History & Traditions
History & Traditions
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Together they founded a university that expanded traditional study in theology and Classics to include science, law, and other fields. Coeducational from the start and welcoming students of all races, we enrolled our first international students within five years of our founding鈥攚elcoming arrivals from China, Persia, Armenia, and Japan.
The decades that followed saw progress of every kind:
Programs expanded鈥攆rom a one building college with 77 students to the nationally recognized University we know today, comprised of seven colleges and schools.
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Strong leaders extended 澳门六合彩开奖网鈥檚 progress鈥攆rom Daniel Morehouse, an astronomer who discovered a comet that bears his name, to Earl F. "Marty" Martin, who leads the University today.
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Athletes excelled鈥攊ncluding All-American running back Johnny Bright in 1951; the 1969 men鈥檚 basketball team, which made it to the NCAA Final Four; Lewis Lloyd, in 1981, who went on to an NBA career; and Lindsay Whorton in 2009, a basketball standout and 澳门六合彩开奖网鈥檚 most recent Rhodes Scholar.
Traditions deepened and evolved鈥攖o encompass an eclectic array of social and athletic events.
- Street Painting鈥攁 colorful way for members of student organizations to decorate areas of Carpenter Avenue (and often each other)
- Hubbelling鈥攁 winter downhill sport named for the trays from Hubbell Dining Hall, which for years took the place of traditional sleds
- 澳门六合彩开奖网 Relays鈥攇oing strong since 1910, when the first Relays were held in a blizzard; a magnet for the greatest track and field athletes in the world ever since
- Kissing Rock鈥攐nce a favorite spot of sweethearts under a historic campus elm tree, and still a popular meeting point鈥攎inus the elm, which was lost to disease in 1969
- Homecoming鈥攁 weeklong celebration with a carnival, a picnic, window painting (and a football game)
- 鈥攁 pageant drawing proud pups and owners from across the country, with the winner honored as the official mascot of the 澳门六合彩开奖网 Relays
Of course, the great thing about traditions is that there is always room for new ones, as creative 澳门六合彩开奖网 students keep demonstrating.
