Word: graffito
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Dates: during 1959-1959
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...graffito (or 'sgraffito, as in 'sblood) is a rudely scratched inscription, figure or drawing found on rocks, walls, vases or other objects. It is derived from an Italian word for scratching (as in dogs with fleas). Some alumnus with a sense of humor thought that the fine new wall of the Quincy House dining room would look well with a rudely scratched inscription, and so he donated an undisclosed sum to purchase such a phenomenon...
...graffitos (or 'sgraffitos) are fairly rare birds, even in this modern age of marvels, and it took quite a search to find a suitable artist. The hero was finally secured, however, as everyone knew he would be, and one fine summer day he and his 16-year-old son came to Quincy and perpetrated a graffito, all blue, yellow...
Distaste for the graffito was graffito also expressed by Gordon G. Sampson '10, who offered his sympathy to the students forced to look at the mural while eating. "I'd like to see a record of indigestion cases among students eating here as compared to those eating elsewhere," he commented...
Sampson and Bernard A. Merrian '09, agreed that the graffito resembled "the doodling of inmates in a mental hospital." According to Merrian, the mural "belongs in an abnormal psychology clinic...
...second letter which he has written to the Bulletin to condemn the graffito, Robert L. Buell '19 suggested that Quincy House residents be invited to vote as to whether they wish the mural to remain or to be painted...