University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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traditional event J fff fj fi r Freshmen painted instead of A University freshmen and Traditions members seemed to receive more of the whitewash than the A on Sentinel Peak this year. A Day, the traditional freshman spirit activity, brought approximately 150 stu- dents together on Saturday, Sept. 9, to cele- brate the first football game of the year. The festivities began Friday evening when Sophos and Spurs, sophomore hono- raries, burned the A in preparation for its next coat of paint. At 6 a.m. Saturday morning, the students attended screwdriver and bagel parties at several fraternities. The parties moved to the Mall in front of the Student Union at 9 a.m. to board buses for the mountain. Amidst all the activity on the mountain, Karen McQueen, a Gamma Phi Beta pledge, was crowned A Day queen. A Day has been a tradition at the U of A since 1916 when a crowd of enthusiastic students, who, after learning of Arizona ' s football victory over Pomona College, decided to whitewash A ' s with the score 7-3 upon the pavement at the E.P. and S.W. Depot. The idea of building a permanent A on Sentinel Peak was brought up at a homecoming assembly in 1915. Actual con- struction began in November 1915 and was finished on the University ' s first A Day March 4. 1916. Sophos and Spurs burn the A the night before the U of A ' s first football game against Kansas State. 2 Mure whitewash ended up on the painters than on the A. . i , 24 A DAY - 2

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. . 1978-79 10 years of change All information for 68-69 taken from DESERT ' 69 A Stones concert goer Summer of ' 78 NEW TRENDS 23

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Some freshmen discovered ihe real idea behind iiite ashing ihe A ai Seminal Peak. The burning A can be seen from various places in Tucson. A DAY 25