The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-16

The placing of the new tables and
chairs in the university lunch room
marks another step in the improve
ments inaugurated by appointing a
dean of women" as a member of the
faculty of that institution. The new
furniture provided by the girls with
the proceeds of their leap year dance
has replaced the crude old benches and
| tables with which the work was be-
gun, but that is only logical part of
! the growth along helpful lines to be
| seen in the whole institution. No
movement so far has tended so to
revolutionize things as has this estab-
! fishing of lunch room, where the best
food can be served at so nearly the
actual cost of raw material as to
amaze even professors of practical
economy. The lunch room has come to
stay. The experiment began a few
months ago and is now an assured sue
cess and as much a part of the daily
life of the university as are any of the
classes.
University Bread Line.
Here between the hours of u and >
may be seen bread line" of healthy.
hearty young people, with here and
there a staid professor waiting his
turn with the rest. As the line passes
in, taking the inner side of a slender
railing TO the Kitchen part, one won
ders where room will be made for the
great number, and indeed sometimes a
waiting line is held in place for the
better part of the first half-hour. OF
course, there is no long sitting over the
meal-the rush and hurry of student
life forbids that, and there are always
others waiting for the place. Appre-
citation of the efforts of Miss Lucy Van
Colt the dean of the women, to whose
energy the success of the movement is
due, in i'm evidence. In fact the place has
been so much appreciated that there is
a constant demand for more room to
accommodate the rapidly increasing
patronage. ,
Arrangement of Quarters.
The lunch room was opened the lat
ter part of November or as soon as the
football teams work was about over
The only room available was a corner
room on the basement floor of the sci
ence building, and it was such an I'M
inviting place that it seemed almost a
hopeless task TO transform il into even
a temporary eating place. Here long
tables, stripped of their chemical ap-
pliances and covered with oilcloth were
ranged the length of the room, and
rude benches were drawn up for rest
ing places. These have been replaced |
by the new furniture.
A kitchen extending the full length |
of one side of the room and occupying |
about four feet in width, was con-
structed by placing a counter between, |
and the room was ready to begin. Here |
every school day since about 300 hun
CRY people have been fed at what |
comes as near the first cost" of the |
best food to be obtained anywhere as
one can find it,
The cafeteria plan is followed in the
service, thereby saving a large amount |
Of labor which, or its equivalent in
cash, can be utilized in the food Each
student. or professor, az the case may
be, who enters takes a tray and, pass
ing along the counter, selects a por-
ton of whatever on the menu takes his
fancy. the menu being written on the
blackboard before him as he advances.
Everything Five Gents.
When he has made his selections he
reaches the desk of the cashier. who
,hecks up on his meal and collects at
he rate of five cents for each portion Il
Passing around to one of the tables he
'inds a place for himself and enjoys
he meal while II is hot and palatable.
As he leaves he deposits the tray with
rs dishes at a table on another side
md here one attendant can most near
Y keep the dishes washed and trays
cleaned up for use.
A sample of the menu offered a lib
'ral share of each thing being allowed {
or five cents. would make the ordi-
lary housekeeper, who thinks herself
ar from extravagant. wonder how the
'ame can be worked out. As Miss Van
,ott puts it, We lose, of course, on
many things. but we make it up on 7
thers. Many of the articles served are {
ostly no matter how prepared, while I
thers depend almost entirely on the s
preparation as TO both their palatable- G
less and nutrition :
Menu Shows Variety. !
The vegetarian as we'll as the meat 4
alter finds here a hearty diet suited to :
is tastes and his eccentricities. Miss S
AN Colt does not favor a vegetarian
let, but she provides such variety of I
foods that no taste can 4
ick sufficient supply. For one day h
he menu may be: s
Cream Corn Soup $
Cream Tomato Soup S
Potato Salad c
Walnut Bread Butter 7
Cheese Sandwiches
Lettuce Sandwiches I