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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1965)
THE BATTALION Wednesday, November 10, 1965 College Station, Texas Page 3 Waste Makes Problem At Dining Halls 'IfWf r ir iimi mi 11 ■n mi > mm CZ7 Steaks Promised By Food Director If Loss Stopped SALT, PEPPER WERE SPARED . . . the evening meal provides the quiet thoughtful atmosphere needed to creati a mess. WHEN IN DOUBT, WASTE IT! . . . food that is left on the plate is con sidered waste. CORPS SENIORS & 1ST SERGEANTS YEARBOOK PORTRAIT SCHEDULE Corps seniors and outfit first sergeants will have their por trait made for the Aggieland '66 according to the following sched ule. Portraits will be made at the University Studio in class A winter uniform. Executive officers and first sergeants will also have por traits made in GH caps for the military section. Commanding officers will have full length portraits made in boots. PLEASE MAKE IN DIVIDUAL APPOINTMENTS WITH THE STUDIO FOR THESE FULL LENGTH POR TRAITS. NOVEMBER 8- 9 Maroon and White Band 9- 10 A, B, C, D-l 10- 11 E, F, G, H-l 11- 12 A, B, C, D-2 12- 15 E, F, G, H-2 16- 17 Squadrons 1-4 17- 18 Squadrons 5-8 18- 19 Squadrons 9-12 19- 22 Squadrons 13-14 OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT NOW I 4V2? Annum Paid Quarterly on INSURED SAVINGS FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS and LOAN ASSOCIATION 2913 Texas Ave. For Your Day of Days NEATNESS DOESN’T COUNT . . . notice the delicately balanced napkin upon a pile of neatly nibbled morsels. tCe* ^ %=> s l-c Choose classic Keepsake styling in modern or traditional wedding rings latched to irn or tra erfectly mg rings ... perfectly matched to symbolize your marriage. Find your very per sonal Keepsake wedding rings at — ring department. our ring Rin “ SANKEY PARK Jewelers 111 N Main Bryan mm SOME KID IN KOREA WENT HUNGRY TODAY . .. it’s not callousness, just carelessness. LEGAL HOLIDAY Thursday, November 11, 1965, being a Legal Holi day in observance of Veterans Day, the undersigned will observe that date as a Legal Holiday and not be open for business. University National Bank City National Bank First National Bank Bank of Commerce First Bank & Trust Bryan Building & Loan Association Community Savings & Loan Association First Federal Savings & Loan Association AGGIES ... DON’T DELAY! Order Your Boots Now For Future Delivery - Small Payment Will Do YOUR BOOTS MADE TO ORDER Convenient Lay-Away Plan ONLY $55.00 A PAIR Economy Shoe Repair & Boot Co. 509 W. Commerce, San Antonio CA 3-0047 By MIKE BERRY Battalion Staff Writer The food Aggies eat in Dun can and Sbisa Dining Halls is produced by a complex and effi cient organization. But one major problem exists that threatens the whole opera tion — waste. This operation, run on a rigid schedule, a 25 per cent loss in Waste results in a cur tailment in the improvement of its services and in the needed modernization of equipment. For an operation serving ap proximately 15,000 meals daily, a loss of 8.5 cents a day per in dividual adds up. This loss could be utilized for better things. “With student cooperation, we could reduce loss and provide bet ter and more expensive meats,” said Col. Fred W. Dollar, director of Food Service. “However, each time they waste one bite of food, they waste their own money,” Dollar said. Dollar expressed shock at see ing “sizeable quantities of edible food left on plates.” He attribut ed this to a breakdown of disci pline and to the decreased concern over the morality of waste. “Discipline has been lost and we’re paying through the nose. The waste here is the worst I’ve seen in my life,” the director re vealed. Dollar outlined some short- and long-term benefits that could be gained from an effective pro gram of waste control. Savings in waste could, in the short run, provide better food al most immediately with student cooperation. In the long run, the overall quality of food will be improved, needed modernization of equip ment will be made and perhaps the habit of economy would be instilled by the conscious effort that such a program would en tail. “The key to the whole plan is the individual student,” Dollar explained. “We can’t make it bet ter . . . until the student wants to control it, it can’t be controlled . . . until they are willing to con trol the situation.” The overall solution to the problem would be a complex one. Devices, such as competitive judging of individual tables, might be applicable to the Corps with rewards given to the best units or tables. The basic guidelines for the program would be an emphasis to take what is needed only and to leave unwanted items in their containers. Dollar said the savings from a curtailment of waste, steaks could be served frequently.” The savings would merely be added to the cost of another meat item to provide a steak dinner. The director plans to serve steak to everyone eating in the dining hall in the future as an evidence of his confidence in Ag gies to the food conservation pro gram. Other steak dinners will be served as the wastage is reduced. In an effort to improve dining hall operation, head waiters will distribute evaluation forms for the food and service will be pro vided to tables and military units regularly. There will also be monthly meetings with Corps and civilian leaders and dining hall personnel. Dollar emphasized the value of constructive criticism, “com plaints are a very essential thing, but they must be presented to the right people and at the right time.” Food Service serves the main dining halls, Sbisa and Duncan, the Research Annex, Memorial Student Center, and the Junction Annex during the summer. The service spends $1,998,000 annually. The dining halls have one of the lowest rates for in dividual food charges in the na tion while providing a maximum nutritional value. Each meal is calculated to pro vide the average nutritional re quirement of 3,600 calories a day and to balance the diet with vita mins and minerals. The average daily cost of food per student is $2.10 with approxi mately one half of that figure representing personnel and equip ment expenditures, but students pay only $1.50. Costs are kept down by the large-scale procurement activity. Meats and frozen foods are bought two to three weeks in ad vance and major food producers engage in competitive bidding to provide items for the menu. “Since 1940 we have set the pattern for feeding . . . when the war started, the Army sent in teams to study feeding proced ures at A&M,” Dollar said. Henry Wellnitz, manager of Duncan Hall, told this story about food wastes: “One evening, in an Army mess hall, a young soldier who had taken more food than he could eat started to throw it away. An old first sergeant stopped him and politely asked for the food. “When the soldier returned in the morning for breakfast, the sergeant said, ‘we have a fine breakfast for you this morning’ and handed the soldier the food that he had left the night be fore!” r * FRESHMEN All Freshmen who have not selected their proofs for the Ag-gieland ’66 are urged to do so by the 10th of Nov. Civilian Freshmen Pictures for the Aggieland ’66 are being made this week at the University Studio. Dress: Coat & Tie. 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