market potential of the industry.

The article presents several public advertisements. Parish Manufacturing Co. has successfuly produced the International Typewriter. Baggage Express and Carriage Hire offers a comfortable yet affordable rest for the applicants. Easterbrook introduces its pen suited for masterpiece writing. Teacher's Cooperative Association is open for transaction concerning labor salaries.

The article discusses the authors experience of staying in a summer boarding house. Different kinds of people are living inside the house, including a businessman, a mother and child, a pretty girls, and others. An enthusiast, who is a bookkeeper in a city store, is also living in the boarding house.