Dining, Past and Present!

People hav been eating food for decades, both at St. Mary's and in the real world!  Food is an essential part of the college experience, from food fights to the freshman 15 to what you puke up after drinking too much (bonus points if the food is still recognizable!)

Anyways, thanks to the sweet photo archive that the school hosts, we have a glimpse into past dining experiences at SMCM.  Let's take a look!

Above we have a dinner from 1950.  While this may look fancy (via tables are not in long rows) I am guessing this is how these biddies from the Seminary Junior College always ate (note:  dudes started attending by 1949/50, but I'm guessing not many went in the fist year).  Those are some sweet chairs.  Kinda cool how everyone is in a group of exactly eight friends, since every table is filled up.  I guess times were different in the 50s.  Also, they were eating on the ground floor of Calvert Hall, how absurd! I think this might have been before the Calvert Hall fire, but I'm not really sure (via I can't remember).

Moving on, we have this photo from the year 1970!  That kid on the right with the stache looks like Joe Clemens!!!  Woah that is really creepy.  But he also kinda looks like Kyle Prinkey.  And the kid that is closest to the camera kinda looks like Paul Sauchelli.  Regardless, as you can see these dudes like orange juice, even though it isn't breakfast!  They also have trays (which we got rid of a year or two ago) and fancy looking plates and silverware.  It looks very much like a high school sort of lunch.  Note that they were eating in Charles Hall, the precursor to the Campus Center.  You can see a model of it in the Library if you are curious, it's kinda weird looking.

Lastly we have this cool photo from 1973.  It looks like the have stuff set out on plates for people to grab, instead of self-serve like we have today.  Not much else to say I guess, looks pretty standard.

Gonna miss u Great Room.  I didn't get a meal plan this semester, so if you see me starving please swipe me in, and I shall regale you with stories of my past.