May 10, 2008

Sabrina attracts attention

The alleged heist of Sabrina from the College repository by the class of 2008 attracted a great deal of attention yesterday. Having the campus “covered in leaflets,” according to a story in Saturday’s Gazette, may have had something to to with it.

As the Gazette put it,

Sabrina—or more appropriately, stealing Sabrina—has a long history at Amherst College.

Rebecca Binder ‘02 did some digging and found reports of some of the more legendary exploits, including the train-by-the-baseball-game incident in 1922, the hidden in a barn incident (starring future Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Harlan Fiske Stone, class of 1894), and this lengthy Times article from 1911, titled “The Thirty Years’ War.” Binder reports that much more can be found in the Times archive by searching “Sabrina Amherst”.

The Gazette went on to quote a College spokesperson:

“We understand the students say they have the Sabrina,” said Caroline J. Hanna, Amherst College’s director of media relations. “We’re looking into it.”

A more direct, if somewhat less official, quote came from President Marx at the Senior Dinner, held Friday evening. According to Lawrence Hamblin ‘08, Marx said,

“Some group of you, in this room, have my nymph! And I want her back!”

Parker Morse '96 | May 10, 2008 11:34 AM | Amherstiana | History

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