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Qvw y There ' s a great deal of tradition at Tulane. But even tradition doesn ' t guarantee stability, for things are constantly changing on this campus. Now, even the Green Wave has fallen prey to the ever-changing Tulane image. Back in 1893 the athletic teams of Tulane were known as the Olive and Blue. By 1919 the Hullabaloo coined the name Green- backs in reference to the football team. Later on October 20, 1920, the editor of the newspaper, Earl Sparling wrote a football song entitled The Rolling Green Wave. The song was run in the Hullabaloo and by November, the name Green Wave slowly gained campus-wide acceptance. By the end of the football season in 1920, the Hullabaloo as well as most of the daily newspapers in the city adopted the new name, alternating it with the soon to be extinct name, Greenbacks, as late as 1923. The Tulane mascot was not created un- til much later. The Greenie, a pelican depicted riding on a surf board, was cre- ated by John Chase, a local cartoonist who designed covers for the football pro- grams, and was adopted in 1955. In 1963, Athletic Director Rix Yard saw a need for a more virile symbol. By 1964, the angry-looking Green Wave wa s chosen as the new Tulane mascot. Its creator was Art Evans, whose creations include the Boilermaker of Purdue and the Trojan of Southern California. The new Green Wave has been the symbol of the athletic department ever since . . , until this year. With several consecutive losing seasons in football, excessive controversy in the athletic program, coaching and other ad- ministrative changes, Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Mack Brown stepped in to make some serious changes, changes to Improve the image of Tulane athletics. One change was to extirpate the mascot. The Evans creation has been eliminated and replaced by the big green T , The T first appeared on the football helmets and later grew into a T with waves flowing through it. And what about Gumby? The live Green Wave mascot made its first appearance some six or so years ago. Affectionately known as Gumby, the Wave mascot has gotten more than its share of criticism and abuse . , . from being attacked to being laughed at by spectators not quite sure just what the glob of green is supposed to be. The fate of Gumby remains speculative. Do we keep him or do we put him to rest with the angry-looking guy? Will he take center stage next year in the Dome as Tulane kicks off its football season against Iowa State? All this will depend on how quickly the athletic department can create a replacement. It will be soon. So here ' s to Gumby, Like all the members of the cheerleading squad, he provided endless support — through five consecutive losing seasons stemming all the way back to 1982 when the Wave closed at 4-7 under Head Coach Vince Gibson, To live through such an atrocity in sports deserves praise. And maybe the agenda set forth by the athletic department will prove successful. If Gumby must die, may those losing seasons ' = ' 7 die with him. r -Darren S, Lyn
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S Glendenlng Mike Archdeacon, Jimmy Thriffiley and Erol Akdamar show what the homecoming Masquerade Ball was all about. IV. ' . - • ' - ' •
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