Evening star., 1941-09-14
Mrs. Doyle
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composed of officers and teachers,
with representation from the Home
Economics Departments, appointed
by the superintendent of schools
and approved by the Board of Edu-
cation, could render real service
to the school system at this time by
making a study of the cafeterias as
media of education in nutrition.
The cafeterias in the Washington
high schools are each operated
under the direction of the principal
of the school. The manager OF the
cafeteria, usually a woman we'll
equipped for her task, is selected by
the principals She buys all the food
for her cafeteria. and selects the
personnel with the advice of the
principal. The lunchroomS are not
run for profit, but must take care
of maintenance and replacement
from the sales.
For many years principals OF
schools have discussed city-wide
buying of staples, such as flour,
sugar, canned goods, etc. but so far
have not taken steps to do so. Such
buying might save money, thereby
making available more funds for
nutritive school lunches. Naturally
only the best quality foods should be
bought, and the same high STAN
dards should be maintained in any
city-wide purchasing.
Should Visit Other Cities.
The committee suggested above,
in its study of the possibilities OF
greater use of the cafeteriaS as an
educa cational force. should have the
opportunity to visit the nearby cities
of Baltimore and Philadelphia.
The Committee on Handicapped
Children of the Board OF Educa-
ton. in its two-year study, made
lengthy visit to Baltimore and re-
ceived much help there in planning
its program on the education OF
crippled children. I feel that study
of the cafeteria system in the Balti-
more schools would be helpful. In a
very interesting pamphlet entitled,
School Cafeterias-the school cafe
terra presents nutritional and sanl-
tary standards of definite educa-
tional value" published by the De-
partment of Education, division OF
vocational education, Baltimore,
Md. there are set forth the "educa-
tional aims" of their cafeterlas.
This section discusses the various
techniuues used to guide students
in wise food selection.
In Baltimore, the Board OF School
Commissioners prohibits the sale OF
carbonated drinks and candy. School
officials in Washington tell me that
unless these articles are sold in
school the children go to undesirable
stores, and that some of the schools
therefore sell them as the lesser OF
two evils.
On this subject the Baltimore
booklet says: There is no desire to
visit the corner store or the street
vendor when good food and enter
tainment are provided in the cafe
terra" Baltimore schools provide
dancing with music from the school
radio system Some Washington
schools also do this very successfully.
1t would be interesting to have the
Committee on School Cafeterias dis
cuss this problem with Baltimore
school officers and with the Phila-
delphia authorities. Minneapolis,
though farther away, has a cafe
terra system worth studying
In Baltimore and Minneapolis
there are small cafeteria training
classes to help students learn by do
ing. We have such classes in our
vocational schools only. Inasmuch as
Washington is known as a hotel
city," possibly cafeteria training
could be given in some high schools
to afford a small number of high
school girls and boys chance to
learn preparation of large quanti-
ties of food. The committee could
study this question in its long-range
view.
Baltimore and Minneapolis have
cafeteria systems more closely tied
in with the educational program OF