Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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m. f 1 . — : . A hotplate lunch is available every day with entrees such as lasagna, spaghetti, fried chicken, country-fried steak, taco salad, monster dogs. Just past the steam table are cabinets for hot sandwiches and cold sandwiches. At times this area resembles sharks in a feeding frenzy. A smiling Will Jones waits for his turn at the hot-sandwich cabinet while Timmy Shin opts for the lasagna plate. Once students get their food, it ' s hurry up and wait in one of four check-out lines to pay. 22 STUDENT LIFE Workers behind the hot-food steam table serve up the meal of the day to students who want the plate lunch. Entrees have included chicken nuggets, roast beef, pizza, hamburgers, and turkey. A welcome addition to the daily fare is the salad bar. Highly popular among students and faculty, to the surprise of Dobbs management, the salad bar provides students the opportunity to make their own salad as individual tastes dictate.

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The Freshman Orientation Test — a new school requirement to promote school awareness of the Fight Song, the MUS Hymn, and school history — is administered to these Freshmen by Mr. Mike Deaderick (for the 2nd time). A special Friday program was a performance of El Group Crioyos, a Venezuelan university-student folk- music group. Supposedly saying cheese, Robert Knapp is really smiling at the lovely young lady shooting his picture on SDPD. out the lights. The arty ' s over! Oh, does our tune change with the beginning of school! We exchange free, fun-filled nights for countless hours of pre-Calculus, Victorian Literature, Modern European History, and A. P. Biology. Days which used to start at noon now start at 8: 1 5. Afternoons previously I spent at backyard and club pools, Maywood and Florida beaches, tennis courts, summer camp, a courses are now spent in the somber confinement of classrooms. I lowever, the advent of the new school year does not entail all work. The Victory Dance, football games, pep rallies, School Day Picture Day, and practices — these help keep us sane. With both school and extra-curricular activities, we get on top of it all early. BACK- K ' ' 1 2I

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Good-by Lenti, Hello Dobbs It was bound to happen. It was inevitable. After sixteen years of serving up healthful meals, Mrs. Nell Lenti retired from her duties as doyen of the dining hall. Gone too are her workers who toiled with Amazon fortitude and nubian patience. Gone too are 25 t ice cream, noodle goo, and military regimen. Most tragic of all, many of us will never again know the full horror of the words lunch-room duty. We miss you, Mrs. Lenti. Your lunches were good, and the vanished traditions of your regime will continue to provide many a rich nostalgic anecdote at alumni get-togethers. The sharp pangs of loss were softened, however, by the People From Dobbs House, who now manage the Clack. With them have come options. No longer is it mandatory to eat in the cafeteria. Students may pay with cash, buy a Dobbs Card (like a trust fund without interest), follow the ABBC Program (foods are assigned letter- value), or bring their own lunches and just buy a drink or dessert. With multiple options has come greater difficulty getting into the Clack, buying food, and eating it within the alloted forty minutes. At times lines to get food or pay for it resemble traffic jams on the Poplar corridor. Student surveys i ndicate that the most popular feature of the Dobbs food service is the wide variety of food available for purchase and the variety of ways to pay for it. Waiting in line at the salad bar is a daily experience for many of us. Mr. Mark Counce is set to build his own salad as soon as he can get a pair of lettuce tongs. DOBBS 23