{"id":518,"date":"2011-11-28T09:42:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T14:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerblue2\/?p=518"},"modified":"2011-11-28T09:42:27","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T14:42:27","slug":"butler-alma-mater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler-blue\/2011\/11\/28\/butler-alma-mater\/","title":{"rendered":"The Butler &#8216;Alma Mater&#8217; &#8211; Twitter Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"internal-source-marker_0.27741074083083117\">Premise &amp; Parameters<\/h2>\n<p>After several big Butler events over the last month or so, I must say that I have come away amazed at how many of my fellow Bulldogs do not seem to actually know the words to Butler\u2019s \u201cAlma Mater\u201d by Fred W. Wolfe \u201916.\u00a0 Rather than just belly-ache about the observation, I want to encourage the campus community to learn the lyrics. Thus, I give to you the Butler &#8220;Alma Mater&#8221; Twitter contest. Each day this week I will tweet a lyric to the song with a blank at the end. The first three people to respond correctly will each win a prize (Blue II 2012 calendar &amp; hero card).<\/p>\n<p>Ready to play? Be sure to follow me on <a title=\"Butler Blue II on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/butlerblue2\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> (@ButlerBlue2) and good luck!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, Nov. 28, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Think you know the Butler University \u201cAlma Mater? If so, finish this line&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn the gallery of <strong>(BLANK)<\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Answer: &#8220;memories.&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;In the gallery of memories&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Monday Winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>@MPTrombley<\/li>\n<li>@nsproull<\/li>\n<li>@CarlHeck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Think you know the Butler University \u201cAlma Mater? If so, finish this line&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn the gallery of memories<br \/>\nThere are pictures <strong>(BLANK)<\/strong> and fair.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Answer: &#8220;bright&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;&#8230;there are pictures bright and fair.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday Winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>@katiespalmer<\/li>\n<li>@Emily_Marie_<\/li>\n<li>@jharbweave<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Think you know the Butler University \u201cAlma Mater? If so, finish this line&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn the gallery of memories<br \/>\nThere are pictures bright and fair<br \/>\nAnd I find that dear old Butler<br \/>\nis the brightest (BLANK) that\u2019s there.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Answer: &#8220;one&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;&#8230;is the brightest one that\u2019s there..&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday Winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>@esotericara<\/li>\n<li>@CatherinTorma<\/li>\n<li>@AgentSixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Think you know the Butler University \u201cAlma Mater? If so, finish this line&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn the gallery of memories<br \/>\nThere are pictures bright and fair<br \/>\nAnd I find that dear old Butler<br \/>\nis the brightest one that\u2019s there<br \/>\nAlma Mater, how we love thee<br \/>\nwith a love that (BLANK) shall fade.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Answer: &#8220;ne&#8217;er&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;&#8230;with a love that ne&#8217;er shall fade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday Winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>@NatialieLRoth<\/li>\n<li>@emilyjane413<\/li>\n<li>@Felipe_Tellez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, Dec. 2, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Think you know the Butler University \u201cAlma Mater? If so, finish this line&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn the gallery of memories<br \/>\nThere are pictures bright and fair<br \/>\nAnd I find that dear old Butler<br \/>\nis the brightest one that\u2019s there<br \/>\nAlma Mater, how we love thee<br \/>\nwith a love that (BLANK) shall fade<br \/>\nAnd we feel we owe a (BLANK) to thee<br \/>\nthat never can be paid&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Answer: &#8220;debt&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;&#8230;and we feel we owe a debt to thee&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Friday Winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>@ejcberry<\/li>\n<li>@manda_gee<\/li>\n<li>@Babblin_Brooke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to all of those who participated and congratulations to the winners. Hopefully we&#8217;re all a bit more familiar with the Butler &#8220;Alma Mater&#8221; now. More great Twitter contests and giveaways to come, so stay tuned and good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premise &amp; Parameters After several big Butler events over the last month or so, I must say that I have come away amazed at how many of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":614,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52506,52574,52537,1],"tags":[52575,52538,52487,8758,52579,52576,52578,376,52577,52558,23],"class_list":["post-518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-events","category-school-spirit","category-tunes","category-uncategorized","tag-alma-mater","tag-blue-2unes","tag-butler-blue-ii","tag-butler-university","tag-contest","tag-fred-w-wolfe","tag-lyrics","tag-music","tag-school-spirit-2","tag-tunes-2","tag-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler-blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler-blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler-blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler-blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler-blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler-blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler-blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler-blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler-blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}