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Feb. 2,1967 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Three Just the Stuff Collegians Luff Students Rally to Storm's Challenge by Diane Sargol The ecstatic screams which echoed down the halls of the main building from the dining room Thursday night, Jan. 26, were spurred by the announcement of No school tomorrow, by the academic dean, Sister Mary Griffin. Day students heard the same news over various radio stations. Though the worst snowstorm in Chicago's history (a 29- hour blizzard that dumped 23 inches on the city) had forced cancellation of late afternoon and evening classes on Thurs day as well as all Friday classes, no one expected to find her self completely snowbound by Friday morning. The storm which paralyzed the nation's second largest Skyscraper Photo by Aldine Favaro DOING THEIR PART to fill in for the missing two-thirds of the kitchen stuff, Anne Crawford, Marie Uster and Rosemary Sokolik put the finishing touches on Friday's dessert, homemade cupcakes. city also stranded many of the kitchen personnel of the Col lege in their own homes. But what could have been a disas ter was taken in stride by the resident students. POOLING all of their do mestic abilities, the students, under the direction of Charles Hewitt, food director who had tramped through the blizzard for two hours to get to the College, took over the kitchen Friday morning and were well on the way to preparing the noon meal before members of the regular kitchen staff ar rived on the scene. When it was apparent that ac cess to the College was impossible even for the food delivery trucks, a group of residents began the trek to the Jewel where they bought out the store's milk and egg supply as well as a good portion of the bread and meat. THE WELL-PREPARED con glomeration of kitchen left-overs was served promptly at noon to al most 400 residents, stranded com muters and visiting high school seniors. But that didn't end the work for the kitchen crew. Be hind the scenes the residents manned the dishwasher, frosted cupcakes and cleared racks of dishes from the dining room. Then they began preparing a pancake supper From Friday night through Sat urday, meals were served in shifts to the slacks and sweatshirt crowds in the dining room. Dress in the main building was informal during the storm while everyone attempted to combat the high winds and cold air outside. BUT MEALS occupied only a small part of the holiday. Most students tramped through some of the 24 million tons of snow for at least a few minutes over the week end walking or playing. And the campus shutterbugs overran the neighboring area. The Zhivago-like ice palaces created by the spray of the waves in front of the library were a favorite spot as was deserted Sheridan Road dotted with pedestrians and stalled cars. The popular route of travel for hikes was Sheridan Road west of Broadway then south to Rosemont, east to Sheridan and then north to the College. And it was along this well-traveled trail that nu merous buried and stalled cars were found. The Jewel parking lot was transformed into an automo bile graveyard and Rosemont was impassable except by foot. MORE THAN ONE Mundelein student found herself trying (often unsuccessfully) to push stranded motorists out of the snow traps or helping people with food packs across the icy thoroughfares. Probably the most intelligent man of the day was the one who strapped his bag to his back and skied down Sheridan Road. Ignor ing gaping spectators, he skimmed on top of the drifts as if his means HAPPINESS for Charles Hewitt, food director (center), is a co-operative kitchen staff. Pat Czapar, John Cox and Marty Ellet join forces behind the scenes. AARON WILLIAMS, head chef, of fers some pointers to John Cox to facilitate food preparation for snowbound residents and com muters. of travel was quite normal on one of Chicago's busiest streets. IF ANYONE had ventured south on Sheridan to the Sheridan Pa- villion, an emergency hospital, she would have met a number of her classmates who offered their serv ices during the storm. Because of travel problems the hospital's staff was unable to reach the Pa- villion and the personnel shortage often permitted only one nurse and one aide per floor. So students from both resident halls ventured to the hospital to offer their serv ices. In spite of the adventures prompted by the storm, one cannot ITS A FAR CRY from what mother taught me Jane Dicke, junior, peers into the ovens to check on the progress of her cupcakes and wonders if there will ever be enough to feed everyone's hungry appetite. HELPING PREPARE a meal for 400 is a feat that Barb Dsnielson, Maryann Diefenbach, Cathy Flavin and Rosemary Sokolik accomplished under the watchful eye of Mildred Jones. DETERMINED AND EFFICIENT, Pam Peterson, of the KP crew, stacks dish racks. overlook those students who se cluded themselves in their rooms or in the library to study. But, judging from the large numbers of girls who infiltrated the snow banks and open stores of the area, it can be surmised that the intel lectual life of most students did not prosper from the snowy holi day.
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1967-02-02 (3)
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Women and Leadership Archives http://www.luc.edu/wla
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Mundelein College
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Student newspaper for Mundelein College
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Women's education
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Mundelein College