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plates (late 1960s)
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And I found that there was something called the ‘tea-fund’, which was usually in a healthy financial condition, since the prices of refreshments were pitched to guard against any deficit, so that necessary supplies could be purchased. This fund was entirely outside the usual accounting procedures of the University. As sub-dean, I had control of it.

I arranged with a supplier to deliver plates of good cakes and pastries each morning. This proved to be a welcome innovation. It also tended to increment the fund. Then I began to organize periodic exhibitions of art in the room. The fund was able to support a visit by the artist, and some wine for those attending the opening. Sometimes, we were also able to purchase a painting from the fund, to embellish the common room.

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