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 ====== The Cave ====== ====== The Cave ======
-[{{:cave_old_.png?400 | The Cave's opening in Mather, 1961.}}] 
-The Cave, a dining location on campus, is located in the basement of [[mather_hall|Mather Hall]]. There is food available to order and have prepared there, as well as a convenience store-esque space where students can buy snacks, fresh produce, and beverages. Payments for meals and snacks are both made through credit cards, Bantam Bucks, or meal swipes. It has existed in some form on campus since the late 1940's. It was originally located in the basement of the Hamlin Hall dining hall (this underground location a potential reason for the name).  
  
-The Cave remained in the Hamlin Dining Hall until the opening of Mather in the 1960's. The 1959 Trinity College Handbook describes it as a having a "small cafeteria and soda fountain"A 1957 [[tripod|Tripod]] editionwhile complaining about the food variety and quality, states that though the Cave had originally been a snack bar, it had expanded to more resemble a small dining hall. +[{{ :cave_old_.png?400|The Cave's opening in Mather, 1961Photo credit: //[[ivy|The Trinity Ivy]]//1961}}]
  
-A lounge attached to the Cave was added when it was moved to Mather Hall. This attached space serves a place for students to eat and lounge, as well as a community space for events and lecturers+The Cave, a dining facility on campus, is located in the basement of [[mather_hall|Mather Hall]]. Food is available to order and eat there, as well as a convenience store-esque space where students may buy snacks, fresh produce, and beverages. Payments for meals and snacks are made through credit cards, Bantam Bucks, or meal swipes.  Originally located in the basement of [[hamlin_hall|Hamlin Hall]], which may have been the inspiration for the name, the Cave has existed in some form on campus since the late 1940s. 
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 +In a 1957 //[[tripod|Trinity Tripod]]// article, the author, while complaining about the low quality and lack of variety of the food, stated that though the Cave had originally been a snack bar, it had expanded to more resemble a small dining hall. The Cave remained in Hamlin Hall until the opening of Mather in the 1960s. At that time, the Cave gained additional seating area when a lounge was attached to it. This attached space serves as a place for students to eat and relax, as well as a community space for events and lectures
  
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 ===== Sources ===== ===== Sources =====
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/handbook/22/|The Trinity College Handbook]], 1988-1989+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/handbook/22/|The Trinity College Handbook]], 1988-1989.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/handbook/33/|The Trinity College Handbook]], 1969-1960+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/handbook/33/|The Trinity College Handbook]], 1959-1960.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/3031/|The Trinity Tripod]], 05/01/1957+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/3031/|The Trinity Tripod]], 05/01/1957.
  
  
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