SPU
Late August 2000 I wrote this at the end of August 2000 to commemorate my wonderful memories of life at Seattle Pacific University. It’s based on the song "NYC" from the Broadway musical "Annie", and it reads like a script. This song/poem is dated, since Marston has been converted into professors’ offices, and they’ve built a new dorm called Emerson. Tiffany Hall, the building that once housed the teachers’ offices, is no more, torn down to make way for the new science building. All that happened after I wrote this, however. |
Eaton [SPU’s president]What is it about youYou’re small You’re pretty You’re you! SPU Enough of the Orangemen shouting "Falcons!" So busy AllSPUMrs. Eaton [SPU’s first lady]The shadows at sundownThe roofs The view The sky AllSPUDr. & Mrs. EatonThe students of our schoolThey love Dear SPU Student #1What other school has that Demaray HallAnd a president Phil Eaton No other school in the whole 48 Has quite the same clock tower AllOh SPUEatonYou make ‘em all postcardsDr. & Mrs. EatonYou teachYou preach You’re still In reach Amen For SPU SPU EatonThe echoMrs. EatonThe joyDr. & Mrs. EatonThe school!SPU Students #1 & 2The school’s expensiveMust I pay that much? The price, the school, the dorm Student #3To think that I’ve saved up all of my lifeAnd I still must take a loan EatonsOh, SPUThe students keep coming EatonBy carMrs. EatonBy planeEatonsYou can’tExplain Their love For SPU New and Idealistic FreshmanSPUJust got here this morning Hundred bucks Ten bags One me SPU I give you fair warning In the Falcon In the headlines I’ll be Go ask the Eatons or Murphy and Braden The student they love best Though California pays big for their art Their fan mail comes addressed to SPU Dale and Blaine [the clerks in the convenience store below the cafeteria]SPUJust look at the C-Store DaleThe subsThe chips BlaineThe lattésThe flavors Dale and BlaineThe foodAt SPU Ian and Loida [who work in the cafeteria]SPUThey come to Gwinn Commons LoidaThe foodThe drinks IanI answerThe comments AllAmenFor SPU Foreign Language ProfessorsSPUThey will learn our languages Severson [French professor]Parlez-vous français?Barnhart [Spanish prof]¿Hablen español?Ziemann [German prof]Sprechen-sie Deutsch?Nemtchinova [Russian prof]{"Do you speak Russian?" in Russian}Severson, Barnhart, Ziemann, NemtchinovaYou’ll learnAt SPU Sequeira, Purcell and Rendleman [Communications profs]SPUTo study communications They flock In droves The students, They love To learn Choral ProfessorsSPUThe students, the songs The friendships, the love We sing For SPU Band ProfessorsSPUOne time at a concert, They fall in love With instruments At SPU Drama Professors(operatically) What other school has the cream of the crop(dramatically) And performs in McKinley Hall? Religion ProfessorsIn Alexander, our offices areOpen to help the students Alexander Hall Don’t tell anybody Alexander’s last name Was Beers! LibrariansSPUThe library has 4 floors Basement, and 1, 2, 3 They read periodicals in the lower level And they use the computer lab Reference is on the first floor And the rest of the books On two and three Davis [Political Science prof]SPUI lead the King County Repub-licans How fun! Political Science ProfessorsAt SPUWe teach you how to be A politician, a lawyer, Nursing ProfessorsA nurseRLCs and ARLCs [Resident Life Coordinators and Assistant Resident Life Coordinators]Five dorms and more apartmentsHere to live in Ashton, Moyer, Marston, Hill, Watson and Robbins, Davis and more Cremona and Wembley, too! At SPU Student #2What other school has Tiffany HallAnd plans to tear it down? A wondrous building condemned to destruction Just because it’s old AllAt SPUThey feel right at home The trees The lawns The Loop The classes The class Of S-P-U!!! |
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