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

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ОО „летш Un ty President Alfred Upham started the tradition of “Hello Walk during the 1920s. He was known for saying hello to anyone he passed on the walkway between the Adminstra- tion Bullding and Greek row. President Richard Gibb revives the tradition by stopping to talk with Michelle Anderson, jana Payne, Brian Derrick and Nathan Raff. Name Calling. Following a palr of victories by the men's basketball team over Whitman College in 1918, Argonaut Sports Editor Harry McCarty began referring to the team as the Wreckers. Soon people began naming the team after one of history's most effi- clent wrecking crews — the Van- dals. Before long. McCarty seized the name for the hoop team. And since 1921, Idaho athletes like Tom Stalick have been known as the “Vandals.” Came a tribe from the North brave and bold, Bearing banners of Silver and Gold; Tried and true to sub- due all their foes. Vandals. Vandals. Go, Vandals, go, Fight on with hearts true and gold Foes will fall before your Silver and Gold The victory cannnot be withheld from thee; Come on, you Vandals, go. Traditio 9

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dad ello. The greeting held more mean- ing than a simple saluta- tion when heard on the walkway below the Ad- ministration Building. For history, once again, was repeating itseif. Hello Walk, in the core of the campus. was not the only site of little- known but reoccurring Vandal traditions. From its historic buildings and sites to its nicknames and activities, the university swelled with trivial traditions. Here are a few of Idaho's best kept secrets: The Soldier Statue. The statue on the Ad- ministration Lawn was erected in honor of Ole Hagburg and Paul Draper, the first two UI students killed in the Spanish-American War. The statue depicts a soldier. standing at ease, Hourly Reminder. Since 1964. the David Carillion every hour. 7 melodies from such artists as the Beatles and the Carpenters can be heard. Every night at 10, the chimes play “Here We Have Idaho.” 8. Traditions and looking to the mountains. During the early 1970s, the soldier's arm and rifle were destroyed by students protesting the Vietnam war. In 1984, after years of neglect, the statue was removed and reconstructed by Bud Washburn. March 26, 1985 marked the rededication of the statue. According to legend, the soldier supposely winks each tíme a virgin passes by. Pajama Parade. Until 1977 students celebrated homecoming with a pajama parade. Dressed in wildly assorted bed clothes, stu- dent serpentined through campus and town on the eve of the Homecoming football game. Singing and shouting with pep band accompaniment, they marched through dorms, fraternities and sororities picking up recruits to at- tended the pep rally. Fight Song. In 1930 Morris O'Don- nelly wrote the words and music of the univer- sity's most spirited song — Go. Vandals, Go. The song was first presented by the freshman class that year at the song and stunt fesitval. Hall of the Presidents. The Hall of the Presidents is another name for the auditorium in the north wing of the Administration Building. A stained-glass window in the auditorium has been dedicated to each university president. The Ghost of Vandal Hall. A ghost apparently haunted the third floor of a dormitory formally located in the parking lot behind the Life Science Building. The hall was nicknamed ‘Vandal Hall!“ because of the many football players living there. Loser's Hike. Although the Vandals and WSU Cougars do not regularly play each other, the two schools, nevertheless, maintain- ed an athletic rivalry. When the Vandals and Cougs hooked up in the past, the losing universi- ty's student body presi- dent was forced to march the nine-mile stretch of road between Moscow and Pullman. @ The I's of Idaho. When built in 1952, the I Tower could hold enough water to quench the thrist of every resi- dent іп the state for several days. The tower was designed to make It nearly impossible for students to climb. Each “T” painted on the tank 15 20 feet high and 13 feet wide and can be seen from any point on campus.

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hrowing the first glob of ice at the annual Greek vs. GDI snowball fight has been a visible sign of stu- dent competition ever since the first frozen stone was cast years ago. And while the friendly feud between the different living groups may never be forgotten, members of the respective lifestyles have changed their com- petitive focus. For the most part, students buried their Greek GDI hatchets, and instead competed within their own ranks, as the letter bearers and gold shirt wearers have organized their own, ex- clusive weeks of living group competition. With GDI Week coinciding with Homecoming Week in September and Greek Week kicking off the first week of spring, campus competition was avail- able year-round. Independents geared up for the second annual GDI week by circulating order forms for yellow GDI T-shirts. More than 200 students ordered the shirts, which depicted a penguin similar to Opus from the Bloom County comic strip. Everything from scav- anger hunts to beer keg throwing contests were held as part of GDI week — a week its organizers designed to promote par- ticipation and coopera- tion within the living groups. You could really see that enthusiasm and par- ticipation were up, especially compared to last year, said Kim 1 O GDi week . Foster, area coordinator for the residence halls. Evidence of increased activity popped up the first day of competition, as 19 halls united to to tear the campus apart during the first GDI week event, the scavanger hunt. After combing the campus for items and Skits—ophrenic. Pi Phi Stacy Kirk dons ghastly makeup while awaiting to per- form in a Turtle Derby skit. answers to two special scavenger hunt ques tions, the teams re- assembled at the Capricorn Bar [or the next event, the beer chugging competition. Highlights for the rest of the week included a frisbee golf tournament, a pyramid building con- test and a skit competi- tion. A fun run held on Saturday marked the end of competition. After tallying the results of GDI Weck, first place winners Borah and Campbell halls won a cruise on Lake Coeur d'Alene. For a second place finish, Snow Hall won a pizza party. while third place finishers Nee- ly and Targhee halls won free movie nights for their efforts. GDI Week completed, campus competition cooled off as winter set in. As the snow melted during a spring break, however, a second com- petitive fire was sparked — this time for campus Greeks. Dampened by an early morning rainstorm, Greek Week took off at a turtle's pace thanks to the Phi Delta Theta Tur- tle Derby. The reptile race was held in an Elm Street intersection and drew an audience of more than 100 students and parents. A skit com- petition followed the derby. Highlights for the rest of the week included a Muscular Dystrophy bowl-a-thon, a Greek bake-off and an all Greek awards banquet. At the awards ban- quet, Sigma Chis Mike Trail and Paul AlLee received Greek Man and Greck Pledge of the Year awards. Alpha Phi Kristi Hanson garnished the Greek Woman of the Year title, while Kappa Kappa Gamma's Vicki Renfrow won the Greek Woman Pledge of the Year award. Marking an end to Greek Week and resi- dence halls competitions for the year was as a weekend tree and flower planting ceremony in the Shadock Arboredum. So the games were over, the last snowball had melted in the spring sun and the campus liv- ing group feud was call- ed a draw. @