Presbyterian College - Pac Sac Yearbook (Clinton, SC)

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r 5 D m E T H I N G T R U E ne facet of PC life that has remained ' true throughout the history of Presbyterian College is school and team spirit. The tangible representative of PC spirit has been the Scottish Highland Fighter with his kilt and sabre. This mascot was adopted in 1973. The name of Blue Hose, however, was adopted in the latter part of the 1950 ' s. The actual origin of this name is not known, but Athletic Director Walter Johnson wrote in 1935, ... I changed the colors to blue, wearing blue stock- ings and jerseys, and the team not having a name at the time, some sports writer, I do not know who he was, started calling in his ar- ticles the Presbyterian College . . . started calling . . . the Presbyterian Col- lege teams the Blue Stockings. teams the Blue Stockings. This is my recollection as to the way the way the football team got the name Blue Stockings. It must have been 1915 or 1916 that the name Blue Stockings started. Stockings was later abbreviated to Hose. Whatever the origin of our nickname, the spirit of PC still runs ' true; in fact, PC pride is colored true blue. (left) ROTC rows off into ttie sunset (below) Loyal Blue Hose fans support the Hose during their Homecoming victory.

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7(r» ?e ' » eoKs fs n? The contest between OLD and NEW extended beyond the PC campus this year as debate continued to rage over which Coke is it -New Coke or Classic Coke. The new formula was developed in an effort to give Coca-Cola an edge in the cola war against Pepsi. A huge outcry against the removal of the traditional for- mula caused the large corpora- tion to capitulate and return the old fomula to the market as Classic Coke. Sophomore Wendy Smith people are buyingrf ' like crazy. observed that, Now that it is back people are buying it like crazy. It appears that old Coke still reigns in the cola market. Coke ' s growth since then has charted a new area - the production and marketing of an exclusive line of Coca- Cola clothes. These have become the Real thing to have on the PC campus. Good luck to Coke ' s new growth, but one hint - don ' t mess with the tried and true. 10