{"id":598,"date":"2017-08-08T13:01:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T18:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/?p=598"},"modified":"2018-12-10T14:17:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T20:17:43","slug":"sayles-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/sayles-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Sayles-Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sayles-Hill<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>

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Built in 1910 as a gymnasium that also housed a running track and swimming pool, Sayles-Hill was transformed in 1979 into the Carleton student center. The hub of campus life, it now contains a snack bar, bookstore, game room, post office, radio station, and meeting rooms. Students often meet there to lobby for causes or even, sometimes, organize pranks.<\/p>\n

One typical spoof occurred in 1976, when the fictitious \u201cJoe Fabeetz\u201d ran for the Carleton Student Senate. When another student protested that Fabeetz was imaginary, students rallied to sweep Fabeetz into office with a landslide vote. Fabeetz\u2019s success attracted media attention from the Star Tribune and the national CBS Morning News.<\/p>\n

Since 1976, Joe Fabeetz has kept a low profile, but he occasionally and unpredictably returns to campus to stir up drama. For example, in 1991 he successfully \u201cdrew\u201d into a dorm room in Gridley Hall, despite the fact that Gridley was an all-women\u2019s dorm that had been demolished twenty-four years earlier.<\/p>\n

When the large open space is not used for meeting friends or playing games, it serves all-school events like weekend dances, blood drives, and fund-raisers.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>

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Team Portrait<\/h3>

The Carleton men’s basketball team stands in front of Sayles-Hill Gymnasium for a team photo in 1922.\n\nSource\nCarleton College Digital Archives<\/p><\/div>

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Sayles-Hill Campus Center<\/h3>

Today Sayles-Hill is Carleton’s student center, so no matter the weather, students are constantly walking in and out of the building.\n\nSource\nCarleton College Digital Archives<\/p><\/div>

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Sayles-Hill Gym<\/h3>

This postcard was created to commemorate the opening dedication of Sayles-Hill Gymnasium in 1910.\n\nSource\nCarleton College Digital Archives<\/p><\/div>

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Modern Sayles-Hill<\/h3>

Sayles is now Carleton’s student center. It is a common meeting place, lunch spot, and is also used as a performance space for “Live at Sayles” events held every other Thursday.\n\nSource\nCarletonian: January 25, 2013<\/p><\/div>

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Sayles Dance<\/h3>

Sayles-Hill hosted campus dances from its opening until 2011. This picture shows the gym decorated for a dance in 1921.\n\nCreator\nLeslie Moore\n\nSource\nCarleton College Digital Archives<\/p><\/div>

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Design Sketch<\/h3>

Architect’s original sketch of Sayles-Hill Gymnasium from 1908.\n\nSource\nCarleton College Digital Archives<\/p><\/div>

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Portrait of Joe Fabeetz.<\/h3>

Joe Fabeetz’s election headshot was actually a fifteenth-century woodblock print.\n\nSource\nThe Voice: Spring 2011<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Student Center Renovations<\/h2>

Student Center Renovation Plans<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sayles-Hill<\/strong><\/p>

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Leslie Moore<\/em><\/p>

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Built in 1910 as a gymnasium that also housed a running track and swimming pool, Sayles-Hill was transformed in 1979 into the Carleton student center. The hub of campus life, it now contains a snack bar, bookstore, game room, post office, radio station, and meeting rooms. Students often meet there to lobby for causes or even, sometimes, organize pranks.<\/p>

One typical spoof occurred in 1976, when the fictitious \u201cJoe Fabeetz\u201d ran for the Carleton Student Senate. When another student protested that Fabeetz was imaginary, students rallied to sweep Fabeetz into office with a landslide vote. Fabeetz\u2019s success attracted media attention from the Star Tribune and the national CBS Morning News.<\/p>

Since 1976, Joe Fabeetz has kept a low profile, but he occasionally and unpredictably returns to campus to stir up drama. For example, in 1991 he successfully \u201cdrew\u201d into a dorm room in Gridley Hall, despite the fact that Gridley was an all-women\u2019s dorm that had been demolished twenty-four years earlier.<\/p>

When the large open space is not used for meeting friends or playing games, it serves all-school events like weekend dances, blood drives, and fund-raisers.<\/p>

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Student Center Renovation Plans<\/a><\/p>

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