Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-04
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Sioux City Edusations i Board Es.
tablishss Lulch Coslt f insHigh
sohsol Building.
Over 100 Students Fed on Soup,
Beans, Cookies ana Other
Eatable1
Cost to the Students Only Nom.
inalPl Seems to Be
Successful.
pecial to TImes-R epublican.

4 Sioux City. April 4.--Sioux City is
giving the matter Of warm lunches for
school children test. The innovation
was tried for the first time yesterday.
The Tribune. describing the arst days
attempt, says:
Over 100 high school students
crowded around the little counterSin the
southeast corner Of the basement of
the high school building when Mrs.
John E. Robson inaugurated the noon
day lunch feature in the high school
yesterday at 1890 O'Clock.
AS has been generally understood,
the object of the lunch plan at the
building is to provide something in the
way of warm, wholesome food for
those students Who prefer to remain at
the building rather than hurry home
for their lunch in the thirty minutes In-s
Permission allowed at the noon hour.
A number Of students bring their lunch
with them and the counter established.
will afford an opportunity to augment
these lunches il desired with a bowl OF
hot soup or cup OF hot cocoa.
There was a general rush for the
lunch room when adjournment came,
and scores of students of both sexes
made their way to this room to look
after the matter OF satisfying their
hunger. Those who had their lunches
sat at the tables as has been their Gus
tom, while a great host swarmed
around the counter and craned their
necks to see what they wanted to eat
Upon the wall hung a large sign con-
tanning the bill of fare for Tuesday. II
was as follows:
Beef soup, 3 cents.
Beef soup and crackers. cents.
Beans. 5 cents.
Cold meat, 1 cent.
Ham sandwiches, cents.
Cocoa, 3 cents.
MIX, 3 cents.
Cookies, cent.
Mrs. John f. Robson soon found
( herself overwhelmed by the demand for
different articles on the bill of fare
She could not begin to take care of the
rush and several of the girl students
volunteered to assist her Hot soup
was decidedly the favorite dish andsthe
supply OF this article was soon ex-
5hausted. Then the store of cold meat
gave out and one by one the bill of fare
of this small Restaurant until nearly
everything was eaten. When the bellI
sounded tosresume the session of school
there was scarcely enough food left to
feed one person Eighty-four sand
witches and several gallons Of soup dis
appeared in a few minutes.
Principal Turnbull walked thru the
crowd and used his efforts toward
keeping order SO that the students
could be waited upon with greater fa-
scility. He also was disposing OF tick
cts to be punched. at % cents each.
These tickets are much more conye-
nient way Of 5patronizing the counter
for the reason that they may he
punched quicker than change can be
made with money.
Another interest ted spectator was Ed
win H. Brown, one of the members of
T. the board OF education. Mr.. Browns
suggestion is what led up to the estab-
slishment OF this feature in the Sioux
City high school and he looked uponl
the busy scene with a great deal OIL
pride and satisfaction. He thinks the
scheme will be highly successful whenI
the matter of serving the students canE
be more systematized. He says the
plan is successful in other cities, one
of which is Omaha. and there is no rea
son Why il Should not be here. Princ-|
pal Tulnbull was also enthusiastic inl
getting the lunch counter established.
He said to a Tribune reporter yester-
day:
OF course the plan Is an expert
iinert here pure and simple and it can
not be told just how it will turn ou,
until It is in operation for a week or
so: II there is any element of success
in the demand for food the affair is
.certainlysall right