1945-01-01

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ALUMNI ISSUE JANUARY, 1945
KEMP Hall dining room may well be
termed an institution in itself!
Since most of you never have visited our
dining room, perhaps you would like to
know a few details about eating at Kemp
Hall.
The "dining room" in reality covers
three rooms. All together these rooms
contain ten tables, each seating 14 people.
There are approximately 130 men and
women eating there each noon and night.
It is still a wonder to me how they man-age
to feed so many people so well! At
breakast there are considerably fewer,
since not all people have the ambition
and stamina required to brave the cold
weather and hustle at 7:30 in the morn-ing!
It is with a feeling of suspense and
anticipation that all 130 people line up
in cafeteria style for lunch and dinner.
The noise these students make while
waiting might be compared to Union
Station. However, the noise subsides
completely when it is time to sing Grace
-130 people singing their thanks to
God for the food they are about to re-ceive!
This, to many, is one of the most
impressive scenes at Wesleyan.
The remarks one hears while waiting
for his turn are certainly varied. Every-thing
from letters and dates to assign-ments
and classes are discussed, and oc-casionally
one may hear a remark such
as, "Don't tell me we're going to have
beans and wieners again!"
You'd be surprised at the expressions
one sees on the faces of the students when
their filled plates are handed to them-joy,
sadness, disgust, delight, tolerance-~-
all depending on whether the person hap-pens
to agree with the menu for that day.
There is such a variety of food served
during the week, however, that everyone
is satisfied the majority of the time. As
the oft repeated saying goes, "You can't
please all of the people all of the time."
After receiving his food, each person
stands by his- chair until the table is
completely filled, and then all sit down
together. Anyone and everyone may re-turn
for a second helping if the first is
not sufficient. No one leaves the dining
room until Mother Bnton arises.
Many times after a meal a group at a
table will begin singing, and soon every-one
is joining in. There is usually much
harmonizing--or so they call it-and it
often surprises everyone how good the
final result is.
As might be expected, many amusing
things have happened at meal time since
September 12 when we first arrived. Sev-eral
times I have seen people drop a glass
of milk while passing it to a person at
his side. And then, every once in a while
people have been greatly embarrassed by
missing their mouths and finding a fork
full of food in their laps.
Yes, Kemp Hall dining room is a place
to be cheered! Ask anyone who eats reg-ularly
at Kemp and he will tell you that
long after he leaves Wesleyan he will
remember the dining room and the many
lasting friends made there. To be sure,
Kemp Hall is an institution in itself-even
its romances! - in no other place
will you find one like it!
-SHIRLEY LIDDELL
ALUMNI IN THE NEWS
Five Illinois Wesleyan graduates were
elected to office in the last election. Ro-bert
H. Allison '23 was returned to the
state legislature from the 30th district.
Mr. Allison was particularly helpful to
the university when Illinois Wesleyan
was changing its corporation charter.
Senator Scott Lucas '14 was relected to
the senate. Ben S. Rhodes '12 was re-turned
to the state legislature from the
26th district. William H. Tuohy ex21
was elected states attorney of Cook coun-ty.
Clyde Trager '26 was elected to the
state senate. Senator Trager is president
of the Peoria Alumni Association.
Judge W. C. Radliff '14 for several
days before Christmas presented each
friend he met with a new dime. He has
done this for the last eight years; this is
his unusual way of saying Merry Christ-mas.
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A Freshman Eats At Kemp CAMPUS NEWS
December 2 the University celebrated
its 94th birthday with a sightseeing tour
of the campus. Students conducted visi-tors
through the buildings and the tour
ended with an informal reception at the
Hut. Members of the Alumni Council,
faculty members and other alumni as-sisted
in receiving in the various build-ings.
The plan is to hold a special cele-bration
on the occasion of the 100th
birthday.
New students enrolled for the new
term total 21, 11 of whom are men. To-tal
enrollment for the term is 431.
The University has established a new
picture/ rental plan. Students may rent
for 50 cents a term any one of a collec-tion
of reproductions of good paintings.
Dean Beadles approved the plan last
spring and it was made possible by Mr.
L. B. Merwin of Bloomington. Kenneth
Loomis, head of the art department, is
in charge of the collection.
Dr. F. S. Mortimer is vice president
of the Central Illinois chapter of Sigma
Xi, science fraternity. He was a speaker
at a recent meeting held in Bloomington.
Three Wesleyan students received.their
degrees December 13. Exercises were held
at the regular chapel time. Those receiv-ing
degrees were Jeannette Flach, Com-fort,
Tex., A. B.; Julia Anne Foley,
Paris, Ill., B. S.; Florence Irene Poshard,
Peoria, B. M.
WSA initiated 22 girls Dec. 13 at the
Alpha Gamma Delta house. The sport
association is at present working one af-ternoon
a week at Brokaw hospital.
A memorial service was held at Presser
Hall at the regular chapel time for Dr.
Townsend. Dr. Shaw talked in behalf of
the administration and Dr. Mortimer for
the facculty. Dr. Holmes gave the pray-er,
and Dr. Scott was the organist.
The Argus issued a special Christmas
number.
Professor Loomis was awarded third
prize in oils for his picture "Vanity" at
the 10th annual show at Butler Institute
at Youngstown, Ohio.
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