| Smyrd Who? How and Why Smyrd Visitors (guest residents) And, |
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Smyrd Herd Memories...
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Smyrd
who? .............................Wallace Franciso Smyrd
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Skip Landt reports how the Smyrd idea developed... "We had a group that gathered for breakfast in the dining hall -- Lee Schwarz and I, and an assortment of others, most also associated with the Natty Bumppo Society. (Anyone remember that registered student organization? It was a bald-faced ploy to get permission for the women to stay out overnight). Don Bradley and John Polking were part of this group, among others. We were not unfamiliar with Smyrdian impulses ourselves, and the Smyrd idea came up in conversation, maybe at some level as a ploy to meet more women. Or, more likely, to impress women who wouldn't give us a second look. As for writing the song, well, every social consciousness movement needs its song, and that's were we started. We sat in Lee's room on the 4th floor of East House and based it on the story in the dedication speech that I had written. But beyond the dedication and working with Lee on the song, I can't recall anything -- and I'm especially foggy on how the crowd was gathered that one year to mark on the president's house. (We may have been involved or not)." Let us know if you can add to Skip's memory.
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5824 Kimbark Ave New Dorm in
'98. Demolished in 2002 ~ more pictures to come ~
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New Dorm 1956 - 2002, was designed by Eero Saarinen, It was comprised of three "houses" North [women], East [men], and West [women] surrounding a fenced court yard joined on the south side by a two story common area with refectory services on the upper level. A key feature, named by residents, were the three "fish bowls" lounges on the first floor looking out at Ida Noyes Hall. These were the site of twist parties and "make out" sessions in the '60s. On April 11th 1963, at the meeting of the Board of Trustees, the three named Sarrinen building [The New Women's Dormitory, New Dorm, and Smyrd Hall] acquired a total of four more names--this time all official. The Maroon reported..... His first term was in 1925 after the death of President Ernest De Witt Burton and before President Max MAson. His second came in 1928 after the resignation of Mason and until the appointment of Hutchins in 1929.
Flint House
Wallace House Her colorful background included as acquaintance with Mark Twain, of whom she later wrote, In her earlier years, she lived in Paris and was a friend to the French impressionists. She is reputed to have often frequented the Moulin Rouge. her academic contribution was as professor of romance languages, and her autobiography is entitled, "The Unending Journey."
Rickert House |
 Picture courtesy of The Cap and Gown |
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Looking Out a Smyrd Window anyone know who this student is? |
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Smyrd at Night |
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Smyrd Light? The Cap and Gown |
Lighting up the Smyrd Lights |
Smyrd
Visitors: (guest
residents)
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Stayed in West
House guest quarters. I remember Paul Goodman's visit - he spent a lot of time in East House and was a fascinating conversationalist.--Skip Landt
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Smyrd in Song:
| S myrd Hall (a.k.a. Smurd Hall) | |
| The New Dorm Food Protest Song | |
| I'm Gonna Die in B-J * | |
| Send us your Smyrd Song for posting |
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Smyrd Hall (a.k.a. Smurd Hall) by Skip Landt and Lee Schwarz © (tune The Battle Hymn of the Republic) CHORUS: In the beauty of the dairy,
Smyrd was born across the sea CHORUS His spirit is the spirit that is
known across the land; CHORUS Mine eyes have seen injustice in
the naming of his hall; CHORUS (quietly, with feeling) CHORUS Songs |
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| The New Dorm Food Protest Song (a fragment collected by Robin Kaufman '65.) If you know of more verses, please let us know. (tune The Battle Hymn of the Republic) Oh, tell me have you seen these
tired vegetables before. Cheers to Wick and Vice and
Newman. |
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| * Out of respect and sympathy to our B-J friends, Smyrd residents would like to recognize a song on the gastronomic experiences of the residents of B-J. | |
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I'm Gonna Die in B-J by Fred Wenger and Joe Brisben'63 © (tune The Battle Hymn of the Republic) There's a bright, golden mold on the
cornflakes. (2x) 'Cause the eggs are cooked with vermin, |
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| And in tribute to total disclosure and the premise that it is possible to learn and change over time....check this out | |
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We'd love to hear from today's "New Dorm" students ...so tell us, in song or verse, how it is in Big Bird, Kermit, etc.... |
Untitled
Upstairs in Dining Hall,
New Dorm
We exercised our voices [UofC form]
We argued and ate
[Much okra per plate]
While resisting, reviling all calls to conform.
[reference to Student Defense loan affidavit]
--Pearl Bloom Tabak 1997
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The Dairy Farmer Benefactor There was a
rich old man named Smyrd He would never follow the herd. When time came to make out his will, For New Dorm he said, "Send the bill." So he was taken at his word. -- Meryl Dann 1997 |
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Once, New Dorm’s green grass -- Meryl Dann 2002 |
$B Transformations ~ variations on a theme by HideOn~Your Choice
| G$B Transformation I | G$B Transformation II |
| The green grass of Smyrd | The green grass of Smyrd |
| Gives way | Gave way to the bird of prey |
| To the greenback of today. | ...the greenback of today. |
Smyrd Memories:
