The program of the 2011 Mathfest\u27s opening banquet was  MAA-The Musical!\u27 Produced by Annalisa Crannell and starring the  MAA Players (active MAA members all), it highlighted activities of the Association and of Mathfest itself. This song represents the journals. It was sung by past editor Frank Farris to the tune of  A Wand\u27ring Minstrel I, from Gilbert and Sullivan\u27s the Mikado

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Santa Clara UniversityScholar CommonsMathematics and Computer Science College of Arts & Sciences10-2011The Editor's SongFrank A. FarrisSanta Clara University, ffarris@scu.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.scu.edu/math_compsciPart of the Mathematics CommonsCopyright 2011 Mathematical Association of America. All Rights Reserved.DOI:10.4169/math.mag.84.4.266.This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Arts & Sciences at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion inMathematics and Computer Science by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact rscroggin@scu.edu.Recommended CitationFARRIS, Frank A. "The Editor's Song,"Mathematics Magazine, October 2011: p. 266-7.266 MATHEMATICS MAGAZINEThe Editor’s SongFRANK A. FARRISSanta Clara UniversitySanta Clara, CA 95053ffarris@scu.eduThe program of the 2011 Mathfest’s opening banquet was “MAA—The Musical!”Produced by Annalisa Crannell and starring the “MAA Players” (active MAA mem-bers all), it highlighted activities of the Association and of Mathfest itself. Thissong represents the journals. It was sung by past editor Frank Farris to the tune of“A Wand’ring Minstrel I,” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s the Mikado.The Editor: An editor am II hope you read our journals,we’ve pithy, mathy kernelsAnd tales of e and pi.Our catalog is longFrom CMJ to LOCIThe Monthly and singular FOCI,Mathematics Magazine!Mathematics Magazine!Are you inclined to refereeWe’ve work for you!Oh, bless you!We need reports in depth, you see!And on time too.Oh, bless you, bless you!We’ll use your expertisein strange geometries.But pray you keep in mindBe firm but kind!Oh bless you, bless you!And if all electeronic’s your selectionYou can read the Monthly and the CMJAnd the Magazine and LOCI every sectionWith only one low fee for you to pay!Our backlogs all in JSTOR are assembledYou can access them—perhaps for a small fee.And I shouldn’t be surprised if you should stumbleUpon a cache of papers of high pedigree!Chorus: We shouldn’t be surprised if we should stumble(and be truly charmed)Upon a cache of papers of high pedigree!Math. Mag. 84 (2011) 266–267. doi:10.4169/math.mag.84.4.266. c©Mathematical Association of AmericaVOL. 84, NO. 4, OCTOBER 2011 267The Editor: And if an author you would beWhy send your paper round!We’ll log it in and send it offand have it refereed for free?Hurrah if the work is sound!Chorus: Yo ho! Heave ho!We hope that our work is sound.The Editor: To see your work come out in printWill tickle your chair or dean.But the happiest hour an author seesIs when she’s downAt a coffee shop in townWith her laptop on her knee, yo ho!And the TEX flowing bold and free.Chorus: Then let’s be authors—off we go!As the editor drums us round.With a yeo heave ho,And a rum below,We’ll hope that our work is sound!The Editor: An editor am II hope you read our journalswith pithy, mathy kernelsAnd tales of e and pi.And 3.14159,e and pi .Frank Farris sings to an adoring cast of MAA Players. Left to Right, these are JennyQuinn, Talithia Williams, Annalisa Crannell, Jennifer Beineke, Alissa Crans, NormRichert, Dan Kalman, Matt DeLong, Francis Su, and Art Benjamin’s hand. Photo byLaura McHugh.

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