Air Force. To commemorate Veterans Day, wreaths will be placed in Memorial Court and Memorial Auditorium, along with a letter from President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, to honor members of the university community who have served or are serving in the U. Armed Forces. Stanford News is a publication of Stanford University Communications. Stanford , California Skip to content. Menu Search form Search term. April 11, Retired Stanford Trees have found a home in Green Library The Stanford Tree, which began life as a spoof on mascots by the Stanford Band, made its first appearance during a Big Game halftime program in Facebook Twitter Email.
By Kathleen J. Sullivan In a small, climate-controlled room in the basement of Green Library, Stanford University Archives has created a nature preserve for the Stanford Trees that once skipped, twirled and leapt to the beat of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band. Boston College football game. Stanford University Archives has amassed , photographs of the Band, including many of its Trees. Cicero Chuck Armstrong performs his trademark dance one last time as a student following the Commencement ceremony, accompanied by the Stanford Band and the Dollies, its dance team.
Cicero Before he became a professor teaching of microbiology and immunology at Stanford Medicine, Bob Siegel was a Stanford Tree Siegel, who inherited the original costume from the first Tree, has refurbished the costume over the decades. He still slips into the costume a couple times a year for campus events, as in this photo taken during the Reunion Homecoming with Rachel Aumann, assistant dean of students.
The Tree now lives in a climate-controlled room in Green Library, along with 10 other retired Trees. Called — appropriately — the Stanford Tree, it is the official mascot of the band and the unofficial mascot of the university. The university has never settled on an official mascot. A coast redwood Sequoia sempervirens appears on the municipal seal of the city, and there is also one on the official seal of Stanford University.
Perhaps this is the source of inspiration. Apparently students and administrators have been disagreeing about what the mascot for the school should be ever since , when their team name was changes from the Indians to the Cardinal. Since , Stanford has been known as the Cardinal. Stanford was known as the "Indians" from As for the mascot, Stanford does not officially have one. Below is a brief history of the nickname, the mascot and the school colors:.
The Nickname : The nickname for Stanford is the Cardinal — in reference to one of the school colors and is therefore in the singular. While Stanford did not have an official nickname, the day after the Big Game local newspapers picked up the "cardinal" theme and used it in the headlines. Stanford did not have an "official" nickname until Indians was adopted in For years prior, the Indian had been part of the Stanford athletic tradition.
Whatever the origin, it was accepted by sportswriters and gradually gained wide recognition. Stanford officially adopted the Indian nickname on Nov. The Indian had long been considered the symbol of Stanford before the official vote, although its origins are only speculation.
The resolution that was passed read: "Whereas the Indian has long been unofficially recognized as the symbol of Stanford and its spirit, and whereas there has never been any official designation of a Stanford symbol, be it hereby resolved that the Executive Committee adopt the Indian as the symbol of Stanford.
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