THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1965
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chOr - ders Please!'
the-HUB •
Penetrating the preoccupation of lunch-time
selection comes a piercing voice, "sandwich orders
please!" which dissipates the spell and brings the
automatic response, "cheeseburger, french fries,
catsup on the side."
Mrs. Martha. Letterman, one of the three 6
a.m, to 3 p.m. counter employees in the Hetzel
Union Lion's Den, defended her "barking", manner
as the "only way to get through to students.
They are so far away in a daze of thought about
their studies and books. Hollering is the only way
to awaken them to the fact that it is time to eat."
Mrs. Letterman admitted, however, -that her
co-workers• have nicknamed her "Sarge," in de
fence to her commanding personality. She said
she realized her "behind the counter manner"
actually instilled moral fear into students, especial
ly. freshmen. "Although I often seem to be very
angry, I never really am. I'm just quick and short
talking by nature."
Conversation
She laughingly related the following conver
sation as the prime example of a student who took
offense to her abrupt manner:
, Mrs. Letterman: "Sandwich orders, please
ma'am."
Coed: "I'd like a Bostonburger."
Mrs. Letterman: "I'm sorry ma'am but we
don't have Bostonburgers here. Just hamburgers
and cheeseburgers."
Coed: "Well, forget it them!"
Mrs. Letterman: "Now just a minute, ma'am.
If you'll only tell me what a Bostonburger h;,
Penn State Triumphs
In Chess Tournament
• Penn State triumphed in her
first Invitational Chess Tourna
ment this past weekend. The
scores were: Penn State 15.
Cornell 10, Temple 11 1 / 2 and
Syractise 7.
First place was won by 'Mr.
Perlo of Cornell, who won three
and one half games, and second
place went to William Binney
(11th-science-Reynoldsville) -of
Penn State, who also won three
and one half games. Perlo won
over Binney on the basis of tie
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According to John P. Dev
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State won through the strength
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I'll see if we can make one for you. I've never
been to Boston, you know."
. Coed: "It's a hamburger with lettuce, tomato
and mayonnaise."
Mrs. Letterman: "Thank you, ma'am. If you
had told me that in the first place, I could have
had your sandwich for you by now."
Coed: (stiffly) "You're welcome,- but I think
I'll go'Someplace else to eat."
-Mrs. Letterman, however, saved the day with
the characteristic diplomacy of all restaurant
people. She reported that she managed to soothe
the coed's ruffled. feathers, and presented her with
a' "lovely" sandwich. She happily added, "I'm
pleased to say that the same girl comes in very
often now. She always looks at me and smiles
and' asks for a hamburger with lettuce, tomato
and mayonnaise."
Mrs. Letterman. said she marked her ninth
year as a Lion's Den employee March 1. She
was previously employed by the University as
an assistant cook in McElwain Hall for six years.
Completely dedicated to her work, Mrs. Letter
man describes the "most ,horrible thing in the
world" as having to work at a job you don't like.
"It was raised by a restaurant family and have
always been around restaurant people. I won't
want to be doing anything else."
Mrs. Letterman said her job in the HUB
"does something for me. Working with young
people keeps me young. If I were working any
where else, I'd feel that I were getting old too
of Jay Braude, Allyn Kahn (6th
physics-Philadelphia) and Gerald
Bergman (Ist-science-Pitts
burgh). Each of the students won
three games and lost one.
I The Temple team brought the
first woman to compete in such
a tournament. Miss Shaw of
,Temple won two out of four
games and only nine of the 24
competing players scored less
than she.
On Thursday of this week the!
Varsity Chess Team will be
matching against the faculty and
on Saturday at 1:30 the team
will be matched against the Red
Rose Chess Club of Lancaster.
Tony Poulos, a former. Penn'
State Chess Club member is a
member of the Red Rose Club.
Each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.'
the chess club meets in the
Hetzel Union cardroom. All chess
players, regardless of skill, are
invited. Lessons are given by
Donald Byrnes, sometimes
! known as the "Red Killer," for:
his record of wins against'
Russian chess players.
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present occupation as long as she "satisfied her
employer, Elmer D. Carson, and has good health."
Like all people who love their work, Mrs.
Letterman relates her job closely to her family
life. She was born in Milesburg and still lives
there with her husband, Donald G. Letterman,
and an 18-year-old son: I also have another son
who's 24 and lives in California. She' also counts
her 14 co-workers as .her children. She compares
raising children with teaching her student co
workers how-to do a good job in the 'Lion's Den.
Explain It Once
"When the new ones come to work with me,
I tell them I'll explain everything once; if they
become nervous and forget, I'll go over it with
them a second time; and when they ask me a
third time, I have to tell them to do the best they
can. I raised my sons the same way."
When asked for suggestions which would ease
students' attempts to get what they want to eat,
Mrs. Letterman explained some restaurant jargon
that helps speed up ordering and serving in the
Lion's Den. A "BLT all the way" is a bacon,
lettuce and tomato sandwich on toast with may
onnaise. A "hamburger or Cheeseburger all the
way" is one with relish, catsup, mustard and
onion.
She also reminded students that all condi
ments are put on sandwiches in the kitchen. And
pizzaburgers are not topped with sauce, but have
the pizza flavor in them.
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