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COED TRADITION-COURTSHIP
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN A COED IS NOT REALLY
A COED UNTIL SHE HAS BEEN KISSED UNDER THE
ENGINEERING ARCH AT MIDNIGHT ON A FRIDAY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; COMMERCE SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 09-00-1965
AT WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, NO FEMALE STUDENT IS
OFFICIALLY A COED OF W.M.U. UNTIL SHE IS KISSED
UNDER A PARTICULAR LAMP ON EAST HALL ON EAST CAMPUS,
BY HER FAVORITE BEAU.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SALT SHAKER
IT SEEMS TO BE A CUSTOM FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO SIT
DOWN AT A TABLE FOR A MEAL AND, WHILE THEY'RE WAITING
FOR THEIR ORDERS TO COME, POUR SOME SALT CRYSTALS
ON THE TABLE AND THEN ATTEMPT TO BALANCE THE SALT
SHAKER ON THESE CRYSTALS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
HARD CIDER
WHEN I WAS AN UNDERGRADUATE AND LIVED IN A DORMITORY
EVERY FALL A GROUP OF THE FELLOWS AND MYSELF WOULD
MAKE A TREK OUT TO ONE OF THE CIDER MILLS JUST OUTSIDE
THE GREATER DETROIT AREA. IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE
GET FRESH, UNTREATED , NON-HOMOGENIZED CIDER, BECAUSE
WE INTENDED TO LET IT FERMENT OR "GET HARD." WE'D BRING
THE CIDER BACK BY THE GALLONS AND ADD A SMALL BOX OF
RAISINS TO EACH PLASTIC GALLON JUG. IN TWO WEEKS THAT
CIDER WOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CURL YOUR HAIR. WE
NEVER HID IT (IT WAS AGAINST UNIVERSITY REGULATIONS
TO HAVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN ONE'S ROOM). THE
DORM ADVISERS SAW IT BUT NEVER REALIZED HOW HARD IT WAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 04-04-1970
CELEBRATION
IN BOLOGNA, ITALY, THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
BOLOGNA CELEBRATE THE FESTA DEI MATRICOLI. ALL STUDENTS
WEAR AN ODDLY SHAPED HAT OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, DEPENDING
ON WHICH COLLEGE THEY ARE ATTENDING. THE COLLEGE OF
MEDICINE, FOR EXAMPLE, WEARS A RED HAT. THE CELEBRATION
IS MARKED BY A LOT OF DRINKING AND PRANKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
CUSTOM OF KEEPING A RECORD OF TEACHER'S ECCENTRIC
DURING AN E 325 STATICS CLASS, TERM I, 1967-68, BEFORE
I TRANSFERRED FROM ENGINEERING TO ACCOUNTING, 5 OF MY
FRIENDS AND I NOTICED THE ECCENTRIC PRONUNCIATIONS
WHICH OUR TEACHER, DR. ALBERT B. KU, USED WHILE
TEACHING. THE HARDER WE LISTENED, THE MORE INTERESTING
THE DEFORMATIONS OF THE WORDS BECAME SO WE DECIDED
TO WRITE THE WORDS DOWN IN A JOURNAL AS WE HEARD
THEM. WE ENTITLED THE JOURNAL "A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING
EXACTLY WHAT KU IS SAYING." AFTER THAT SEMESTER, WE
COPIED THE JOURNAL AND SPLIT UP DUE TO TRANSFERS. NOW
WE COLLECT OTHER TEACHERS' ECCENTRIC PRONUNCIATIONS,
AND WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER, WE SWAP ENTRIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MANY YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A PRESIDENT OF A UNIVERSITY
(OR SOMETIMES IT IS A DEAN OR A PROFESSOR) WHO HAD A
LITTLE DOG NAMED PEDRO. JUST BEFORE FINALS, THE LITTLE
DOG DISAPPEARED. THE PRESIDENT WAS VERY UPSET AND
APPEALED TO THE STUDENTS TO HELP FIND THE DOG. HE
SAID IF PEDRO WAS FOUND, EXAMS WOULD BE CANCELLED AS
A REWARD. SO NATURALLY, THE STUDENTS WENT AROUND
SHOUTING, 'PEDRO! PEDRO!' THEY STILL DO IT BEFORE
EXAMS HOPING THAT SOMEHOW THE EXAMS WILL BE CANCELLED.
(AT BERKELY COLLEGE, CALIF.)
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; BERKELEY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
"PEDRO WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN SANSKRIT AND WAS DOING
HIS THESIS ON A PARTICULAR WORK IN SANSKRIT; MORE
PARTICULARLY, HE WAS DOING IT ON A PARTICULAR
SENTENCE IN THIS WORK, EVEN MORE PARTICULARLY, HE WAS
WRITING ON A PARTICULAR PAST PARTICIPLE IN THIS
SENTENCE AND HOW THIS PAST PARTICIPLE IS CONJUGATED.
HIS THESIS WAS REJECTED, HOWEVER, FOR BEING TOO
GENERAL, SO NOW PEDRO LIVES IN THE CAMPANILE ABOVE
THE BELLS AND STUDENTS CALL FOR HIM DURING FINALS
BECAUSE HE IS MAD AT THE ADMINISTRATION AND IS ONLY
TOO GLAD TO HELP THE STUDENTS."
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
AT BERKELEY UNIVERSITY, THE STUDENTS CAN BE HEARD
CALLING "PEDRO" AROUND EXAM TIME. THE REASON:
"PEDRO IS A MYTHICAL CHARACTER WHO ONCE IN THE
REMOTE PAST EITHER STOLE ALL THE EXAMS FROM THE
PROFESSORS OR DID SOMETHING ELSE WHICH PREVENTED
EXAMS FROM BEING GIVEN. THE STUDENTS ARE CALLING
FOR PEDRO TO COME AGAIN."
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
HANDING OUT THE DIPLOMAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GRADUATION TRADITION
BEFORE GRADUATION THE STUDENT WILL WEAR THE TOSSEL
ON HIS LEFT SIDE OF THE CAP AND AFTER GRADUATION
THE STUDENT WILL WEAR THE TOSSEL ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
Where learned: HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
BEFORE GRADUATION, AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT THE COLLEGE,
THE SENIORS PASS LAUREL WREATHES AND TORCHES TO THE
JUNIORS, WHICH SYMBOLIZES LEARNING AND TRUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT GRADUATION EXERCISES, THE
LENGTHY LINE OF STUDENTS RECEIVING DIPLOMAS PRODUCES
FIRST CLASS BOREDOM, SO PRIOR TO THE EXERCISES, THE
STUDENT BODY SELECTS SEVERAL NAMES FROM AMONG THE
PROSPECTIVE GRADUATES. WHEN THESE NAMES ARE CALLED
DURING THE CEREMONY, THE STUDENTS STAND AND CHEER.
THIS HELPS RELIEVE THE MONOTONY.
Submitter comment: SISTER WAS TOLD THIS BY UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT STUDENTS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AIR FORCE TRADITION
THE MAN WHO IS THE LOWEST IN HIS CLASS AT THE UNITED
STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY, MUST PASS HIS HAT AMONG
HIS CLASSMATES AND COLLECT $1.00 FROM EACH ONE, RIGHT
AFTER THE GRADUATION CEREMONY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
TRADITION ON CAMPUS
IN ORDER TO BECOME A CO-ED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN,
YOU MUST FIRST BE KISSED UNDER THE ARCHWAY GOING INTO
THE LAW QUAD. NO GIRL CAN WALK UNDER THIS ARCHWAY
BY HERSELF UNLESS SHE HAS ALREADY BEEN KISSED.
Submitter comment: A TRADITIONAL SAYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- P527 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
BETWEEN THE BRIGGS BUILDING AND THE COMMERCE & FINANCE
BUILDING ON THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT CAMPUS, IS A
TALL ELM KNOWN AS "THE THETA PHI TREE." DURING THE
LAST WEEK OF THE PLEDGING PERIOD OF THETA PHI ALPHA
SORORITY, THE PLEDGES STAND BEANEATH THIS TREE WITH
LARGE BLUE BOWS IN THEIR HAIR AND SING SONGS ABOUT THE
SORORITY WHICH THEY HAVE WRITTEN. THIS CUSTOM HAS
PREVAILED SINCE THE CHAPTER WAS FOUNDED IN 1951.
THIS TRADITION FIRST BECAME KNOWN TO ME WHEN A FRIEND
PLEDGED THETA PHI ALPHA AND HAD TO SING BENEATH THE
TREE. LATER, I MYSELF PLEDGED AND ALSO CARRIED OUT
THIS CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
DELTA ZETA MAN
THIS IS A SORORITY CUSTOM. "D-Z MAN" IS A BOY KNOWN
BY THE GIRLS IN DELTA ZETA SORORITY. HE IS CHOSEN TO
REPRESENT DZ IN ANY CAMPUS ELECTIONS THAT WOULD
REQUIRE A BOY TO BE RUN BY AN ORGANIZATION.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A CUSTOM IN DELTA ZETA SORORITY OF WHICH SHE
IS A MEMBER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
UGLY MAN
THIS IS A CAMPUS TRADITION WHEREIN EACH SORORITY OR
GIRLS' ORGANIZATION RUNS A BOY FOR UGLY MAN. THE
MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION COLLECT MONEY IN
CANNISTERS AND EACH PENNY COUNTS A VOTE AND THE
CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST MONEY WINS. HIS ORGANIZATION
CONTRIBUTES ALL THE MONEY TO THEIR FAVORITE CHARITY.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A CAMPUS TRADITION AND IS PRACTICED IN DELTA
ZETA OF WHICH SHE IS A MEMBER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
VIA THE TUNNELS
THE INFORMANT RELATES A STORY ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF
DETROIT MCNICHOLS CAMPUS WHEN IT WAS YOUNG. IN TIMES
OF BAD WEATHER, BOTH FACULTY AND STUDENTS WOULD TRAVEL
FROM ONE BUILDING TO ANOTHER BY THE WAY OF THE STEAM
TUNNELS.
LATELY, THIS HASN'T BEEN DONE. IS IT BECAUSE OUR WEATHER
IS MILDER OR DO WE HAVE STURDIER STUDENTS AND MORE
SNOW SHOVELS?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 03-15-1967
ST. JOSEPH CUPERTINO
THIS INFORMANT RELATED THE PRACTICE OF STUDENTS
WHO HAVE STUDIED FOR ONLY PART OF AN EXAM, PRAYING
TO ST. JOSEPH CUPERTINO, SO THAT ONLY THOSE
QUESTIONS THAT A PERSON KNOWS WILL BE ASKED ON THE
FORTHCOMING EXAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 03-15-1967