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Show TIIE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, JANUARY HERALD-REPUBLICA- N, 1916 1G, IDEA INAUGURATED AT UNIVERSITY SPREADS TO GRADE SCHOOLS University of Utah, Utah AgrI icultural College and Six Public Schools, Including the Two High Schools, in Salt Lake Now Provide Students Who Cannot Go Home for the Mid-- ! day Meal With Attractive and Varm Menus at Very Reasonable Prices; In thb City Schools Cost Ranges as Low as One Cent, Yet the System Is City Plan First Inaugurated at Riverside School in 1914 Self-supportin- TX ' - : J? .J i 5 -- j i iM-- cessful in the Salt Lake Schools That the Board of Education Plans to Extend the System to Practically All Schools; University Luncheon Room Daily Caters to 300 Students, but in Times of Stress Is Capable of Caring For It - - g; V. I i V JL, " r L "" " . in J s v f v 1 f .- " , ,. "Si v v . . X? wsv a S'' "V wilt MxSKovV.jl 3 V S i . j0,' X; I , f Ability to n ! th ju.-- to hi? Iikinc the school lunchcori ro:n ia Utah jnt K"'' t not tinlik th famous tnlo rstnJ of Kins: Arthur"? time. At the university, tvherr th! popsi- lar institution f.:nI its hinnin in ,U' Top. left, the luncheon room at X Mji- - '? V j the University of Utah. This is thr statr. th arru',' niimlr who so- the pioneer students luncheon vvn., rurt ntnrnrfti nav on room in Utah, and from the rJovi ruO. Hut .un.lfT htn , ut he-ginni- ng - lllzh Srhool I.iy. vhrn th" teachers en. I thf :i . the t r- has been tinder the management of Miss Lucy Van Cott, dean of women at the university; right, luncheon room at the Snm-nc- r school of Salt Lake; center, a fine example of convenient service, the luncheon room at the East High school; lower, the Riverside school luncheon room. shoU hirh f thr university. nrf t!i truest Ir.rc art fou;;4 t'"r fully l.V0 peral cUcire an son. At the Arri-uUnr- nvrras-- that . rotM f iu:mhr init-ron'- uc tho sp!enli'i lu:;ri:on room of Iur-in- c thriving institution. Hnt from th n'i'lwintrr ' r.vin.I-up- " 3 im to irHi pernor;- arr rarcj for -- i l" Salt rity ,!ai!y. In the ra-- t -, served lunch-ao tl laily lizh ?rhool TIu; rnixifity is Tor tv.ice total ftO. that tnmbr. In each of the elemenluncheon tary school ui the city whens simi:i served the rwms are upon a n ilar scale, serving daily on an avera-Hut those rooms, like 325 studnt-H- . the other rooms in the state, are flexible and tho number served is often number. fifty more than the averao As to food to one's taste the Kins Arthur quality shows be.t in the luncheon room of th- - hicrher schools. Jn this regard these rooms are modern cafeterias, with this difference that the food is supplied at the price ex-of but f cents a dish, and tl.ou-- h selected hibiting a fine variety, v suitabil-itcarefully with a view to its of what e fo- - students. the display actually K is this typical bill of far from tbo Salt Lake City hich school : - I-- i- - MKNU. Veetablo soup Sau-s'Ce- Kwt Cream coi fish on toast with boiled oz Arric r hard tat-- s Combinatbr. sabd la,l 'Arr Iamb s Mafhed p Va.nilla Iiieo pudding Orar.n ice cream crpatT1 r'ie CoUi-- s Spice cakf sandwiches pimento sandwiches Meat Ixttnee sandwiches Ckcocv Corn bread. Milk Orano cider intcro-tin- ,; A pcorl many cl.arnrtcri Hoot beer lr - - - v. ."X " .' i things f'f them U the x rr"' : -- : - . . . -- I 'X - . - '':r-:XVi--cn- ? ' :x -- .X. y4H:t' C"; ? their lodging as well by taking care that they now contain 1700 quarts o jams, jellies picklen and fresh fruits 1 1 . 1 ' V pears, peaches, cberrios, etc. The ' nI tin fA."' i Tntii r nf at the collepe also serve their own milk. At the university a ;ood deal of fun at various times has been poked at the luncheon room cows and upon an occasion or two they have been made to play a part in downtown y X' processions. Nobody pokes fun, how- .: ever, at the glasses of rich milk stand- - j insr on the serving table in tba luncheon room, strained directly into the classes, with the cream, therefore, equally distributed sold two find a place to cat on the lawns. The classes for 5 cents. At the Agricul- room was shortly outgrown. The intural eollepe there are barrels of but- stitution had become a necessity, termilk about the luncheon room to though when it started, like many which the students freely help them- other institutions which have become selves. necessities, it seemed to be only a This all should sound attractive. If foolish dream. The luncheon room is it sounded any other way it would not now in the annex of the gymnasium, be true to the nctual conditions. Con- in a room which was built for locker sider lone: lines of students moving room purposes. It is unable to find rapidly past a counter with all the better quarters, though it is so badly bounties of earth outspread, and this crowded that at meal time students within the precincts in which the stu- after securing their trays arc squeezed dents study and live for the pTejiter for a place to cat from the room itpart of the day. No cold snacks self to the stairways and window sills pulled from a pieco of newspaper or ontside. a tin box, no close room with tho air Is from the hue elass which The crowded space for the kitchen has jut trooped out. Attractive, well and for tho serving counter and the lighted rooms and comfortable chairs at well set tables, warm and palatable tables is the only part of the luncheon food. And how cheap! From the Ag- room which the university supplies. ricultural college, and the university Save for this space the university the average price for luncheons reported is from 15 to 23 cents. A fine example of the tendency in modern education to pic practical concern to the needs of the physical man as well as to the mental. Oreat things have small beginnings. a bulletin of the United States ays Story of Luncheon Boom. A spectacle public health service. The story of the luncheon room is maker, Jan I.eipnershelm by name, a crude as interesting as a King Arthur story. living In Holland, Invented OS. In Von Anton If glass Miss Lucy Van Cott, dean of the wom- mnsrnlfyinfr Lemvenliofk, born in Ielft. 1632. imen of the university, began the move- proved this clumsy toy and evolved a microscope, which has bement a pood many years ago. She had compound come the most valuable sanitary tool nothing with which to begin save a yet devised by man. That first microscope was as far reroom which she unexpectedly secured moved from tho hlh powered Instrupermission to use in the physical sci- ment of today ns is the modern Amerence building. Under her direction ican from tho original cave man. Yet the janitors gathered up the loose by this faulty means. Leuwenhock. naturalist, physician and botanist, dislumber about the campus and put it covered certain minute bodies, which made together to form seats and tables. he called "little animals." He wo know these and of today The Utah Power & Light company drawings them for tho?e useful friends and madonated a stove. Under these condi- lignant enemies of man bacteria. We fpend the days surrounded by tions on one day the luncheon room another world, a llvlnf? world of count-les- s 1000 served persons, who filed in billions. Invisible to the naked through tho one door to the room, eye. silent, tireless, destroying the consuming the dead, useful In the passed the luncheon counter and se and arts, yet often followed cured their luncheon and with their l sciences .i- - a train of sbknest. Kufferin? and tray in hand leaped out a window to death. 2 1 ' 1 iSviT( sea vrfl WCf? m Xk i. Ma ?X:PS-- 4-- , wMt X ri'v, VNiS I8fe& ! kH'I 1i VWr I luncheon room has been from the beAll the ginning equipment has been purchased from the earnings of the room or contributed. This is true also of the tables, chairs and the silver. When it was discovered that the students needed milk in their diet and it was thought desirable to purchase cows, the income of the room itself had to be depended upon. When it was necessary to erect a barn for the cows these funds were again called ujxn and a couple of earned their way for a college year by doing the necessary earpeu-tr- v work. The eouinment now in- eludes gas raiue?, cooking and serv-- ! ing utenils, dishes, floor covering and )y no mcans least important, a barn and three registered Jersey cows, alself-supportin- g. i g. j state there has been less need to depend upon the undertaking itself for the purchase of the necessary equi-meBut in all of them success has been achieved through the devotion to the undertaking of persons who believe in the undertaking, who in most instances have assumed this responsibility for it in addition to almost full work in other directions. nt. Assists Needy Pupils. By no means the least interesting aspect of the luncheon room movement is the opportunity which it has provided to assist needy students by providing employment for them. At the university, at the Agricultural college and at the Salt Lake City high school students are employed to do all the work which the hours of students together representing a total investthem to do. At the university ment of more than $2000. At the other luncheon rooms in tho three young men earn their board and eu-ab- CLEANLINESS MOVE MAKES LirE LONGER le 1 i as Leuwenhock but thought, vegetables, bacteria con- -' sist of two classes, those which prey on living thinprs and those which reduce to their original minerals, fluids and gases, every dead thing which they attack. They are of various shapes, round like marbles or straight like little sticks. They grow in clusters, chains and in pairs. They are ubiquitous. The dusty air, tho earth and its waters, the interior of animals and plants all contain them. They cause the fermentation of foods, they make cheese, they produce disease and some of them when killed and injected Into an animal protect it against the very disease which they would have produced if living. live as harmless Many, of them creatures In the body of an animal for years, only to kill their host when the opportunity presents. Their study has given birth to a science, bacteriology, one of the foundation stones of public health. Their mere presence does not nec- Not animals, upon stony places, and some . fall in good ground and bring forth the fruit of suffering, perhaps of death. A normal, temperate life, free alike from the gluttony of idleness or overwork, the sound mind in the sound a cheerfulnormal environment, body, these form the stony places in which bacteria take no root. The depraved appetites of mind and body, the dark and sordid atmosphere of penury. the g and g these trades, prepare the good ground. The great weapon against bacteria is cleanliness.. The mastery over premature death lies to a great measure in our own hands. Clean persons, clean cities, clean workshops and clean lives are the makers of public health. The United States public health service and other sanitary bodies of this are gradually bringing country facts home to the general public.these In this way cleanliness is becoming more general, and the span of life in America is gradually being lengthned. All of which ia largely due to the microscope. The Pathfinder. nerve-rackin- strength-underminin- I here, however, for which needy students may be paid. The luncheon rooms are, therefore, in general a mcans of enabling needy students to keep on with their school work. The elementary school luncheon rooms in the city have an interest which is exclusively their own. The luncheons served in these rooms is uni- form, consisting of a fine rich soup and bread. A bowl of soup and two slices of bread are served for 3 cents. The soup is probably a milk soup with potatoes and rice on Monday, a vegetable soup made from meat stock on Tuesday, a split pea soup made from meat stock on Wednesday, a vegetable soup with carrots and barley on Thursday, a bean soup with pork on Friday. The meat used is thoroughly cooked the day before it is served. It is then cut from the bones and ground and becomes a part of the soup. Each portion contains in food properties d of a clay's rations. A nearly little fruit once or twice a week is meal. Even made a part of the at the ridiculously low price charged a profit is realized. one-thir- nt Plan Extension. A curious paradox this, yet bac- cessarlly produce disease. Recalling teria are at once the greatest friends the parable of the sower, some bacand the fiercest foes of every llvlnfir teria fall by the wayside, some fall thintr. - I stn-den- ts ct liv-in- c, of the cows, scrubbing floors, freezing ice cream and paring potatoes. Three girls, likewise, serve behind the J counter, another girl is at tho cash register. This condition is typical of the condition at the college and at the 1 East Side High school.In the ele- 43 mentarv schools the food is prepared under the direction of the domestic i science teacher by various class groups in turn. There are many tasks even wxr--f i im-erfe- No, ntnon? th fo'd fact tliat all prepare all th r. Iiirli they serve. A sjctncle, nt the l. university luncheon room, for cxara-pia the huo tins of rounded, finely brorrne 1 loaves of homemado bn'ad a they arc lifted from the over.. This bread is of two kinds white and brown nut and is made from the special reeip of Miss Lucy Van Cott, doan of the women and man a per of tl.o luncheon room. At the Agricultural collrco an electric oven was installed last summer with a capacity 300 loave. The luncheon room of the college besides nicking: bread for the luncheon tables rr.akos it for sale by the W to students who live in housekeeping quarters and prepare their own meals. Put Up Otto Fruit. Tho luncheons rooms, too, put up their own fruit. Fibres are lacking to fclsow precisely,, the extent of the fruit preserving intlustry thus developed. Bat a peep into one of the tor rooms, that at the university, for example, is snrrotivt'. Stocks of crowded shelves ceilin h:zh are revealed end the attendants tell you l- r- Self-supportin- iar.fhtfi rooTi. the - ".k Suz-restiv- Individual meat n ,y. . a- as Many as 1500; Gives an Opportunity to Impecunious Students to Work Their Way Through; Food Served Is Prepared at the Schools am' Is Wholesome and Nourishing. V alj:5t ite!f to cHif'ti cf nny number anl to jr;vnl' for rnrlx ,fft t iff . Operation Has Proved So Suc- m Operation of the luncheon system in the public schools of the city has proven so successful that it is planned to extend the system through practically all the schools of the city as rapidly as is possible. This school year three additional schools have been equipped with the lunch system under action of the board of education, so that now there are five grade schools in the city with the system. The plan was first inaugurated at the Riverside school during the school and proved so sucyear of 1914-191- 5 cessful there that it was inaugurated in the Wasatch school before the close of the same year. Reports from the luncheons in these schools were such that at the opening of the present school year Superintendent Christ n recommended to the board that equipment be purchased for the luncheons in the Sumner, Poplar Grove and Fremont schools. This was done and en-se- the luncheons have been successfully launched in these schools. The idea of the penny luncheons is to. give something to eat to the children of the schools at the noon hour that will be hot and wholesome and Avill be'within reach of all pupils. The luncheons have been established in districts where there are children from homes that are financially not so well fixed as they might be. The luncheon consist of soup and bread with occaa little fruit. But the main sionally v., items of food are soup and bread. May Earn Them. In cases where the children are unable to pay for the luncheon arrangements are so made that they may earn their luncheons by working in the lunch rooms. If there is no work for the children to do and they are unable to pay for the meals they are given them free of charge. Many children, it is regarded, are under nourished at their homes and come to school without any midday food at all. This impairs their ability to study and to do their school work, the superintendent has found. But, with the school luncheons, he says, they are nourished at the proper time and are able to carry on their work properly. For this reason, if for none other, he considers the school luncheons highly essential in the schools. What is the value of this elementary school luncheon? The question was put to Principal D. U. Coombs of the Riverside school, who answered as folloAvs : "1. Pupils who live long distances from school can get a warm luncheon or add a warm dish to a luncheon which they bring from their home. "2. Pupils whose parents are ex- ceedingly busy and who have to work away from home during the day are provided for. "3. Children who are in the habit of rushing to the pantry at noon and snatching a cold luncheon from the shelf are saved from a habit ruinous to their constitution. "4. Children who are poorly and improperly fed have here an opportunity to secure the necessary food for health and study. If they have not the necessary 3 cents a day, work is provided for them. They are not to go hungry, but they are not pauperized. "5. The luncheon tendts to reduce the number of cases of truancy and has in general a beneficial influence on the health of the child in the school." Principal Coombs also reports the use made of luncheon rooms in teachhabing sanitation and health-givin- g its. The pupils of his school, that is, of the Riverside, after studying conditions which should prevail in bak-- . eries have made visits to bakeries in the city. They have also studied conditions which should prevail in dairies and in meat shops. It is, of course, obvious that the sanitary conditions in their own luncheon rooms are immaculate. ed HOT T1I13 HOltSU. A wet Sunday is a trying time for small boys and girls, and still more so for their parents. On one such day little Donald was very fidgety. First, he asked his mother if he could play with' his bricks. "Oh, no!" was the shocked reply. "You don't play with bricks on Sunday!" In turn his trumpet, his drum and ball were also banned. The little chap was silent for a short time, then he asked for his horse. "No, no, sonnj'," admonished his mother. "Horses don't work on Sun-day- ." "But mother," argued Donald, "mine's a milkman's horsr ' |