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Wednesday. MarrV, 8, 1967
Rathskeller Shows
CelehritiVs: Evnanjnmr: Siipass
Article By Joe Coltrane
Photos By Steve Adams
A mug of beer for five cents? And at the Raths
keller? You could have gotten that deal in 1948 when
the "Rat" first opened for business, according to Phil
lip Miller, the present manager.
You can't get beer for a nickel there anymore,
but the Rathskeller still offers "the atmosphere in
which a student can break away from his studies
and live in a world away from reality for a while,"
said Miller.
"We've had a number of famous personalities eat
at the Rathskeller," Miller added. "When Buddy Hack
ett ate here several years ago, one of the waiters
asked him for his autograph. Instead of an auto
graph, he sat and wrote a poem for the waiter."
Big Personalities
Other personalities to visit the restaurant include
Faye Emerson, Tyrone Power, the piano-playing duo
Ferrante and Teicher, Al Capp and Burl Ives. "Hugh
Heffner came in one night with a girl friend," said
Miller.
When Theodore Danziger opened the Rathskeller in
1948, it consisted of just the "front" room, a cozy,
low-ceilinged replica of a German old-world restaur
ant. The dark-pine walls, tables and benches inscribed
with various famous quotes set the relaxed atmos
phere for the restaurant.
"The other rooms have been added through; the
years," said Miller. "In the Train Room, or Metro,
we tried to set a French atmosphere along with the
feeling that you are in a train coach."
"The Cave, which extends right to the edge of
Franklin Street, took about six months to dig out and
:make into a room," Miller said. "The Chicken Coop
takes it name from the chickens on the wallpaper,
one of the few wallpapers drawn by the New Yorker
artist, Steinberg."
In the old days, the Rathskeller had a piano in the
front room, and often had combos, accordion players,
and frequent impromptu songfests, according to Mill
er. .
"However, since that time," he said, "we've
' found that most customers want a quiet, secluded sort
of atmosphere. We have a jukebox, but it isn't played
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A view from the restaurant into the cooking area
shows a modern kitchen where "good quality food" is
the watchword.
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The main dining area of the Rathskeller reflects
the old world atmosphere of a German restaurant as
started by Danzinger.
"Our philosophy," said Miller, "is to give good
service, serve good quality food, and keep a relaxed
atmosphere. We have a very low rate of turnover
of key personnel, cooks and overseers, and that prob
ably helps us maintain both good service and high
quality food."
The Rathskeller offers variations from the nor
mal restaurant routine. For birthday parties, the
waiters bring out the cake and give a rousing Raths
keller rendition of 'Happy Birthday". "The custom
ers like it, and bur waiters enjoy it too' said Miller.
On St. Patrick's Day last year, students with real
Irish names were given a free mug of beer. The Pizza
Wheel, offering students a chance to win a pizza if
they choose the right number, is placed on the side
walk: outside sometimes. "Little variations in routine
like those help us, and it is fun for the students," said
Miller.
"Dr. Bell, a popular Botany professor, once gave his
final exam in the Rathskeller," Miller said. "Part of it
had to do with the tasting of various foods, so he just
gave the whole thing down here."
Senator Kefauver
People often stand in line to eat at the Rathskeller.
"Several years ago," said Miller, "we got a call one
Saturday night frornra per son, identifying himself as
Senator Kefauver, asking for reservations for t h a t
night.
"Thinking it was just a student trying to get a prior
ity reservation, and in keeping with our policy of
no reservations on Friday or Saturday nights, our bar
keeper told him that President Kennedy had reserved
the whole place for that night, and turned this request
down. When we looked outside later and saw Senator
Kefauver standing in line with the rest of the people,
we were somewhat embarrassed."
In 1948, the Rathskeller was mainly a drinking
place, and the food served was less important. That
has changed now, and perhaps the rhyme inscribed
on the thick outer door best explains why:
"He who drinks, and drinks with grace is ever wel
come in this place. But he who drinks beyond his share,
is never welcome anywhere."
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couples only and has a totally diffeernt atmosphere
from the other rooms.
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Free Enterprise
Systems
Arguing the point that big
government must be big in a
free enterprise system, a
Methodist College economist
said here this weekend "Gov
ernment is both versatile and
energetic, playing many roles,
some of them dual in nature."
Mrs. Evelyn Simmons ad
dressed some 200 women at
tending the 12th annual
"Spotlight on Women" con
ference, the theme of which
was "You, Government and
Changing Society."
The conference was held on
the University of North Caro
lina campus.
The free enterprise system,
with its system of rewards
and penalties, is still the
most efficient economic sys
tem yet devised, Mrs. Sim
mons said, but only with the
aid of a strong government.
Government is presently
playing five major roles, she
said. Those of constable, um
pire, chairman of the board,
Robin Hood and the balance
wheel.
And in each case govern
ment is playing the roles ei
ther because (1) the service
is impossible for a free mar
ket to provide, (2) it can be
produced more efficiently by
government, or (3) private in
dustry finds it unprofitable.
As constable, government
becomes rulemaker and arbi-
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As umpire, government
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she said. It must stamp out
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of supply such as in public
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communication.
Government as chairman of
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allocator. National defense, to
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reallocation of a consumer
good that cannot be provided
by private industry, she said.
ilrs. Simmons said that
government, as a redistributor
of income, plays the role of
Robin Hood. ' She cited the
progressive income tax, based
on ability to pay principles,
provides the most powerful
means of accomplishing redis
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"We accomplish equalizing
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Dollar transfers with no
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Mrs. Simmons said.
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