Although domestic science teacher and director of the University Boarding Club Minnie A. Stoner had been responsible for regular food service and special dinners for the football squad, the first real training table was established for football in 1906 in the University Mess Hall, under the management of Word, Morrell, and Worthington. Players had eaten together previously, but this was the first recorded attempt for a specialized table and diet. The training table was not successful and was abandoned. It was reestablished in 1916. In January 1991 the NCAA convention voted to allow only one training table meal per day.