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Bon Appétit: 1962
If an army marches on its stomach, a campus studies on its.
And so the cafeteria in the newly acquired White Hall (above) must have seemed like the land of milk and honey. Elsewhere on campus, according to a February 9, 1962, Northeastern News editorial, “crowded, smoky eating places” were the norm. Students resorted to munching bag lunches on fire escapes in a quest for space.
Dining halls and other meeting spaces were still deemed a low priority at the “M.T.A. college,” as Northeastern was uncharitably nicknamed. The vast majority of students commuted, so why, the reasoning went, would they beef about the grub on campus?
Yet in 1962, as the university continued to develop its physical plant to match a growing reputation, students demanded an addition to the Ell Student Center, arguing that if they were to contribute to the university community, they needed a place to congregate.
Three years later, the addition was ready for dedication. Among its assets, a new 1,200-seat cafeteria. No more al fresco dining on fire escapes. And an end to hunger for a full university experience.
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