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Cooperative cooking in Kirk Hall
During our sophomore year, a group of us got tired of cafeteria food and decided to do our own cooking. There was a small kitchen and dining area under section 2 in Kirk Hall. We were about eight guys. Most of us knew little about cooking, but one, Don Oas, was quite skilled. He got to eat free. The rest of us put in $2.50 each week for food. We divided up the work, with two helpers for Don to buy the food and cook and two to clear the table and do the dishes. We ate there Monday thru Friday evenings. Don was a terrific cook and even baked cakes for dessert. A high point of the winter was when we invited Dr. and Mrs. Turck to be our guests. They were surprised that a bunch of guys could organize and prepare such delicious meals.
- Charles N. Johnson
The laundry box
Many mothers thought their darling boys wouldn’t be able to adjust to the rigors of college life, so the laundry box provided one solution. My mother bought one for me. A brown, heavy, pressed-paper box with a strap and reversible name tags. I would mail off my dirty laundry on Thursday afternoon. Because of superior mail service in the 1950’s, mother would get the box on Friday. Saturday morning my clothes would be washed and ironed along with the rest of the family laundry. The box was mailed back to me Saturday afternoon and by Monday, I had fresh clean clothes. When mother learned that we had automatic washers and dryers in the basement of Kirk Hall, my free laundry service was terminated.
- Charles N. Johnson
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