University of Idaho - Gem of the Mountains Yearbook (Moscow, ID)

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Campus Day ce wearin’ 0’ the green, instead of being an observance of the “Sey- enteenth of Ireland” alone, is continued throughout the year until Campus Day, when the Frosh is forever declared mature enough to doff his verdant emblem. It is on this day, in the early part of May, that every man on the campus turns out under the supervision of authorized leaders to clean up the campus, repair drives and side-walks, and put the tennis courts in proper shape. Right merrily do the “hard-workin” college men wield picks and shovels and mix honest sweat with the rubbish they are loading onto the trucks and drays. All morning long they work—their courage bolstered up by the paddles of an enthusiastic vigilance committee and generous sup- plies of lemonade and sandwiches from the hands of the Campus Queens. When noon arrives, as it does all too soon to allow for the thorough completion of all the work, everything is finished as well as it can be in the time; tools and drays are returned and the hungry mob retires to the various campus eating houses to restore its inward and outward self to more pleas- ant normality. Everyone must be attired as on an Easter Sunday morning, for now comes the coronation of the May Queen. She is elected a week ahead of time by popular vote. On this afternoon she marches down from the garden hill with her attendants and followers to her throne on the Senior seat under the maples. Here she holds her court. The May-pole is wound —the dancers do their utmost to please her gracious majesty and entertain Page Thirteen

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The Wearin’ o' the Green Ce OVERCOME all the ill-effects of scrapping and hazing between the Sophomores and Freshmen which held sway until the year of 1914 a series of athletic contests was adopted by the students and faculty by means of which the youngsters of the student body could learn to admire and love each other in the shortest possible time. As soon as the classes are organized a day is set for the big contest and Frosh meets Soph in a manly struggle to :decide which is worthy to lay down the law. They wrestle and race—pick-a-back—tug-o-war through a stream of water from a fire-hose and do the Hulme fight, originated by Dean E. M. Hulme. Then when it is all over they attend the “Bury the Hatchet” dance and amiably forget their differences in a general get-together in the gymnasium. Of course it is now nceessary for the Frosh men to wear green caps in order that the “uppers” can readily distinguish them from the Sophomores. This is accepted by them in all good spirit because they know it has been done by generations of Frosh before them and wear them with as much nonchalance as the Junior does his corduroys and the Senior carries his cane. Another object in the enforcement of green cap wearing is this—it is based upon the theory that if a man can bear humiliation without becom- ing naughty he can bear elevation without becoming haughty and thus a ‘ man is quickly catalogued as a good fellow or a “small-town sport” by the manner in which he reacts toward his little green cap. Page Twelve

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her guests, the townspeople and students. Thus the afternoon passes. As six o'clock approaches an outdoor dinner is served on the lawn and every- one eats until the last sign of anything edible has vanished. The festivities continue. Everyone must report at the gymnasium for the stimulating in- fluence of a jazz orchestra, a well-waxed floor, and an armful of dancing partner. Even this must end and midnight sees the merry-makers home- ward-wending and another Campus Day passing into history. The Ivy Planting enc graduating class strives in some way to leave a monument not so much as a memorial to themselves, but as something to make the campus more beautiful, and every class since the early years of the Uni- versitys’ career has planted trees and ivy—monuments that go on growing more beautiful and each year making Alma Mater more worthy of holding first place in the hearts of her children. Thus, as the college year draws to a close, another golden link is welded in the chain that binds us as a great family to our Alma Mater. Page Fourteen