Word: cafeteria
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Despite the haste engendered by the system, Princeton officials defend it as part of the college's tradition of gracious living. "We could save some money by going cafeteria," Morgan says, "but it wouldn't be so nice and of course we'd lose a lot of job opportunities...
...Chicago's Lincoln Park zoo, a group of old friends, including Zoo Director Marlin Perkins, gathered in the monkey house to view the taxidermists' re-creation of the late great gorilla, Bushman. After a cafeteria luncheon with chocolate-ice cream gorillas for dessert, the crowd watched old movies of Bushman and listened to speeches. Then a keeper walked in with the hero's heir-apparent: four-year-old Sinbad, rigged out in a red & white striped jersey and brown corduroy trousers. Sinbad was finally coaxed to pull the cord parting the curtains which covered the mounted Bushman...
...Elihu Yale, founder of the New Haven school that bears his name, would be a surprised man if he could see his birthplace today. On the exact spot where he was born in 1648 now stand an amusement gallery and a Waldorf Cafeteria...
...Washington, while a crowd of curious underlings looked on, Secretary of State Dean Acheson walked into the department's cafeteria, took his place in line, loaded up a tray and enjoyed a hearty lunch. The food, he announced afterwards, is just as good as he is used to in the private dining room upstairs, if not better-"It's hotter...
Most unusual of the spot assignments was a request by the Museum of Comparative Zoology for a man to clean out a coffin at $1 an hour. Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill hired a babysitter for two ponies through the office, while the cafeteria in Fenway Park asked for an office manager, offering an extra dollar for double-headers...