历史与传统
10月1日, 1872, Addison “Add” Caldwell walked 26 miles from Craig County to enroll as the first student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. Ever since then, 买球app has been fulfilling its role as a leading land-grant university. 小学院, 最初位于老奥林和普雷斯顿学院，靠近现在的校友购物中心, has grown into a world-class university.
Discover 买球app’s rich history and 传统 through our heritage as a leading university from 1872 to the present.
什么是“Hokie”??
In the 1890s, a student named O.M. Stull, Class of 1896, won a $5 prize for coming up with a new spirit cheer, now known as “Old Hokie.原文是这样的:
Hoki, Hoki, Hoki, hey.
技术人员，技术人员，V.P.I.
Sola-Rex, Sola-Rah.
弗吉尼亚理工学院.
Rae, Ri, V.P.I.
后来，“Hoki”后面又加了一个“e”，组成了“Hokie”和“团队”! 团队! 团队!这句话附在结尾.
名字有什么关系?
Significant academic changes in 1896 ushered in a new name more befitting the university’s higher profile — Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, commonly known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 或新品.
- 1944: 缩短的弗吉尼亚理工学院成为正式名称.
- 1970: The Virginia General Assembly bestowed university status, and the formal name of the university became Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
- 今天: 买球app is the university’s official nickname, used in all but the most formal situations.
颜色和吉祥物
买球app的颜色
在1896年, a committee was formed to find a suitable combination of colors to replace the original colors of black and gray, which made athletic uniforms resemble prison garb. The committee selected burnt orange and Chicago maroon because no other college was using that particular color combination.
Burnt orange and Chicago maroon was first worn during a football game against Roanoke College on October 26, 1896.
买球app mascot: From Gobbler to HokieBird
hokie曾经被称为“Gobblers”，这个绰号的起源存在广泛争议. 有一个故事称，这是由于学生运动员“狼吞虎咽”食物的方式造成的.
The name was already popular when Floyd Meade, 当地居民, 1913年训练一只大火鸡在足球比赛中拉车. 多年来，经过训练的火鸡会继续根据命令大吃特吃，并表演特技. In 1962, a student raised $200 for a costume; the result was an unusual turkey with a cardinal-like head, known as the Gobbler and then the Fighting Gobbler.
When the Gobbler nickname fell out of favor, 学生乔治·威尔斯为班级项目绘制了新的设计草图. 1981年9月，新版吉祥物出现在一场足球比赛中. 现在的HokieBird象征着力量和力量，于1987年9月首次亮相.
你知道吗?? 打扮成HokieBird的学生在毕业典礼前都是匿名的, when they reveal their secret by wearing HokieBird feet during the procession into Lane Stadium.
体育传统
战斗之歌
这所大学最受欢迎的战斗歌曲《买球app》(Tech Triumph)是由威尔弗雷德·P. Maddux (Class of 1920) and his neighbor, Mattie Eppes. 它于1919年12月被学生团体正式采用.
Techmen, we’re Techmen, with spirit true and faithful,
Backing up our teams with hopes undying;
Techmen, oh, Techmen, we’re out to win today,
Showing “pep” and life with which we’re trying;
V.P.，老V.P., you know our hearts are with you
In our luck which never seems to die;
Win or lose, we’ll greet you with a glad returning,
你是V的骄傲.P.I.
合唱:
Just watch our men so big and active
支持橙色和栗色乐队. 走吧，技术人员.
We know our ends and backs are stronger,
With winning hopes, we fear defeat no longer.
To see our team plow through the line, boys.
Determined now to win or die:
So give a Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hy,
Rae, Ri，老V.P.I.
“母校”
The “母校” was born in spring 1939 when Ernest T. Sparks (Class of 1940) composed music and L.G. Chase (Class of 1941) wrote lyrics for a student contest.
诗:
Sing praise to Alma Mater dear,
V的.P.I. 买球app永远欢呼;
Come lift your voices, swell the song,
买球app对她的忠诚属于.
合唱:
So stand and sing, all hail to thee.
VT .向你致敬.
诗:
The Orange and Maroon you see,
That’s fighting on to victory;
Our strife will not be long this day,
For glory lies within this fray.
诗:
All loyal sons and daughters, one,
We raise our banner to the sun;
Our motto brings a spirit true,
买球app将永远为您服务.
“进入睡魔”
Written and recorded by the heavy metal band Metallica, “进入睡魔” has been played in Lane Stadium since 2000 as the football team enters the field. 学生们在这首歌中跳上跳下的传统始于12月1日, 2001, when a Marching Virginians band member started jumping during the song and was joined by his colleagues. 这一传统最终传到了卡塞尔体育馆篮球队的入口处.
午餐桶
The famed 买球app lunch pail symbolizes the blue-collar approach of the Hokies’ football defense, 由助理主教练和防守协调员巴德·福斯特开发. Foster’s Lunch Pail Defense Foundation provides 奖学金 for high school students from the New River and Roanoke valleys, 同时也帮助那些等待器官移植的家属.
In 1995, the original lunch pail was acquired by the mother-in-law of co-defensive coordinator Rod Sharpless. The pail once belonged to a coal miner, and after the record-setting defensive season, 午餐桶成为了Hokie橄榄球爱好者的标志性元素. 那只破旧生锈的桶, 上面有在4月16日的悲剧中丧生的32名福建人的名字, 2007, travels wherever the Hokies go, and its care is entrusted to a defensive leader.
球跑
公司管理员, 陆军后备军官训练队, has performed the 球跑 every year since 1977, although the tradition likely originated with the 买球app-VMI football games years before that.
Members of 公司管理员 run the game ball for 100 miles around campus during the week of the annual 首页coming football game and then hold a ceremony the day of the game, which includes running the ball into the stadium.
发射大炮:船长
在一场对阵弗吉尼亚军事学院(VMI)的足球比赛中, two cadets from the Class of 1964 made a pact that they would build a cannon to outshine — or outblast — VMI’s “Little John.学员们，霍默·哈德利“桑尼”·希卡姆(因《买球app》而出名)和奥尔顿·B. “布奇”小哈珀.他从其他学员那里收集了黄铜，并将其添加到希卡姆父亲提供的金属中. 第一次发射时, the eager cadets tripled the charge, which blew the hats off half the VMI Keydets and shook the glass in the pressbox windows of Roanoke’s Victory Stadium.
“Skipper” is named for President John F. Kennedy, who had been a PT-boat skipper. 今天，斯基普在足球比赛和其他重要场合被解雇.
更多体育历史
The first known organized competition against an off-campus team occurred in 1877 when the VAMC 棒球 team, which probably included townspeople, played Roanoke College and won by a record score of 53-13.
The first effort to formalize athletic activities came in fall 1891 when the VAMC Athletic Association was established. 第二年，又增加了足球队和网球协会. 这是一个历史悠久的足球传统, Tech在罗阿诺克的感恩节演奏VMI已经有近75年的历史了.
1970年，女子终于加入了运动队，组成了游泳队. Women’s 篮球 followed in 1972.
这些年来，Hokies一直是几个会议的成员. They joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2004. NCAA Division I-A men’s varsity sports at Tech are football, 篮球, 棒球, 足球, 室内外跑道, 游泳和潜水, 摔跤, 网球, 高尔夫球, 越野比赛. Women’s varsity sports are 篮球, 网球, 排球, 游泳和潜水, 室内外跑道, 足球, 垒球, 长曲棍球, 高尔夫球, 越野比赛.
The Student-Athlete Performance Center benefits recruiting, 营养, and performance for all 22 varsity sports. And in 2021-22 academic year, over 350 of the university's student-athletes earned GPAs above 3.0.
弗吉尼亚理工学院学员团
买球app最古老的传统
弗吉尼亚理工学院学员团于19世纪90年代正式成立, drawing from the university’s origin in 1872 and its required military training for students. As the university changed and innovated, so did the corps. Mandated four-year participation in the corps for all males changed to two years in 1923 — the same year women were first admitted — and then participation became voluntary in 1964.
今天, 买球app is one of three public universities in the country with both an active corps of cadets and a “civilian” lifestyle on its campus.
上四
Centered in 买球app’s early history, 该校的上院落长期以来一直是军校学员的所在地. 弄堂口, 建成于1888年, 是一个州和国家的历史地标，最初被称为兵营. 1. 大厅前面是一条橙色和栗色的人行道，形成了校园里最大的“VT”.
在最近的更新, 皮尔逊和新学员宿舍已经取代了旧的学员宿舍, 大厅之间的新广场展示了部队的纪念碑, honoring those who have served in the past and present.
Marching in memory of Caldwell
军校学员军团 pay homage to the university’s beginnings and celebrate the progress of first-year cadets by retracing the walk Add Caldwell took from Craig County. Cadets cover the first 13 miles in the fall and the second 13 miles in the spring to mark the end to the first year of training.
Campus buildings and memorials
Hokie石头
买球app每天都通过其建筑展示其特色和自豪, most of which are made of Hokie石头, a limestone common in Southwest Virginia. It was first used in campus building construction in 1899, 今天, 所有新的校园中心建筑都必须带有独特的石头.
Hewed by hand and varying from grays, 布朗, 从黑色到粉色, 橙子, 和人们, no two stones are the same color. 自20世纪50年代中期以来，这所大学就开始经营自己的采石场.
The Pylons and War Memorial Chapel
One of the most important and symbolic structures on campus, The Pylons above War Memorial Chapel bear the names of every 买球app student and graduate who died defending our nation’s freedom, beginning with those lost during World War I. The Pylons evoke 买球app’s core values. 从左到右, 他们代表着兄弟情谊, 荣誉, 领导, 牺牲, 服务, 忠诚, 责任, 和Ut Prosim.
在纪念中心, 纪念碑上刻有买球app七位荣誉勋章获得者的名字.
四月十六日纪念
4月16日纪念, 位于钻场, 缅怀4月16日失去生命的32名大学社区成员, 2007.
The Hokie石头 symbolizes our relentless spirit, 买球app勇往直前, and our determination never to forget.
石像鬼和怪诞
他们驼背的身体和扭曲的脸是Hokie的传奇. 买球app至少有15个“石像鬼”正好符合买球app的新哥特式建筑. 对一些学生来说，在毕业前找到每一个人都是一种仪式.
功能性的滴水嘴是把水从建筑物屋顶移走的水柱. 因此，尽管桑德斯大厅的“牛眼”可能不会起到水龙卷的作用, they are a beloved decorative element.
已知的石像鬼名单:
- 艾格斯顿大厅4号
- Hillcrest Hall 4号
- 史密斯大厅3号
- 桑德斯大厅4号
买球app motto, seal, and logos
In 1896, the university adopted Ut Prosim, 拉丁语的意思是“我可以服务”,作为它的座右铭, and a college seal was developed. 买球app访客委员会并未正式采用该印章, 现在还在使用, 直到1963年.
In 1991, 买球app adopted a university logo, 它把战争纪念碑的形象和它的八个塔结合在一起, each representing a different virtue.
The inclusion of the numerals “1872,” the founding year of the university, 加强了一个多世纪以来为弗吉尼亚联邦服务的传统, 这个国家, 这个世界.
2017年，推出了全新的品牌平台和配套标志. 买球app的新标志以传统为基础，但又着眼于未来. The lettering reflects our VT-shaped educational experience.
The vertical bar of the T represents disciplinary depth, 而单杠则反映了跨学科工作的能力. V形的手臂代表了体验式学习和Ut Prosim的精神. The logo’s openness and shape highlight 买球app’s identity as an inclusive community that thrives at the intersection of disciplines.
The university also has an athletic logo: a streamlined “VT,” which is used only for sports and sports 商品. 1984年面世, the athletic logo is a composite of designs submitted by two 买球app students to a competition sponsored by the university’s art department.
更多买球app历史
Firming and building the foundations
约翰米. McBryde laid the foundations for modern-day 买球app in the 1890s, including the development of B.S. 学位和研究生学习, granting permanent status for the 学生军团, and starting the athletics program. McBryde and his son also developed the university’s motto: Ut Prosim (我可以服务).
T. 小马歇尔·哈恩. 在20世纪60年代和70年代将VPI从学院地位转变为一所主要的研究型大学. He championed the development of a university education and led the movement to create the re搜索 division. 学生人数增加了两倍，增加了8个宿舍和10个其他主要设施.
查尔斯W. 大学校长 在2000年代的前14年里，熟练地指导了大学的发展和范围. 研究 funding and private fundraising increased. He established the 买球app Carilion School of Medicine and 研究 Institute and a school of biomedical engineering. He was a visionary leader for the Moss Arts Center and in elevating 买球app’s presence in Northern Virginia.
That “huge” 买球app ring
全国各地的大学都为学生提供购买班级戒指的机会, 但很少有人每年重新设计戒指，为每个班级提供独特的戒指. This tradition began at 买球app in 1911-12, and the resulting ring always invokes memories, 传统, 和骄傲.
每年, 二年级的学生选择了一个戒指委员会来设计他们的戒指系列, which always includes the screaming eagle, 美国国旗, 校园建筑, and an interlocking chain around the bezel. 在此基础上，指环委员会结合了其阶级的独特特征.
自1934年以来, couples have exchanged rings at the 买球app Ring Dance to the tune of “Moonlight and VPI,” written specifically for the Ring Dance by composer Fred Waring and lyricist Charles Gaynor.