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- Outside of what dining hall stands the famous sculpture, "Vase of the Winds," and who is responsible for this masterpiece?
Greylock; Fritz Buttman.
- What poems adorn the Hopkins Gate and the Symmes Gate?
Hopkins Gate:
"Climb high / Climb far / Your goal the sky / Your aim the star."
Symmes Gate:
"Doomed to know not Winter, only Spring, a Being
Trod the flowery April blithely for awhile
Took his fill of music, joy of thought and Seeing
Came and stayed and went, nor ever ceased to smile."
- Who are memorialized by the following trees: the two sugar maples south of Hopkins Hall; the _____ between the west end of the library and Bernhard Music Center; and the _____ on the southeast corner of West Corner? (tree types missing)
President Phineas Baxter '12 and Anne Strang Baxter; "those who have died"; and Frederick Towers.
- What are the official names of Williams C, E and F?
Class of 1885 Entry; Francis Lynde Stetson Entry Two; and Francis Lynde Stetson Entry One.
- What is the official name of the Weston Field gatehouse? (Hint: it's written on it.)
Weston Field entrance.
- What authors' works are graphically depicted in relief sculpture on the south face of Stetson Hall?
Homer and Cervantes.
- What store now operates out of the old Tash Grocery on Water Street?
The Glass Menagerie.
- What has been posted on the BSU bulletin board for more than a year?
A poster of Gil Noble.
- Name the five most recent buildings on campus (excluding additions, renovations or annexes).
Bernhard Music Center 1979; Sawyer Library 1976; Mission Park 1971; Towne Field House 1970; and Bronfman Science Center 1968.
- In what two places on campus are old janitors formally recognized?
First floor of Hopkins; Chapin Hall foyer.
- From Papa Charlie's Deli, tell us please the contents of a "Bo Derek" and a "Bebe Rebozo."
"Bo Derek": Peppers, onions, mushrooms, sprouts, lettuce and tomato.
"Bebe Rebozo": Hot roast beef, cream cheese, horseradish, lettuce, onions.
- Where on Spring Street can you find the artworks of H. Lee Hirsche displayed?
Goodman's Jewelers.
- In whose memory does our flagpole stand?