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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1939)
Page 4 THE BATTALION PICTORIAL SECTION World s Biggest Dining 1 Enterprise--Feeds 3,000 Boys in Record Tone Qtmliness and SdenclNftevaijC ’pMHHljjiHHHHlM In Meal Preparation at Mess Hall BY BILL MURRAY Truly 8bi*a Hall—the A. A M Mm Hall—i« a yi ran tic enterprise. YVs, of coarse we all know that it fc the larsest dininc hall in th<> world, and that next year ere will . have the two biffeat And we have t>««n given atatistica on the incred ible amounts of food we aggie* consume there. For instance, ere eat some S£00,000 pounds—110 car loads—of fbod there in nine months. And m addition to teimny the world’s record for sixa, the A. A 1L. mess hall holds a number of world’s cooking records. One is the oooking, on every morning we have hoteakes, of 5,000 of them ia 15 minutes. But behind the superficial sta tistics lies a great deal mom than ere ordinarily atop to consider. The mess hail embraces many fields and hqjndreds of activities and opera- tkms—all for the single main pur pose of providing us Aggies with the most Substantial food at the lowest price 'possible, with no though of profits for anyone. 2U A MEAL i We pay an average of leas than • 28# a meal foi*> the meals we eat her*. Q£ every 28# that goes to our mess hall, 17# or-74% goes for food. The other 6< has to pay for tanakee includes the following: froighf and express, telephone and telegraph, beat, steam for cook ing, power for machinery, electric ' lights, water, gas, ice and refrig eration, insurance and bonds, build ing repairs, equipment renewals and repairs, and last but not least, replacement of glasses, silverware, and crockery which sure broken or missing. Did you ever go through all the parte of the mess hall building? Do, sometime. Anyone is welcome to k>ok all around and through it at any time during the day. Most visitors are amaaed not only by its sis* but its highly modem fa tuities. It is recognised a* one of the beit-equipped eating eetablish- asente in the country. On the ground floor of the mew hall are the well-known immense I main dining room and aihnex; the banquet room and parlor; the bak ery which produces al the bakery products for 3,000 Aggies; and the Mg spotless kitchen with its rows of shining stainless-steel ranges, boilers, steamers, waiteMS, friers, <0 to 10O-gallon kettles, and other equipment. Scientific cleanliness is the rule throughout All dishes ‘hre dee need by sterilization in boiling water, and cups by hnmersion in a chlorine solution. Downstairs ia the baaement din ing room, built last term to pro vide for 600 more Aggies. In the basement are a number of lesser- known rooms, chief of which is the huge storeroom piled up with cases of food—sn average of 12 train- carloada pf them—from big con cerns all over the nation. Here also are the fresh-vegetable vaults, the meat refrigerator vault kept at a constant temperature of 28 degrees, and the meat-cutting room equip ped with the most modem appli ances. Incidentally, stenr and hash served in the mess hall are not made of “left-overs” but of meat bought for that tp^'isl purpose. M« WORKERS The personnel of the mess hall totals 808 men, including 140 stu dent waiters, 156 full-time employ, see, and 18 administrative officers. Chief over the whole establishment is 1. C. Hotard, Supervisor of Sub- sistence. Other key men are J. G. Penis ton, commissary steward; “Swiss Charlie,” the chef; L. W. Britton, kitchen steward; and the always pleasant, welMiked head- waiter, Manuel Rodgers. 1 - The mess hall serves fine ban- quests to *11 groups that desire them. Until this term these ban quets were served free; but reduc tions in mess hall fees made it < necessary to institute a small charge for them. Next year we will have s second mess hall as big as Sbisa. In the .intreste of further economy and efficiency, It is likely that the re frigerating, meat-cutting, and bak ing units for both mess halls will be located in the new one. The mess hall is kept spotlessly Mean; it is scientifically managed; and the meals are dietetically plan ned to give ua good substantial food, the very best that the excep tionally low sees for uur beard al low*. Every possible Sanitary pre caution Is taken in the preparation of the food to bo served. Says Mr. H .tard, “I am glad for visitors to «MW fti and kaepoet any part ti • i ; r i \ r.' i • Iv ! T the mess kail flt any time ” r illustration of the meals hall serves. In comparison of other college dining the following: TYPICAL menu Here Is a typical daily menu served in the dining hall of Notre Dame. It serves l,fi04 students and charges $1.00 per student per day for meals, ifctplmrr, Stowed prunes Oatmeal Mb J : ,ij Coffee, tea, or milk Dinner Vegetable soup Roast pork Sauerkraut Boiled potatoes Shredded carrot salad Fruit pudding Supper Pork sassage A J Mashed potatoes Apmat^AM' And here are typical menus serv. ed in the A. A M. Mess Hall, which feeds't.'JOQ and charges leas than 99# a day. _ Jill 1 llUi labor sad maintenance. And main-4® re * kftal Banunas Bran flakes French toast Bacon aad eggs Preserves end butter j Coffee and Milk Dinner Italian mlad Barbecued veal j'H’; Potato salad Baked beans Bread and butter Apple pie Iced tea "UP.*, Cel+ry and oniena Hamburger steak | Au gratin potatoes * Sugar com Rolls and butter Ice cream and Cotfee an4 milk . I I ■ F * Breakfast Orange* Crepe nuts Lhtk sausage Hoteakes HmuaaMtst ! Syrup and butter Coffee and milk Diaaer Pickles and olives Roast i«tal and dressing Buttered potatoes Carrots |pj| fMg j Bn-e I and butter . Raisin pie Cbioeolate Supper 1; '! Fruit bowl Corned beef hash Macaroni and cheese Red beans Creole Rolls and butter Buyer cake Coffee aad milk ‘-I SENIOR HAS TIME FOR & IXEDI NATION IGSAS PROACHES (ED’S NOTE Tbs flowing article, written by a student in Agricultural Jcumalam 419, represents accurately (he feel ings of Aggies »s the end of the school year appstmebea.) BY CECIL WILLIAMS. It One other bitter drop to drink, And then, no moret . One little pause before the brink, And then, gp oW. —William WimarH" ““ «'"» . [ Rold-braid cords. However, after Thua, do final e xaminations offer a few months, we see fewer boots the final “bitter drop to drink”; and natcords worn to classes ^e- and graduation exe rcises and the cause we become accustomed to final review make up the “little being Seniors and part of the lAck pause before the brink" for Se- wear* off. niors of the Agricultural and Me To the Seniors, who have toiled will I strut whan I get my boots, T® *ven going to sleep in them.” Boots are a decided asset, even if w# don’t consider the week-end visit* home or elsewhere. The only marking that some Seniors can af ford Is a gold-braid hat cord which is worn on campaign hate. At the beginning of the school year, the Seniors can be spotted boeauae every change they get, they wear their hate adorned with the shiny chanical College of Texas—more than aix hundred of th,-m who will “then, go o’er” after June 8. While many students are anxious for the date to arrive, for It will mean the end of a year’s long grind, others are s little tehtotant-^ for it will mark their last day in Aggie land as a student. The Freshmen are Icwking for ward to the time when they can remove the “fiah stripe" from their left sleeve and be s man of the world. Soon, the day will arrive when they will have a few more privileges and will not be at the beck and call of the upperclassmen The sophomores will lhave their coveted dream come true, when they get slacks with cuffs on them. The unconscious glances at (he bottom of their slacks by other students will be to their gratification rather than dejection. About one and one- half inchea of material turned back to make a cuff, for some reason, teems to give the wearer a digni fied air. It may be due to the fact that cuffs are a very conspicuous symbol which distinguilh Juniors from Freshmen and Sophomoree.' The greatest reward of all lies in store foe the pfosent Juniors. They eventually will reach the goal for which they have b. .n striving. Soon, they will be wearing those good-looking boots that they have been admiring ever aince they were Freshmen. They will have the priv ilege of wearing buttons on their shoulders, “ice create britehe*”, and a gloaming aabor. I board one Junior remark, “Boy, to get their degrees, there is k ro d feeliftg of expectancy in get ting their “sheep skins" and then going out in the world to prove and money hasn’t been •pent in vain—that maybe relatives were wrong after all! But, on the other hand, we become reluctant to leave the place that wo have learned to cherish—the place we al ways have been eager to leave, aad yet, more anxious to see again. ' As a Senior, I look at the build ings In which I have spent many pleasant hours of class work (and some that haven’t been so pleas ant), the beautifully landscaped campus, and the familiar faces of acquaintances and friends and can’t help but feel a sharp pong of re morse at leaving. It is something that 1 have thought very little about, and now that it is almost time to leave. I realise more than ever What the “Spirit of Aggie- land” means to me. There art 928 candidates (or de grees. The Reverend George W Truett, Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dallas, will deliver the Baccalaureate Sermon Friday, June 2, at 10:80 a. m. At 6:15 p. m., Dr F. M. Law, President of the Board of Directors of the college, will con. f*r degrees upon the largest grad uating claas in the history of Texas A. A M. College. Cadet Captain Andrew Teach RoMina, Jr. of Dal- laa, is the valedictorian. Th# final ball begins at 10 o’clock Friday night This is the event to which all the “beat girl friends" are itvited and the school term is eloaei with one ai the beat dance* «f ths yoar. final review of the cadet oorpq begin, at 9:86 a. m. Satur day, June S. This probably is the colorful event of the ent.r- People travel mary mile- rmr to MO<«kia spectacle Th. praciaioe of ttdp, the straight af marching formations, the r uniformed cadets, and the tty colored flags, standards, aad banners, with a musical back groupd from the well-drilled Aggie cadet band, leaves an impression te be forgotten. The Seniors march the corps by I WVWwing stand and then re- to allow the juniors—next i commanding officerw-to charge. The seniors an by this time realising that it is hgrder to shy good-bye than they had be lt would be. They shake the of every member in their ition end with visible emo tion say a few words to ctprel* the CLUB PRESENTED IN CONCERTS FRIDAY, MAT 12, 1939 The Gle# dub ef A. A. M turned Friday night from a two- day tour to Houston and Galv* (ton. during which it gave concert at several schools and public fua- tiOM. The trip waa highly am ful and everywhere the toys well received and treated rodflly. according to Profi J. J. Wm Itet, dh’setpr. j *. In the afternoon, the Chili put on a program over KTRH in 1 bua- I pain of patting that igso obvi paly shown on their faces. This em ition i* tranefstred to those who } are watching Aw final review and are few tyes left tears at tiis ceremony. The Junioi s march the eon > by the retirihg Senior officers W sisj ■ mi CT' friew and t; undimmea by saluto. 1 at at lent Th.a, i the entire •rorp* s tnda at the blowing of apt. become ex- Aggiek / and b. ginnmg it 2:1b Th.s broad dmt was so w«B..M|i«H Mai they have been asked for a re tern engagement. At » p. OL, the Glee Club sM at Loews state Theatre. This Wee the first time in the history of the thee fare that S performance* of this kind had been put on The dub left for Galveston day morning. There they perfc ed for e statewide convention] of the Future Homemakers of Ai km, receiving . huge ovation fitom the 1 TOO to 1800 girls there. Ttey wore asked to return next yfar. Afterwards they sang in the ior High School Auditorium. The etimax of the trip was the concert at the Sacred Bear! Aqed- emy, a Catholic convont attended by some 300 girls. Here catch her of the group s ltr r*-d spprixi- mately 2iX) autographs NEXT Siibscribe To ^ ou’ll enjoy keeping up with son’s college through Reading ne which will he issued thitee times a And be sure your script ion is included in i' : I mm activities at your yiear’s Battalion, eek. gets hisi school paper (sub- Student Activity Fee). ' All the N^ws About A, & M. 1 LION L. CORPORATION COORTTOBESET At the meeting af the College Station City round! last Thurs day night, plans were made for the setting up of a corporation court here. According to these plana, the judge of this court is to be elected every second year and court fern would be set at six dollar? .An ordinance wa- pM??ed requir ing all persona or corporations who wish to sell utilities to take a franchise ia order to be allowed to operate after May 16. Following the passing of this ordinance, ^ much-need. I traffic were set, up. These regulations include: shall be required to at the inter at cAon of Bell and the Sulphur Springs Also, the first Mock of Bell north of the Sulphur Springs will be > a one way street nerth-going traffic. There wil be a one hour park- limit on the south aide of the ►bur Springs Road and a 80 ate limit oa ths north side of Sulphur Springs Road and on both aidte Of Bell Street The maximum speed limit waa set at 90 mUea pen hour. i I’M A STEADY Kamel smoker FROM 'WAY BACK- ; THEY’VE GOT MILDNESS AND GOOD TASTE, TOO! ..•.a FOR SMOKING PLEASURE AT FTS BE£T... LET UP.UGHT UI 7^ POPULAR JIMMY FOXi-wUer of the 1933 American Uafue Hatting crown, and voted.the moat valuable player m the Leap* last year-prcct, (he new 1939 baseball mason with a conbds it smile and a Camd f Camels rate high with Jimnd. “I gave a 1< t of thought to the i abject of cigarettes - made experi ments no-before I settled < pwn to Camels for kerp^' ( muIs are better tasting-and thejiAi (milder " Be curious enough to try CamelaVouradf. Smoke « pi ^ -4 and you Tl see why Camel* air the mod popular cigarette^ he e-oHd. Appealing tLvor-p^as- mg arotpa -call it what you «||, bfat there’s no ipistakihg the fact idl frlVe t uuurtrvtuwvm * * I 1 • fli that Cited* give the supreme 4f smoking pleasure at its hot