TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 1859 Dinner Music: 0/ 1, It Was Only a Shanty... By LOLLI NEUBARTH It was a bleak day in 1859 when 69 male students climbed out of a bobsled in front of Old Main and were confronted by a partly fin ished building, without even a kitchen or dining room ready to serve them. So a long low shanty originally used by the construction crew was hurriedly converted into a dining area, with another shanty serving as a temporary kitchen. But in spite of efforts to provide the boys with acceptable dining facilities, student reaction was much the same as it is today. According to the reminiscen ces of Mrs. Susan Hunter Smith: "when the college was started the food served in the dining soom did not suit them, and the boys were very much dissatis fied. They were destructive at limes. Dr. Pugh (the first presi dent) was very upset over the •poons being twisted and the general disorder." The school was without a di rector of dining facilities until Mrs. Elizabeth Hunter came to eupervise the “culinary” depart ment. However, the letters of some early residents were not very appreciative of Mrs. Hunter’s efforts. The only food served, so it serried to some of them, was doughy, underbaked bread, mol asses and rhubarb pies.' Others found the menu to be “identical roast beef,” day after day, with a change in menu merely a matter of linguistics. Living quarters in those early days were also a far cry from Ihe new dormitories which have been constructed recently. Both professors and students lived in Old Main. A c c o m modations were some what primitive. There were no bathrooms in the building, light ing was supplied by lard oil lamps and the boys studied by stearine candles. It was not until 1887 that electric light bulbs were installed. Hot air heat was supplied to all rooms at first, but by 1872 the furnaces were worn out and there were no funds to fix them. For the next 10 years students paid a coal fee of $lO and carried coal from the basement to stoves in their own rooms if they wanted heat. However, the boys did have one Our choice i« footwear Colorful Footwear Compliment any spring outfit with a pair of silken suedes in Paris rose, hori zon blue, perla beige or the new soft beiges; Juliet f\oom $; Alim Street AD 8-8691 17. 1959 luxury that today’s modem dorm- dining facilities for men, and they itories lack each room was crowded the 15 town restaurants equipped with a spittoon! during meal hours. And the halls Future classes found living ac- of Old Main, now solemn with commodations in the growing University administrative offices, town around the college or in echoed with the sound of hungry fraternity and sorority houses. Inlstudents hurrying to eat lunch in the 1920’s there were no common tits popular sandwich shop. • Choice of over 300 building lots for your selection. Price range from $7OO to $5,000. DOTY & HENCH 108 S. Allen St. Fashion News from ihe Balcony "Spring ihe Season for Color" Pecan-our choice Pecan is the shade for this season, along with sage green and denim blue. The balcony salon has seperates and mix mates in these newest spring shades. for This Spring THI DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA For Expert Tailoring SeeC. W. HARDY, Tailor 222 W. Beaver Avenue CONGRATULATIONS PENN STATE STUDENT BODY Our sincere thanks to you our good friends and patrons. We hope that the next century goes on to be a sweet melody of happiness and success. As for us, we resolve to do our best to continue to deserve the priveiege and pleasure of serving you in the many years to come. The Retail Grocers of the University Area HOUTS FREEZER B & M SUPER FOOD Inc. MARKET Inc. 120 N. Buckhcui St. 1229 M. Atherton St. HIGHLAND GROCERY S ‘ ate C ° Ue9e and MEAT MARKET SARAH B. HOOVER Boalsburg 1763 N * Atherton St. MERILL A. WILLIAMS Housexville Don't go into orbit when you need FILING CABINETS FILING SUPPLIES DRAFTING EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES make a Bee-Line for COTTEREL'S 124 N. ATHERTON ST. or Call KEN PANEL at AD 7-2304 _ When you need copies of m ANYTHING * ANY SIZE • ANY QUANTITY CALL ADams 7-2304 ANYTIME GRAPHIC ARTS CENTER “We copy anything but money” 207 W. PARK AVE. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 100th FRESHMAN CLASS Dix Cadillac-Pontiac Sales & Service NORTH ATHERTON ST. J. J. MYERS 437 W. College Ave. FROM PHONE AD 8-67 O'BRYAN FOOD MARKET Bellefonte TEMPLE MARKET 131 W. College Ave. DEAN'S WHOLESALE and RETAIL 1520 W. Atherton St.
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