How Latrobe put the banana split on the map

How Latrobe put the banana split on the map

On a frigid Christmas break in 1904, David Strickler, a 23-year-old pharmacy student at the University of Pittsburgh, was working part time as a soda jerk behind the counter at Tassel Pharmacy in Latrobe.  That afternoon, a group of students from the nearby St. Vincent College crowded the counter and urged him on to “make something exciting.” Strickler sliced a banana lengthwise, wedged in three scoops of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cr…