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Much

More

Meal

Students found Cathcart

serves up everything

from books to banjos.

uring the fast-paced college year,

students, staff, and faculty alike sat down at Cathcart to

refuel their bodies and rest their minds. More than just a

place to casually socialize, however, the college dining hall

had a busy schedule all of its own.

The staff kept dinners interesting. On important

game days, the student life department often encour­

aged students to dress casually and to wear their spirit

shirts. Occasionally, evenings took on themes, from the

food to the centerpieces. In January, the social committee

sponsored a "Home Sweet Home" evening. The Western

themed evening included a meal of hot wings, barbecued

ribs, corn bread, and homemade brownies and cookies.

Throughout the meal, a faculty/staff ensemble entertained

with a variety of folk songs.

Small groups often met in the solarium for book

signings or lectures. Christian author and illustrator Janet

Willis came to speak on the personal trials (losing several

of her children in a car accident) that led her to produce
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a children's book. Dr. Author Steele, the original college

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founder, also spent time in the solarium signing numerous

copies of his book, The Iron Did Swim.

Missions teams, seminary representatives, camp direc­

Kendall McGuire describes
tors,and military recruiters frequently set up information displays fortheirorganiza-

author Janet Willis1 visit.

tions. Students checked the shelves for treats from their campus parents. Whether "She spoke of the astonish­

ing events the Lord had
by way of a bag of homemade cookies or a whole meal of country food and music,

brought her through, what

the staff did its best to serve up constant encouragement to the student body. He had taught her through

it, and then she showed us

the beautiful, heart-wrench­

ing book about one of her

children."

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