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Show Former Traditions ?Shortly after 1900 class rivalry became so intense that some men almost died for their class. It had become traditional for the lower classes to strive to see which could put class numerals on the smokestack first and keep them there. For years this had been the custom, however, battling became so intense that the final painting was done in a sixty-mile an hour gale with the classmen suspended from ropes fighting for first numerals. Because this battle practically killed a number of the men, the university officials decided that the custom must cease and as a result the classes together placed the great MU" on the hill. A great tradition has evolved into an even greater onel "Traditional was the sight which formerly greeted the eye of everyone on the spot on which now stands the Union Building and Kingsbury Hall. This spot was reserved for the pasture of the cow of the dean of women. ? Not too long ago it was traditional that the entire student body was excused from school to attend the Mormon Conference. Two Hundred Thirty |
