1965

1966

SOUTHWORDS
September 1965

Our cafeteria is a mess
No author

   After Maine South students have finished eating, the cafeteria is a mess. Papers and food are scattered over the chairs and tables, and floor. None of the students seem to care whether or not they pick up after themselves. It's no small wonder that the teachers must monitor them. The monitors are afraid of what the students would do if there were no supervisors, and we don't blame them.
   Do all of the students act like slobs? Are they all too lazy (or too tired) to walk to the garbage cans? We doubt it; if all the students were guilty of sloppiness, the mess would be even bigger.
   However, it's big enough now to look terrible. Therefore, all the students who feel that they are too adult to merit teacher monitors should start to act like adults by accepting a little responsibility.
   It wouldn't take much effort for students to set a good example by being neat and by picking up after themselves; and while they're at it, they could pick up after some of the more juvenile members of the student body. If they could keep the cafeteria presentable by themselves, they wouldn't need teachers to guard them.
   Let's get rid of the need for teacher monitors by showing them that we can monitor ourselves. The cleanliness of the cafeteria is the responsibility of everyone who eats there.