Wabash College - Wabash Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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Employees find time to browse through their merchandise with a customer in the college bookstore. by Saga Food Service under the direction of Mr. Paul Kleis. Mr. Kleis and his aids provide a total of twenty meals per week—three on weekdays but only two on Sunday—throughout the college year for those with contracts. Faculty members, guests, and anyone else not holding a meal contract may eat individual meals on a cash basis. The number of faculty members and guests attending often 6 turns the average meal into a stimulating conversa- tion which can adjourn to the comfort of the nearby lounge or simply remain at the tables. Here a word about the lounge might well be in order. The entire south portion of the first floor of the building is devoted to a lounge area, where students can relax in informal discussions or card games, and can also make use of the excellent piano

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the Center also serves as the site of formally ar- ranged affairs. Pictured above is the large banquet climaxing the college’s Career Weekend. At this occasion Wabash alumni outstanding in business and the professions are invited back to meet with students. This provides a possibility for students to acquire personal information concerning career opportunities in the various fields represented. The Campus Center plays an important role in this en- tire weekend. Individual meetings are held in the North and South Mezzanines as well as the Publi- cations Office downstairs and in the main lounge. As a finale to the entire weekend, all of the partici- pating students, alumni, and faculty members are invited to attend the luncheon pictured on the preceding page. In normal circumstances, however, the meals served in the Campus Center dining hall are much less formal, as can be seen from the men below in line. Nearly all of the independent men, along with those fraternity men still retaining meal contracts, take advantage of the college meal service offered through the Campus Center facilities. Not actually run by the college itself, the food service is handled Students stroll past the rows of food at the regular evening meal, held cafeteria style.

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Members of the Campus Center Board dig into their juicy steaks served in the President’s Dining Room. on one side. The entire lounge is magnificently furnished with thick, soft carpeting, supporting handsome couches and chairs. The comfort of the furniture is proven by the large numbers of sleep- ing students which can often be found in them dur- ing the morning. These sleepers are usually inter- spersed among a group of studiers getting in some last minute preparations before heading off to class. Eating, sleeping, and making merry—the lounge and Great Hall combine to support all of these di- versified activities. The normal dining area is not the only place in the Center providing dinners; the President's Din- ing Room shown above is the site of many small, private banquets. Although intended as a private room in which the President could entertain dis- tinguished lecturers and other guests, it has gotten a great deal of use from local service groups, col- lege clubs, and simply private groups of hungry people. The picture above shows the dining room decked out for a fine steak dinner. Partaking of the repast are the members of the Campus Center Board, an advisory body intended to aid the admin- istration and Mr. Kleis in increasing student use of the many varied facilities of the Campus Center. There still exists one more Campus Center struc- ture which supplies tasty foodstuffs; this is the Scarlet Inn, shown on the following page. The Inn offers mainly short orders and that mainstay of the college campus, coffee. Open from 7 a.m. until 10:30 p.m., the Inn acts as the hub of activity in the Center during any hour of the day. Morning and afternoon find faculty, administration, and secre- taries taking their coffee breaks at the Inn’s round tables or side booths. This hangout acts as the home of many a lab-weary science student pausing l