{"id":599,"date":"2013-11-21T13:46:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T19:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/archives\/?page_id=599"},"modified":"2013-11-21T13:46:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T19:46:02","slug":"tidbits-from-the-archives-eldris-scrapbook-part-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/archives\/tidbits-from-the-archives-eldris-scrapbook-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tidbits from the Archives: &#8220;Eldri\u2019s Scrapbook,&#8221; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><strong>AUGUST 2003<\/strong><br \/>\nby Jeff Sauve, Associate Archivist<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/archives\/files\/2013\/11\/eldri.jpg\" width=\"105\" height=\"130\" align=\"right\" \/>Last month I wrote about a scrapbook that once belonged to 1927 alumna Eldri Dieson. Here\u2019s the second installment of \u201cEldri\u2019s Scrapbook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Football was a very prevalent theme in her scrapbook, and one can understand why. The football team won two championships during the 1920s and boasted the talents of the legendary Cully Swanson, whose passing average of 205\u00bd yards per game brought him national attention and a listing in Ripley\u2019s &#8220;Believe It or Not&#8221; column. Eldri\u2019s scrapbook includes specific football with black and gold ribbon attached that students would wear at the games. These souvenirs include a round pin that says, \u201cGet their Goat, Oles!\u201d with a picture of a goat and Carleton across its flank (March 7, 1925) and a football-shaped pin that says, \u201cLet\u2019s Lick Luther College\u201d (Nov. 6, 1924). The accompanying Homecoming program states, \u201cWelcome Luther! The twin schools are truly brothers. Vikings both and members of the same church body, they have similar personnel and the same ideals. There exists between them brotherly love and also what is possibly more evident at times, brotherly rivalry. When St. Olaf and Luther teams meet there is a battle royal, for then Vikings clash. St. Olaf teams respect their Luther opponents for their scrappy play and their clean sportsmanship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Included with the brochures are songs to be sung at the big game, including this odd little ditty:<\/p>\n<p>Oh, we have got the smallpox,<br \/>\nAnd quarantined are we;<br \/>\nThe doctor comes to vaccinate<br \/>\nAnd draw from us his fee;<br \/>\nFormaldehyde and vaccine,<br \/>\nAnd all the rotten stuff,<br \/>\nTo scare away the microbes<br \/>\nAnd all the other toughs.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\nSmall pox, smallpox, tra-la-la.<br \/>\nOh, we have got the smallpox, tra-la-la-la-la<br \/>\nLa-la-la-la-la<br \/>\nOh, we have got the smallpox,<br \/>\nAnd quarantined are we;<br \/>\nThe doctor comes to vaccinate<br \/>\nAnd draw from us his fee.<\/p>\n<p>I could spend all day elaborating what is in Eldi\u2019s scrapbook, but instead of doing that, why not stop by the archives and see for yourself! Or better yet, please donate items to the archives for future use.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUGUST 2003 by Jeff Sauve, Associate Archivist Last month I wrote about a scrapbook that once belonged to 1927 alumna Eldri Dieson. Here\u2019s the second installment of \u201cEldri\u2019s Scrapbook.\u201d Football [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-599","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}