Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A GAME OF BRIDGE ... Play house lounges are Gregory Stone, J and Bob Elwell. Carolina students I or playing bridge an inexpensive , Kelsey) A Problem Dating Ent By Kay Feature One of the constant compl dents and probably college stt can't ever think of anything to go on a date. But Carolina students do I dating so if you are in the ma Interviews Scheduled Next Week Two interviews have been sched uled before Christmas, December 19 through 21, according to infor mation furnished by Mrs. Ruth Mo Vey of the Placement Bureau. Ap pointments to talk with recruiters of both companies may be made through the School of Engineering. On December 19 and 20, repre sentatives of the Bell Telephone System will recruit Civil, Elec trical and Mechanical Engineers in the School of Engineering. On Tuesday, December 20, the repre sentatives will also talk with seniors in Management, Economics, Accounting and Journalism to fill openings for Accountants and in Public Relations. Subsidiary companies and re cruiters of the Bell System to be represented on campus include Mr. C. S. Henegan, Jr. and Mr. L. B. Woodard of Southern Bell; Mr. D. R. Barrows of the Long Lines De par tment of -American Telephone and Telegraph Company; Mr. 0. T. Sperry of Western Electric Com pany; and Mr. F. N. Rolf of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. Aircraft Representative Here Mr. Jay T. Whaley of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri, will return to the School of Engineering on Tuesday, De cember 20, to discuss with Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engi neers of the January and June graduating classes opportunities with his company. McDonnell de signs, develops and manufactures airplanes, helicopters, and guided missiles. Hospital School Set The Charlotte Memorial Hospi tal, Charlotte, N. C., Is setting up . a school to train "Cytology Tech nicians" with classes beginning In January or February of 1958. To qualify for enrollment In the school, girls should have two years of college education with emphasis on Biology. Adequate compensa tion and living expenses will be provided during the training period. Girls interested in this program may obtain further Information from the Placement Bureau. Defense Dept. Exam The Department of Defense has ___announced that It will hold an examination on February 4, 1956, to fill auditor positions with the Army, Navy and Air Force. These openings are all over the country, and accounting seiors may make application for any area of their choice. The starting salary will be $8670.00 a year. Applications will be accepted from students who expect to comn plete the required courses for a de gree within nine months after ap plying. Those students interested In tak ing this examination should mal an "Application Record Card" (Form 5000AB) to the Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, At lanta Regional Office, Army Audit Agency, 745 Peachtree - Seventh Building, 50 Seventh Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia. Deadline for mailing the Application Card Is January 14, 1956. /t )4 ! Ing bridge in one of the fraternity ohn Castanet, Carole Anne O'Neal ind watching TV in Russell House vay to date. (Staff photo by Bob --Finding erta inmen t Oxner Editor aints of some University stu idents in general is that they to do or any different places iave a lot of variety in their rket for some new ideas, why not give some of these suggestions a little time and thought? They may be interesting for you and your date, too. Let's face it, you just can't beat the movies for nice, easy entertain ment. University students are for tunate in that there are several theatres within easy walking dis tance. Columbia also has several drive-in theatres which some couples find much more entertain ing than the others. For an afternoon date, golf is preferred by some of the more energetic students. Miniature golf is also a popular diversion. It doesn't require quite so much ef fort. Bowling Is Nice For those who are physically fit, bowling is a nice sport. There are at least two bowling alleys within hiking distance of the campus. Wouldn't it be just the luck of a boy though, to take some girl who has had the P. T. course in bowling and who knows more about it than he does! Yes, I know all of those things cost money but it doesn't cost any thing to watch TV in the lounge of Russell House, or just "shoot bull" in one of the "f rat" house lounges. Your girl will probably just love the latter. Now maybe you like that cute little girl with the big mouth a lot but you do wish she would shut up a few minutes. But did you ever stop to think, Buddy, that all you have to do is find her a place to sit and get the conversation going and she'll talk right up to curfew and it won't cost you a dime, either. Going Out to Eat If you should go home for the Christmas holidays and comes back just loaded with cash, you might even take your date to the Laurel Hill or some other nice place to eat. Since she's just come from home, too, you might even get out reasonably cheap, but better 1sot try that at the end of a long holi day-less stretch when she's been broke and hasn't eaten for two days! If you like to dance, the campus dances are nice and inexpensive. The fraternity and sorority parties also furnish plenty of entertain ment. The "Y" and church organi zations have well-planned parties and are always enjoyable. And en Sunday nights can you find a bet ter place to go than to the church of your choice? Bridge Games Fun Bridge and other card games of ten furnish amusement for a lot of students. Sometimes they turn out to be not so funny, though. The Town Theatre is just around the corner and some exceptionally good plays may be seen there. The Carolina Players stage good pro ductions which your date would en joy seeing. And then there's always the sports events which cost little more than a bag of peanuts If your date happens to be a Carolina student, too. As much as students hate to ad mit It, some time has to be spent in studying and if you feel that you just can't go one whole even ng without seeing her, then why lot atudy together. Nobody Is going to guarantee that you'll pass with that kind of studying but you can ~ry It anyway. Cafetei By W. E. LEE Special Writer The last few weeks have- seen nany complaints and criticisms of he University Cafeteria. This irticle will attempt to explajn our afeteria system at Carolina and valuate our cafeteria. The cafeteria at Russell House a operated by the Slater System, i firm of commercial caterers who ire operating the cafeteria to nake money from its operation. rhey are strictly a profit-seeking >rganization. The University itself operated ;he old Steward's Hall until an iutomobile accident claimed the ife of its manager. The admini itration had already had so many ieadaches- from the costly opera ion of 'Steward's Hall that they lecided to accept bids on the opera .ion of the cafeteria. The bid of he Slater System was the lowest received. Cafeteria Moves When the cafeteria was moved to Russell House, the Slater Sys tem moved in with it. All of the eqnipment and the furniture is owned by the University. The old contract for the opera tion of Steward's Hall stipulated that the Slater System was to re -eive seven and one-half per cent of the gross and pay the Univer sity rent for the use of the build ing and equipment. This contract also stipulated that if there was any loss, it would be paid by the Slater System. The present contract is the same except that the rent is consider ably higher, and Slater gets only five per cent of the gross profit. Mr. Haehnlen, the district super visor of the Slater System, said that the cafeteria operated at a loss this summer. This loss, he said, was due to the high rent that they must pay, which he said was exorbitant. Submits Menus Dean of Administration W. H. Patterson said, "The Slater Sys tem runs our cafeteria in the same order as we would run it. Each week they submit their menus to my office for my approval. I have never disapproved a menu." However, it is the students who have "disapproved." , Their gripes can be divided into three group ings: 1. Costs too much. 2. Poorly prepared. 3. Not enough variety. To evaluate the cost of food at the cafeteria, the managers of the other cafeterias in Columbia were for th wk nding Novmbr 6, and handed the men-u of our cafeteria for the week ending November 6, and handed the menu of our cafe teria for the week ending Novem ber 6, andi asked to compare the prices wvith their own. Our cafe teria's prices were approximately 10-15 per cent lower. Compet,jtors Comment When Mr. Kirven, assistant manager of the S and S Cafeteria, was shown Slater's menu, he com mented, "these prices are quite When you've And you Have fun the It's a psychologkcal fact: Pleasure helps your dispositi If you're a smoker, rememb4 - more people get more pure pleasure from Camels than from any other cigorel No other cigarette is so rihtskg yet so mildi Ia Eva reasonable." J. B. Caldwell of 'Caldwel's Cafeteria said, "these prices are slightly under mine but only a tiny bit." Mr. Caldwell's chef stated that the prices were low, but felt that with Slater's volume, they should be lower. At Cornell Arms, one menu was selected at random and the two establishments' prices were com pared item by item. They were 25 duplications of entrees which broke down as follows: On eight articles the price was the same; on five articles the Cornell Arms undercut . the USC Cafeteria; on 12 articles the USC Cafeteria undercut the Cornell Arms. This does not indicate the full discre pancy in price, for on the five articles that Cornell Arms under cut our cafeteria, the total of the five differences was 14 cents; but, on the 12 articles that our cafe teria undercut the Cornell Arms, the total of the 12 differences was 54 cents. The USC Cafeteria's average saving was 4.5 cents per entree while the (liner at the Cornell Arms was saving only 2.8 cents on his serving. Student's Rate Preparation On preparation, the students seemed to have a legitimate gripe. Twenty-two neutral (liners were asked to compare the quality of food at S and S, Caldwell's, Cornell Arms, and Slater Cafeterias. Their replies broke down as fol lows: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Caldwell's 13 7 2 0 S and S 7 7 5 3 Cornell Arms 2 4 12 ' 4 Slater 0 4 3 15 This poll seems to indicate that the cafeteria at Carolina served the poorest quality of food of the four cafeterias. The third big gripe was variety. Each of the other three cafe terias has a variety policy that is very similar. They all serve about eight to 12 meats, eight vege SPECIAI to All Carol Men's Shoes Half-Soled Men's Shoes Full-Sole] Ladies' Shoes IH GEORGE'S SI 710 Har Wholesale Distributo AII Amserican anid European HI-Fl The South's Largest H Visit Our HI. One of America's Foi 621.23 Harden St. Colun earned a "'holiday" take off to play... best way - have a C I tel itel luated tables, and five breads per meal. The diner at the Slater Cafeteria has his choice of only four meats, five vegetables, and three breads, giving him less latitude in his selection; however, the menu at Carolina is planned by the week with an aim of giving the regular customers a different meat each day of the week. This means that during the course of a week the Slater System carries about 30 different meats per week, whereas the -other cafeterias serve any where from 16 to 35 different meats per week. Self-bussing Accepted The student body has accepted self-bussing and only a very few students fail to carry their own tray to the conveyor belt. Mr. Thompson of the Cornell Arms stated that he felt that the arrangement of our cafeteria was bad and was especially perplexed when he discovered that the queue of those waiting in line cut the cafeteria in half forcing the stu dents sitting on the south side to break through the line when they carried their trays to the conveyor belt. Most transfer students inter viewed felt that our cafeteria was superior to the one at their old alma mater. Perhaps the most enlightening discovery made (luring this investi gation was an analysis of the "gripers." The veterans, old stu dents, and others who were more accustomed to "eating out," were far more contended with Slater than the freshmen and other stu dents who had just left "mama's table." Managerial Changes Slater has had many managerial changes in its five months in Russell House. Mrs. Sellers, who was tht manager this summer, was forced to step down due to health. She was preceded by Messrs. Shaeffer, Lowmann, Martin- and Koster in that order. PRICE na Students I, Rubber Heels $2.50 , Rubber Heels $3.50 alf-Soled $1.50 ROE REPAIR den St. SOUND & RECORDS m Audio Equipment Component. and Record Player. I-Fl LP Record Stockn FI' Showroorn emout Audio Centers him, S. C. Phone 6,3538 AMEL! Page Three Clarence Koster of Charleston, the present manager, will be as sisted by Mrs. Sellers, a former Patrone's Cleaners manager. Slater has only five schools in this district, which is from Kansas 1209 Pendleton St. City south and from Kansas City;II east. Refresh without filling uy it in the - 6 bottle carton