(Students read Seuss’ stories
to celebrate his 82nd birthday
By Marianne Kerrigan
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l)r. Seuss's 82nd birthday
was celebrated on campus with
a tribute to his children's
stories. Students Kob Mertz and
Christine Mitchell honored Dr.
Seuss, whose real name is
Theodore Seuss Geisel. by
reading his stories in front of
the EMU-Friday.-Geisel** birth
day vyus Sunday.
Cieisel's first book.'"And,.To
Think l Saw it on Mulberry
Street," was published-in 1D37-.
He has since, written more, than
. r»6 children’s books- under the
names' Dr. Seuss and Ttieo be
Sing. which is His name spelled
backward ‘ •
According, to "From Dr.
Mather to. Dr. 'Seuss^" a'book by.,
Mary. I,ystad. he chose t he name ”
.Dr.Seuss when .liewanted a
series of articles to appear as- if
t hey had been Written by a wise
old mad. ’ " v'"'” ':;
Merfz. ii 24-year-old geology
•student, and Mitchell, a
• 21-year-old', theater-arts major.
...launched , .ihelr ..tribute With
. "Green. Eggsjmd -I[lami';"while ^
vOluhliwrsVfront -the audience
>lew bubbles?1; •;»
A. Theyc took turns -hold ing .the
'lHMrk'so-the,i;mwd couJdseethe
pictures,.
/'The pictures are most of the
stciry,'' Mccft/. said "Keadiiig-it
„ is fuii’ but sitting and listeniiiK
and remembering all..'of -’he
stories is better Some of the
stories are really funny when
you actually say them And
they're meant to be read
aloud," he added.'
For some people, the stories
rekindled memories pf favorite
childhood games. Others
cheered for the characters as if it
were the first time they had
heard the popular stories. As
one woman walked by. she ask
ed her friend, "I haven’t heard
that one. Can we Stop?”
"Dr. Seuss forever, yeah!"
yelled one man who peddled by
on his bike
k C. Conner brought children
from tin* HMD Child Care
Center.
"1 saw the ad, and they
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Sonu» spectators helped by blowing bubbles, whilellsieningto
Dr, ? Setiss stories; • • 4 : ; '
thought it was a gobd idea.“sh(?
.Mid: While Mertzwa.s reading *'
"Ohe Fish'. Two Fish. Red Fish,
Blue Fish,” 4-year-old Salem
Asudairy yelled. "I can read
"One Fish, Two Fish. Keti Fish.
HIue;Fish!' " : '
... ^Clauilia Bertolane.. ah V.
tdemeidary education major,
said: ”i think l>r. Seuss is the
key id a good childhood and the
key to a good'll^ as you grow
older "
It s a lot more pleasant to
hear people reading Dr Seuss
than people screaming I'm
holier than thou!’ ” student
Dan DeBenedett said.
Many spectators requested
their favorite stories
" ’Hop on Pop' d hi n’t seem
to go real well. People wanted
stories with morals and
messages,” Mertz said.
”1 think he’s (Ceisel) a real
humanitarian. Children's hooks
are everything They ingrain so
much about our attitudes and
behavior. They almost teach
|H!t>ple the way they should
live,” said student Peter Cray,
who especially liked the hook
’ Butter Battle."
"They keep building bigger
machines to fight each other
with, just like us and the Kus
sians. If children understand
this.is' mil agbod/thing. maybe
they wpn'f db-jr."' he ■said: °^
. Mamei' - "McM-urYa yv a lab
t€H.h'ni(:taii :at theTIni versify',
read;'Dr: Seuss when he was
\OU0get
''Thievery, first'thihg i'ltiarned
how to read was ‘-Creep Kggs
and Ham.' If you go through
sfittit! of his bonks. they were
really particularly relevant to
what was going on," he said
Mertz. and Mitchell met a few
years ago while they were coor
dinators of the New Student
Most Progam (NSHP). Mitchell
was with other coordinators on
a retreat When they began to
read “On Beyond the Zebra," a
l)r. Seuss hook.
They agreed to read Dr. Seuss
books on Geisel’s HUth birthday.
This is the third year they have
c o m m e m orated G o i s e I ’ s
birthday.
One of Mitchell's favorites is
"I had Trouble in getting to
Solla Sol lews." Her father gave
the book to her brother when he
was having difficulty in college.
“It kind of has personal
meaning to me." said Mitchell.
"It talks about how to deal with
problems, and that nothing is
perfect. A lot of Dr. Seuss has
something to say and is really
educational for people of all
ages."
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