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C\on Goes lo Dinner In the apijroxiraate one and one half years that I have been a student at Elon College, I have read, upon many occasions, of the situations vrhich arise and exist, in the erection on the extreme vrest side of the, campus. This building has come to be lovingly called, "the chow hall.^" It occurred to me on Novem.ber twenty-third that the student, body (and others) might be interested in some, so to speak, "behind the: line" glimpses pertaining to the overall picture of the food service on this campus.. Actually, the saternization of any such institution is realitively simple since no service of this nature is perfect. In this case however, since I have been, from the beginning of my freshman year, an employee of - the Slater Food Service on this campus, my task is even simpler. . In order to convey certain thoughts and ideas to you, the continuum of this essay is devoted to a typical common example. It is entitled, "Sion goes to dinner," or What Kind of Leftover is This. (May be sung to tune of "I'Jhat Kind of Fool am I";: Lyrics furnished upon request). i Lt approximately hih'y p.m. each afternoon, students begin assembling in front of the two big doors of the dining hall for the purpose of bieing fed. dome of these students get a little restless about 5^05 p.m. and begin pounding on the entrances of the mighty fortress. - naughty, naughty, naughty -. The students should bear in mind that the facilities belong to the college. No matter hovr they are abused by the food service they shouldn't be abused by the students. The doors aren't opened on or before five every evening for a reason. Could this reason be that the students vjould become spoiled and expect this tyi'e lurury each evening? After entering the dining area be sure to notice the sparkling v/indow sills; such cleanliness! VJhich agency is responsible for the. cleanliness of the kitchen and the dining area? Elon College or Slater? 1/hile standing in line, it is also noticed that the cute little bundle of Christmas cheer, (pardon. Chip), v^ho relieves you of the numerical insignia value on the upper right corner of your respective meal coupon, has not lately been requiring that you display this evidence, as has been the custom in the past. (This is the longest sentence). Could it be that slie has become lax in her efforts, or was it found that surveys were proving that the left rear pants pocket was wearing out ten to one compared with the right. Moving along with the line at a brisk clip the student arrives at the origin of the massive display.of exclusive selections. After waiting for the tray shelf to be refilled, the napkin container to be refilled, and the meat server to blow his nose you can ponder over = ' the tv/o meat selections which await your palate. For all practical purpose^ the choice in this instance is between shrimp creol (left over from three days ago) and roast beef (the old stand by). Did you ever read the little entry in the Slater bulletin given you at the beginning of the school year? The content of a particular entry is approximately thi^; "Roast Beef; the students choice. In surveys conducted throughout /jnerican colleges and universities the students favorite main course has proven to be roast beef," Why is this approximate entry in the statistical folder? Could it bf;vthere SQ that the dining hall will have a good e;ccuse f%or serving roast beef three or four times a week? . >. Along this same line is the preparation of the meat. Folloi\ring'' is a quote from a biolo2,ical textbook entitled, General Biology, by Kenoyer, Goddard, and Miller. On page one hundred sixty-five, paragraph three, headed Trichinella, v/e find; "Trichinella is a parasitic worm v/hich causes tl^e disease trichinosis in man and some other mammals; its human victims become infected by eating insufficiently cooked lean pork which contains encysted larval worms." ■ Gather from this quotations what you may. Getting back to the typical example as he or she manuvers through the line. Since the roast beef looks a little "pink" you descide upon the vintage shrimp creol, v/ith the happy thought that if the bulk of it is con sumed at this meal you won't be bothered with this batch any longer. As you near the end of the line, you select some soggy spinach. (Did you knov; that you would have to sonsume 10 lbs. of spinach to gain the nourishmenlj of an average meal?) After attracting the attention of the girl who is busily engaged in the drinlcing o|;^ a glass of tea and eating of a dessert, you receive your al- loi^rance of rolls. Then, after picking up your cake, (which is about ready ' to patch the s^dev;alk), you pick up your tea, which doesn't have ice.
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