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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1940)
THE DAILY NEBRASKA! A" nstitution completes 23 months of service Thursday, April 11, 1940 L V V k A- Catering department serves mountains of food annually By Hubert Ogden. Satisfying hungry customers is one job that has to be taken care of in the Union and a very Im portant and large one as is evi denced by the amount of food consumed. Eighteen " thousand, nine hun dred and sixty-six and one half dozen rolls have been baked in the kitchen by the baker and served to dining students and fac ulty since September of this year over a quarter of a million rolls. Roughly this is more than 18,000 a month. TvfT . 881 loave. "r The baker has made 881 loaves of bread since February 4. Union diners would appear, from the evidence of these figures, to like their bread and butter. Also from the ovens of the Union kitchen have come since September, 1440 pies for the regular daily catering units and 725 cakes for the cafe teria, main dining rom and the Decorators plan special room for Carnegie set Plans for a new music room have been made by the Union with the help of Miss Evelyn Metzger, assistant professor of applied de sign on the ag campus. The room, 209, is being expressly deco rated for the Carnegie Music Set and the records in the Union's music library. Soft blue color. The color scheme of the room ill be in soft cool shades of blue o provide the restful atmosphere necessary for appreciation of good music. The walls and woodwork will be in varying tones of grey. The carpet is to be in two shades of blue, and the drapes will be in a similar blue with appliqued deeper blue flowers. The Carnegie Set speaker will be centered in the room against a wall mural in harmonizing col ors of an imaginative nature in keeping with music. The chairside operator's cabinet will be built into a special desk near the entrance with the two cabinets of albums n either side. Above this desk will be another mural. Both mural3 will be done by a senior from the art department. Special furniture. Furniture in the new room will consist of a central long table with shelves in the sides for the music library and two couches on either side. Chairs and couches will be in a tan upholstery with touches of blue. Ballroom stage gets new drapes Included in its dressing up pro gram this year has been the Stu dent Union's ballroom stage which has undergone a thorough change. The Union bought blue-green rayon velour curtains and a va lence from th Metropolitan Scenic Company of Omaha. Tor mentors of the same material to conceal the aides of the stage pre added. The back of the stage fcy ' tas draped with a cyclonuna in a beige cotton rep. To enlarge the stage for con certs a twelve foot (Icon extension was const runted and draped with a skirt of the same material as the cyclornma. The curtains are designed to Improve acoustics in the ballroom as will as to dress the stage. Activities (Continued from page 4.) articles lost in the Union is lo cated at the checkstand. rrivatc catering may be had In the six vacant halls to be used by Union members for all type of rrivate dinners, luncheons, ban quets and parties. Room 315 is a lunch room for those who bring lunches from home and is open from 8 a. m. to 1:15 p. m. Offices of the Alumni Associa tion, Chancellor Emeritus Burnett, kosmet Klub, Barb Union and the Student Council are in the Union, be had, with catering facilities for large groups. There are weekend mixers with local orchestras and dancing from 9 p. m. to 12 either Friday or Sat- Com Crib. The Union baker is evidently a busy person. Nine hundred and ninety-one gallons of Coca Cola syrup has been used since the opening of the Union in the fall for this school year. This much syrup would make about 120,920 in dividual cokes. As many as 1800 cokes have been sold on a dingle warm fall or spring day. 113,288 cones. Ice cream to the amount of 4,046 gallons has been used. This many gallons could be converted into 113,288 double-dip cones. The ice cream and coke figures seem to indicate that cokes are a little more popular than ice cream among the people seeking refresh ments in the Union. These figures cannot be taken as definite tho, because it must be remembered that ice cream is often sold in single dips and cokes in large size. This would probably tend to make ice cream and cokes equal In popularity. 282 bags of potatoes. Lots of potatoes are used, too. If the power driven potato were to change the 282 bags of potatoes used since the opening of school Into mashed potatoes, there would be 5,076 gallons of mashed pota toes. The largest banquet ever served in the Union was in honor of Chancellor C. S. Boucher, and at this time 581 faculty members and guests attended. Employees earn meals and money Thirty thousand meals and $7, 335 have been paid to student em nloves of the Union since Aug. 1, 1939. At the present time the Union has approximately 100 stu dents on its pay roll. The 83 student-employes in the catering de nartment work for two meals a day and wages; the wages paid to those students- since me De ginning of the first semester total about S6.050. The Union's administrative and activities department gives work to 14 students and has paid them approximately 51,290 since early last autumn, two siuuem dook- keepers work in the main office, with the assistance of two extra office boys to assist in the ad ministration routine Corn Crib employ 35. In the Corn Crib about 35 mem bers of the student body work in the kitchen and on service. This her includes three cashiers There are 16 lads working in the cafeteria; an additional six in the faculty dining room; and ten more work at special functions such as luncheons and banquets. Augment ing the full time staff are 13 boys working In the kitchen and wash room. The waiters in this depart ment are trained by Miss Carol Warne before they are employed by the Union. In addition to the employes in the caterine department. In the Corn Crib, in the cafeterias and kitchens, and In the administra tion and activities department are six other students employed as checkstand attendants. Four boys work as doormen, taking tickets at the dances in the Union ball room, and there are also scveraj students who are often drafted for extra ianitor work in the building. All students who are employed by the Union are checked earn six weeks for good scholarship stand ings; down slips are cause for dis missal from their jobs. urday co.stlng 10 cents per person Local and nationally known celebrities are present at lectures and forums in the Union. Discus sion groups may also meet. Sunday Laugh sessions with full length movies and vaudeville with film hours including sports and comic shorts and travelogues are featured. Recitals and concerts are spon sored by the Union and presented with the cooperation of the School of Music. Visiting artists are ob tained. Art clasess. For those interested in art there is a sketch class with free equip ment and instructors. Picture of the month is in the main corridor. Besides this there are photograph exhibits, art collections, and stu dent art projects. 62,735 persons used the building in February How many people do you sup pose use the Student Union? In an average school month, Febru ary, uninterrupted by vacations, 62,735 noses were counted. Official records kept by Miss Nadine Nims of the Union office reveals that 5,857 attended dances, 1,073 came to lectures, 2,645 to meetings, 600 to a concert, 550 to a Variety show. The corn crib served 37,217 and the cafeteria 8,751. For every meeting, dinner, or program numbers are counted and recorded. Only the students sit ting in the lounge are overlooked. Average monthly account is be tween 55,000 and 60,000. Largest attendance was In October, 1939, when 77,186 people attended va rious Union functions. These Co (2)hey Won the Quiz Contest... 4. X. V.: V mjmw W m Board of Managers direct policies and administration The Student Union has been di rected from the time of Its com pletion by a Board ot Managers, which has the primary responsibil ity of seeing that the Union Is used aa a social and recreational center for the University commu nity. Seven students, six members of the faculty, and three alumni are chosen as members of the board, and In this group they must appoint two sophomores, three juniors, and two seniors. At least three of the students thus ap pointed iust be unaffiliated, and three of them must be women. One representative from ag campus is also specified. Prepares budget. The Union board prepares and adopts the annual budget and makes purchases for the Union un der the direction of the purchasing - eds Know The ,tVV7w,& 34$ 7 LELAINES J95 BROWN and WHITE BLUE and WHITE BLACK and WHITE BUMP TOES PYRAMID HEELS COLLEGE HEELS agent of the university. The board is also a policy making body and selects the staff. The people who have been chosen as members of the staff are Kenneth Van Sant, managing director; Pat Lahr, so cial director; Mrs. Ruth Quisen berry, catering manager; and Mrs. V. B. Romans, chaperon. Arndt (s president. The president of the Board of Managers if K. M. Arndt, and fac ulty members who have been ap pointed by the Chancellor are Mr. Arndt, Miss Mabel Lee, Miss Ruth Lusby, E. W. Lantz, E. F. Schramm, and W. H. Morton. Alumni members are Mrs. Verna Boyles, Milton Anderson, and Ells worth DuTeau. Helen Claybaugh, Evelyn Leavitt, Harriet Talbot, George Gostas, Arthur Henrick son, Don Meixel, and Don Schulz are the student board members. Answers! ,(:.- ;: K t: i: i: r .. .and here is a group of pop ular "Thetas" Betty Jackson, Emily Hess, Jay Monahan, Lois Keller, Virginia Smith and Mary Ann Donovan giving thejr support to "spectator time." For Ben Simon's always knows the answers first... in smartly styled CONNIES $95 Ik nj i