| Purdue Traditions |
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 The Old Oaken Bucket is the one of the oldest football trophies in the nation awarded to the victor of the annual Purdue-Indiana University football game. Each year, the winning team receives the bucket and adds another bronze initial link to the long chain dangling from the handle. The bucket appeared in 1925, when the alumni of both schools decided that there should be some kind of tangible relic of the rivalry that had always existed. A shiny new pail from a Chicago mail order house was obtained and traded for a moss-covered one hanging in a well on the old Bruner farm between Kent and Hanover, Indiana. It has been rumored that the legendary Morgan Raiders camped near the Bruner farm during their Civil War raids through Indiana, and as legend has it, General Morgan and his officers took delight in quenching their thirst from the now famous bucket. When acquired in 1925, the bucket was green-coated and some of the staves showed signs of decay, but it was repaired and taken to Bloomington, the side of the game that year. It has twelve staves and four copper rings. Through and including 2005 football games, there are 53 P's, 25 I's, and 3 IP's.
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| Songs & Cheers |
As you may know by now, Purdue is rich in pride and tradition. The following is a sampling of the various songs and cheers heard throughout campus that make our University stand out from the rest.
Hail Purdue
Verse 1:
To your call once more we rally;
Alma Mater, hear our praise.
Where the Wabash spreads its valley;
Filled with joy our voices raise.
From the skies in swelling echoes;
Come the cheers that tell the tale,
Of your vict'ries and your heroes,
Hail Purdue! We sing all Hail!
Chorus:
Hail, Hail to Old Purdue!
All Hail to our Old Gold and Black!
Hail, Hail to Old Purdue!
Our friendship may she never lack;
Ever grateful, ever true,
Thus we raise our song anew
Of the days we've spent with you;
All hail our own Purdue!
Verse 2:
When in after years we're turning,
Alma Mater back to you.
May our hearts with love be yearning
For the scenes of Old Purdue.
Back among your pathways winding
Let us see what lies before,
Fondest hopes and aim ever finding,
While we sing of days of yore.
Chorus
The Purdue Hymn
Close by the Wabash
In famed Hoosierland,
Stands Old Purdue
Serene and grand,
Cherished in memory,
By all her sons and daughters true.
Fair Alma Mater,
All hail Purdue,
Fairest in all the land,
Our own Purdue.
Back Home Again in Indiana
Back home again in Indiana
And it seems that I can see
The gleaming candle light
Still shining bright
Through the sycamores for me!
The new mown hay
Sends all its fragrance
From the fields I used to roam.
When I dream about the moonlight
On the Wabash
Then I long for my Indiana home.
AG Cheer
Hogs, corn, cattle, hay
Liquid ammonia, NPK
Protein concentrate, supplement A.
Rams, lambs, wethers, ewes,
P-forks, scoopshovels, YEA PURDUE!!! |
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