传统焦点:无边帽
(阿比林, Texas)–校友 of Hardin-Simmons University know that few things on the forty acres stand as strong as the school’s overwhelming love for tradition. 其中一个传统就是新生戴无边帽, a continuing method of marking new students and making it easier for upperclassmen to introduce themselves and share a few words of sage advice.
无檐小便帽限制
The first mention of freshman beanies at HSU is in a 1909 edition of 的控制, 一份来自大学的早期通讯, and each incoming class of the past century participated in the annual beanie capping. 在STAMPEDE的结尾, 大的迎新周, first-year students stand on the Behrens Auditorium stage while their STAMPEDE Wranglers place purple and gold caps on their heads while whispering various nonsensical phrases.
Several freshmen women laugh about how to properly wear a beanie at a lawn party thrown by Dr. 和夫人. 斯基尔斯1971年.
一旦所有的一年级学生都拿到了帽子, 他们听到了弗雷迪新生的故事, a fictional college first-year student who refuses to take part in any silly traditions or activities. Freddy struggles to make friends because he hides in his residence hall instead of going to campus events.
在他第一学期结束的时候, Freddy drops out of HSU because he hasn’t taken the opportunity to meet people and get plugged in on campus. 大一新生被警告了, “别像弗雷迪新生那样,” and are encouraged to wear their beanie with pride and to get involved as soon as possible.
The tradition is as treasured as is it odd on the Forty Acres, and it provides common ground for all students of Hardin-Simmons University. 仪式结束后, 新生们慢悠悠地走进梅比体育馆, where alumni wait to serve the students homemade ice cream and sign the caps of the incoming class.
徐氏小便帽
Though beanies are made in HSU purple and gold today, the notable headwear was green and yellow until 1959. The HSU insignia on the front is a newer addition, 也, as the front of the hats once included a stitched-on applique of the students’ graduation year. The switch to a uniform beanie-front came about in the early 1960s.
A group of first-year students receive their beanies during the beanie capping ceremony in 2005.
在过去的一个世纪里, 小便帽的造型可能变了, but the original purpose of the headwear remains. The bright green and yellow caps of the early 20th century marked freshman, 俗称“鱼”,”“黏液,或连用“slimy fish”,” so that upperclassmen could easily find and greet new students easily.
A second possible reason behind the green “Slime Caps” at a purple and gold school hides in an old edition of 的控制, which infers that President Sandefer lacked trust in his students if he could not see them. The article states that the brightly colored headgear allowed President Sandefer to monitor his new students both in and out of class.
珍贵的传统
Today, wearing a freshman beanie is strongly recommended, but optional. 在20世纪上半叶, first-year students had to wear the headwear each day until the annual All-School Picnic and were punished by upperclassmen for not wearing their caps. Students often were made to stand in a large metal jail cell on Anderson lawn or dumped in the old fountain near 穆迪学生中心 or the Reflection Pond.
A junior helps a freshman adjust her beanie in 1964.
Although the punishments were carried out in good fun, and many alumni cherish the memory of getting wet for forgetting their beanies, 随着时间的推移，惩罚的力度有所减缓. Sue to several catastrophic events of the early to mid-1900s, 比如第一次和第二次世界大战, HSU’s student body diversified and included more mature groups of non-traditional students who held different priorities than their younger first-year peers.
1954年春天, the student council presented the beanie tradition to the floor during one of their meetings. The council voted to make wearing beanies optional the following fall semester, but they still encouraged freshmen to wear their caps for the sake of school spirit.
