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  1. Outside of what dining hall stands the famous sculpture, "Vase of the Winds," and who is responsible for this masterpiece?
    Greylock; Fritz Buttman.

  2. 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."

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. What is the official name of the Weston Field gatehouse? (Hint: it's written on it.)
    Weston Field entrance.

  6. What authors' works are graphically depicted in relief sculpture on the south face of Stetson Hall?
    Homer and Cervantes.

  7. What store now operates out of the old Tash Grocery on Water Street?
    The Glass Menagerie.

  8. What has been posted on the BSU bulletin board for more than a year?
    A poster of Gil Noble.

  9. 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.

  10. In what two places on campus are old janitors formally recognized?
    First floor of Hopkins; Chapin Hall foyer.

  11. 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.

  12. Where on Spring Street can you find the artworks of H. Lee Hirsche displayed?
    Goodman's Jewelers.

  13. In whose memory does our flagpole stand?