The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17
-oeTFH EDWARDS

wv ,ben-"soups on!
o'clock nearIv 1900 healthy young
". WIZ elamorins for the noon5 5aar
GER ng, bedlam, no more no less'
breaks out F. Lodor. the
BaI e~ffecient manager and
sfe'sn Of helpers, to dish it out
Yer cuLp Students there taking it,
rd dnes, you might say, have
pc si+nation under control
bs q county fair atmosphere,
ANN uovonous dispatch, the ami
,Ial;on of mountaineering pies,
hlalOD meats, cakes and such like
Is unu 1rief the subject of this Sun
IL ,.+ is the n. H. H. S. lunch
days ~ how $500 conspiciously
foa'' ruashamedly hungry students
'u I'D their midday rations.
Gre ~ Two Luncheon Periods
-.t1r. the school establishes two
s-from T. 10 / and from l to 2
pVu'- u.bicb to raid the larder and
~ ,ookie jar. There is the cafe
H.. nroviied by the board of edu-
s ,.:,ot self supporting and non pro-
e.asring, And there are lunch per-
I.s for those who like Mama's
cooking best.
~ cafeteria-but during an ear
- n,orning hour. We find the cooks
n,girg pies, cakes, peeling pota-
,as nreparing vegetables. Big ket-
.S.s If SOUP, with a fragrance which
wakes the senses reel, are on the
..orss The tables are scrubbed I'M
II The fine grain of the wood is
r,Iisbed and sterile, like a dry bone.
There is an ali of expectancy. An
s-mosphere of quiet purpose t..
,,d VOL Get the feeling that the
en+re place is bracing itself for
,ts noon whistle anC the subse-
orsrt shock of hungry hordes.
Ns. Lodor, now rounding out
tr -ird year as manager of the
hsh shoots lunch room has a few
nnns1ts to talk
si shrdl shrdl shri shdl shrdetlete
We learn that s-s has six help
es on the paN'e}. a chef, assist
ant chef. cock, h washer, two
salad makers.
During the rush hours there will
be "a student workers. acting IS
cashiers and performing assorted
chores between the two counters,
the tables and the kitchen.
Even 50 this added help is not
enough. Space is wholly inadequate.
With some cooperation, not a lit
tie magic, and a mighty powerful
amount Of helter-skelter, lis can be
! squeezed into the cafeteria at a
time. But there are an average of
800 students per lunch period to
s.rve.
Some Must Wait
1t means that some children must
wait as much as 40 minutes before
their turn comes. But when, finally,
they do achieve gratefully the steam
table they are face to face with
minor masterpieces in calories, vita
Minis and space-fillers.
A generous serving of mash po-
MQes meat, and a vegetable goes
Tor cents, a two-bit buy any place
else Or there is a good, rich soup,
swimming in tasty stock, for a
lleile a bowl. A salad, 5 cents. In
'rlel' SUBSTANTIAL food at cost.
l. l, Hamilton, principal stated
'lst each student averages 10 cents
a Jay in the cafeteria. The average
I'd! lake runs right around $50,
WIN an average of 900 using the
N"e IUolN d SCnOOl day.
During the 1898 term. he said,
s0out Sa,431 meals we're served,
ssossln5 nearly $4,000. F o the
i's'5s Year, 108,53S meals were
'yu' orl1ging the total to consider.
sue more than $4,000. This year
eUuul 1900 lunches have already
been sold.
twenty accounts are maintained
""a local Wholesale houses, drink
"lpahles' milkmen meat packers
ru lllnerate husksters. Miss Mi
i, aii Miller, bookkeeper for all the
as,l'ullon's extra curricular funds,
,s, .aleS a pay day each week and
rsss up' 1t is, in a word, big bust
s with all its ramifications.
NJ. ~, Inc present system started
rona alfee years ago with $1,000 Dor
hays from the sinking fund. There
rsi.;. 'een no donations, no money
,ssis4 projects, nothing at all to
h,ah 'he project to provide hot
nands except the cravenous de.
ol growing young bodies.
smart Merchandising
FIND smart buying of t h e best
on wv SUITS is the order. With fire..
bss ee-efences to the profit and
10 tb 5ntsl, the prices are controlled
June Ihe c~afeteriar ends up in
deibon WIN but a small profit. 1t is a
rOefate measure.
ssann aspineht becomes run down, in.
ser "ye or 9utmoded and the mea-
hi profit goes into fixing up every
for including the kitchen stove,
y Thin The coming fall.
ilstion year for example, the vent
ton 'a was improved with the add.
dsb,, VI three ario fans and a $500
ps rtsotSll machine which is so
LIST sss. organized that the small
tsytna +lls scalded to a most sat-
%trs sss. Loder's chef, Sam, is a
aected ol a worker. Once con
at sts+d IN the cullinery department
been p'q Ss college, Raleigh, Sam has
wrigb+tooSs of the range at one Of