Lunch on the Plaza
Men in the Class of 2012 walked downtown Monday, where the Main Street
organization welcomed them with lunch on the Marie Canine Plaza.
All of the freshmen and their orientation leaders — and members of the
faculty and staff — had lunch downtown Monday. The Main Street program
also had "Welcome Back Wabash" signs printed and hung in store fronts,
and many storefronts were adorned with large, block W's.
Representatives from Merle Norman made their way through the tables of
Wabash students to hand out discount coupons for haircuts.
The Main Street organization has been the driving force behind much of
Crawfordsville's downtown revitalization. The signature project of Main
Street was the construction of the Marie Canine Plaza on the corner of
Green and Main streets, which was the site of the welcome back luncheon.
Orientation leader Sean Clerget heaps out more lunches for the hungry
Little Giants.
The weather was perfect for the Welcome Back Wabash luncheon on the
Marie Canine Plaza.
After greeting nearly all of the 256 new students, President Pat White
sat down to eat a sandwich with the freshmen.
The orientation leaders got together — with President White and Dean
Mike Raters — to sing "Old Wabash" as a way of thanking Main Street and
Joey's restaurant for the lunch on the Plaza.
After lunch, students fanned out all across Montgomery County to perform
service projects. This group was headed to the Methodist Church, which
is home to the FISH food pantry.
Professor of Art Doug Calisch was rounding up his work group for community service.
Feeding 256 hungry 18 years olds is no small task. Joey's, downtown restaurant, provided the bagged lunches.
Main Street cleared the parking lot and had tables set up to get everyone seated.