But what’s even more remarkable are the arches made from glasses and dessert dishes. The prankster said s/he had just finished reading a book on architecture and design, in January 2001, and wanted to try her/his own project, which was installed in the cafeteria. See more at http://www.geocities.ws/hermanbubbert/cups.html
Sometimes tables accompanied the wandering chairs. This structure, consisting of dining hall furniture, went up sometime in 1968.
Little cars, like this VW Bug installed in the dining hall sometime in 1981, have the best adventures at Bethel. You never know where the next one will turn up. (The first person to come to Bethel with a Smart Car had better be on the alert.)
Students used to come into the dining hall (in the basement of Mem Hall, before the present-day cafeteria in Schultz Student Center) to places already set at the tables. One morning when they lifted up their coffee cups, they discovered someone had placed sparrows under them, which promptly flew when liberated.
During a convo presentation by Anna K. Juhnke, professor of English, someone lowered the Rice Krispy figures of Snap, Crackle and Pop (stolen from the cafeteria) from the Krehbiel Auditorium ceiling.