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The Daily OrangeSyracuse Traditions: The good, the bad and the pink
By Holden Fenner
Posted: 9/24/08, 12:22 AM EST Section: Feature
Judging by the sign on Carnegie, the letter 'U' was not discovered until sometime after 1905. Either that, or Microsoft was in charge of spell check then, too: "Did you mean to spell "Syracvse Vniversity?"
I also spent a lot of time reading the SU chronology. For example, the Hall of Languages once had a need for spittoons. This was apparently a serious issue, warranting the need for its own article in the newspaper. (Why my request for naptime has not been treated with similar gravitas is still an issue that upsets me.)
After completing their calculus course, students used to go to Skaneateles Lake, place their books on a raft and set it on fire. According to the history, they stopped doing this because somebody set off the fireworks at an inopportune moment. (I am all for reinstating this tradition. I think I can probably still sell the remains on Half.com as "slightly used").
In 1886, there was a gym behind the Hall of Languages. Many of you may be wondering "What gym?" You're wondering this because the undergrads burned it down.
In the event that you were thinking of protesting the dining hall food, it's been tried. In 1912, "Junior Elizabeth Reed, unhappy with the quality of dining hall food, is expelled after organizing a food strike." In related news, 1966 brought about an edict that men must wear socks in the dining halls. I'm no health code expert, but I kinda figured they'd encourage a shirt and perhaps some pants as well.
In 1950, Edna Brandau said that the reason why girls were prettier then than in the 10 or 20 years earlier was because "Girls today eat a rounded meal, merely cutting out those foods which would make them plump or give them a bad complexion."
Apparently she had never eaten Sadler food.
Holden Fenner is a junior in the School of Information Studies. There are many rumors about him, but he assures you that none of them are true. He can be reached at htfenner@syr.edu.
I also spent a lot of time reading the SU chronology. For example, the Hall of Languages once had a need for spittoons. This was apparently a serious issue, warranting the need for its own article in the newspaper. (Why my request for naptime has not been treated with similar gravitas is still an issue that upsets me.)
After completing their calculus course, students used to go to Skaneateles Lake, place their books on a raft and set it on fire. According to the history, they stopped doing this because somebody set off the fireworks at an inopportune moment. (I am all for reinstating this tradition. I think I can probably still sell the remains on Half.com as "slightly used").
In 1886, there was a gym behind the Hall of Languages. Many of you may be wondering "What gym?" You're wondering this because the undergrads burned it down.
In the event that you were thinking of protesting the dining hall food, it's been tried. In 1912, "Junior Elizabeth Reed, unhappy with the quality of dining hall food, is expelled after organizing a food strike." In related news, 1966 brought about an edict that men must wear socks in the dining halls. I'm no health code expert, but I kinda figured they'd encourage a shirt and perhaps some pants as well.
In 1950, Edna Brandau said that the reason why girls were prettier then than in the 10 or 20 years earlier was because "Girls today eat a rounded meal, merely cutting out those foods which would make them plump or give them a bad complexion."
Apparently she had never eaten Sadler food.
Holden Fenner is a junior in the School of Information Studies. There are many rumors about him, but he assures you that none of them are true. He can be reached at htfenner@syr.edu.
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Richard Ben Sager
posted 9/24/08 @ 9:37 AM EST
Take my wife, please! Yuck, yuck, yuck.
Unfunny as usual. The streak continues.
anonymous
posted 9/24/08 @ 11:25 AM EST
I've laughed more reading obituaries. Seriously.
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