{"id":63742,"date":"2018-11-26T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63742"},"modified":"2018-12-03T09:12:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T14:12:25","slug":"from-the-archives-hot-dog-poem-and-skulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/26\/from-the-archives-hot-dog-poem-and-skulls\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archives: Ode to a 30-cent hot dog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are a few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library and elsewhere on campus\u00a0\u2014 and beyond.<\/p>\n

Ode to a Hot Dog<\/h3>\n

In 1938, while on a \u201csplurge\u201d with Wilson House friends at Jimmy\u2019s Diner in downtown Auburn, the late Muriel Swicker \u201942 penned this ode on a napkin about the delights of a 30-cent hotdog.<\/p>\n

Swicker, who passed away in 2008, placed the napkin in her freshman-year scrapbook, where we found it recently after the scrapbook was donated to Bates.<\/p>\n

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“Ode to a Hotdog,” from a freshman-year scrapbook of Muriel Swicker ’42.<\/p><\/div>\n

Ode to a Hotdog<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy
\nOh, luscious cytoplasm
\nWe sink our teeth
\nin thy cell walls<\/p>\n

Ever on thee spread
\nShovelfuls of goooo
\nOh crispy greasy cloak
\nDraped upon thy sides.
\nYum \u2014 My God!<\/p>\n

Below, listen to one of Muriel’s Bates chums, the late Virginia Day Hayden ’42, recite the poem (from memory!) in 2012 at Reunion:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/hot-dog_0057.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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A postcard view of Jimmy’s Diner at 150 Minot Ave. in Auburn, probably from the early 1960s. The location most recently has been home to a trading post.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Skull Session<\/h3>\n

This sketch of a cat skull by Cecelia Christensen, Class of 1919, is displayed in the lobby of Carnegie Science Hall.<\/p>\n

Past and present, \u201cstudents grapple with the spatial component of knowledge,\u201d says Don Dearborn, chair of the biology department. \u201cTransforming something you see, or know to exist, into another form, whether a drawing or a computer image, is a powerful tool for learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Riders Up<\/h3>\n

In the 1930s, riding was among the many offerings of the Women\u2019s Athletic Association. The Bates women\u2019s athletics motto \u2014 \u201ca sport for every girl and every girl in a sport\u201d \u2014 reflected the national reaction to the era\u2019s professionalized and exclusive sports culture.<\/p>\n

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The older gentleman at left likely worked for the stable that provided the horses for this Bates excursion. (Photo courtesy of the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pete’s Prize<\/h3>\n

Meredith \u201cPete\u201d Burrill, Class of 1925, won the Garcelon Cup for hurdles in 1922. Then Burrill took another leap forward, becoming a world authority on geographic place names<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library<\/p><\/div>\n

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