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THE SCHOOL
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"MA" BATES
Mr·. Myrtle A. Bates, known around
here os "Ma," has one of the hardest job in the school. Three times a day, seven doys a week, she has to satisfy ravenous appetites of I I0 hungry boys. Many of us who are too quick to complain about the food would probably change our minds if we knew
the problems she has to deal with.
On an allotment of $.90 per day per boy, she puts three well-balanced meals on the table. This allotment figures out to $.30 per meal, but when one subtracts the enormous milk bill, it comes out to be only $.22 for a meal-a meal which would, incident- aly, cost anywhere from one to two
dollars in Lynchburg.
Mrs. Bates started out as manager
of the Tea Room at Natural Bridge. Then for six years she was assistant manager of the Boxwood Inn out on he Sweet Briar campus. After that, he spent two years in a similar capacity at the Old Dominion Candy Company. She then became hostess
which to eat here. She feels that her meals would be more fully appreci- ated if we could sit and relax at meal- time. It is also her opinion that a plan could be worked so that only freshmen would wait on tables. It would also make for a great deal more efficiency if they had additional training.
During the summer, Ma goes to the Mountain Lake Biological Station, which is a summer school of the Uni- versity of Virginia.
Mrs. Bates carries out her duties very efficiently, and although we may complain about the food she pre- pares, we must admit that we don't mind eating two or three helpings of it.
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ago. On
ery man Lynchburg. Also included in her
1d silent l helped ng them
silence,
singing.
it was a
nich you •ated in. ~ losing, > shame.
The kitchen boys about to prepare it
at the Boonsboro Country Club in
va6ed experience were the years spent as manager of the Towne House in Martinsville, Virginia.
Ma" has recently moved from her •com over in the infirmary to a nicely decorated apartment on Second Main. Her good taste in decorating is apparent to the most casual ob-
server.
Mrs. Bates feels, as most of us do,
that we don't have enough time in ·EoR THE METEOR
Ma planning the menu
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CONGRATULATIONS MR. BANKS
Mr. Banks, who had previously been a deacon a t the First Presbyterian Church on V. E. S. Road, was or- dained as an Elder of that church last November 14. The Elders of the Presbyterian Church form the "Ses- sion" which is the governing body of an individual church. The office of Elder is a lifetime office to which one is elected by the congregation of the church. The Meteor extends congrat- ulations to him.
BIRTHDAYS
December
......... .................Horton .. ........ ....... .......................Lee .. . .... ........ .. . ....Huntley IS . .............. ... .... .......Grimes 19 ........ Stone,G. 27 .. .... .... ......... ....... ........Bynum 31 ............................................Towe
January
I ........................................Chaffin
I ............................................ Lynn 4 ............................ ........Johnson 5 . .. ...... .... . . Carter, D.
23 25 26 27
......... .. ...... ....... ... .McGee .... . . ................Nash ............ .......Hughes, P. 23 . . ...... ....... ............. ...Brady
.... ............. Cranz
.. .. . .... .... .... .... .
. . . .... . ..
..... ..... ......... . . Hettrick, B.
....Trichel .Harrison
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