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By Melanie Wilder November 9, at pm. Podcasts Videos Galleries D. A report in "The Syracusan" in said the decision was "predicated upon the historical affinity that once existed between the Colony of New York and the House of Orange" Holland. A issue of the Alumni News said orange was chosen because it is "symbolic of the golden apples of Hesperia, of the glory of the sunrise, and of hopes of a golden future.
It is the hue of strength, vigor and confidence. With their official color of orange, the first Syracuse University football teams in the s were called "The Orioles. The Orange as a reference to sports teams has been consistently used since the color was officially adopted.
Perhaps the earliest reference to "The Orange" appears in a football program to a Syracuse-Colgate game. Underneath the scorecard, there is an advertisement for Clark's Music Store, S.
Salina St. It adds, "Hurrah for the Orange. He came along in after a Syracuse victory over Colgate. A story in the Daily Orange in reported that Harry Lee, an SU freshman in , made himself famous by creating "Bill Orange, " a personification of the average Syracusan. He made up words and music for his creature, then found another student to put his idea to song. Lee never explained how he concocted the name except that "Bill just seemed to go with Orange.
The doll, about 3 feet long, was swung around in the air by its arms or legs and occasionally tossed onto the field to the cheers of students. Hatton gave the doll to her niece, Marsha Parks, who loved to hear her aunt's stories of students wearing "huge beaver coats to keep warm and carrying a Bill Orange" doll to games.
The Saltine Warrior was SU's mascot between and The warrior's saga began as an early century song. The words were written by Samuel E. The name derived from an article describing an archaeological dig on campus allegedly uncovering the artifacts of a Native American warrior.
The warrior was called the "Saltine Warrior" because of the abundant salt deposits in the Syracuse, New York area. The article was later revealed to be a hoax, but the mascot remained for next four decades. In the mids, the father of a Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity brother owned a cheerleading camp. He made a Saltine Warrior costume for his son to wear at Syracuse football games. Thus began a nearly forty-year tradition of Lambda Chi brothers serving as the university's mascot.
In , the Saltine Warrior was banned by the university as part of the national movement to eliminate Native American motifs, becoming one of the first colleges to do so. The mascot briefly morphed into a Roman warrior, but was eventually replaced unofficially in by a giant, cartoon-style Orange.
Nickname Orange - Syracuse used to be known as the Orangemen prior to a Nike-led change in Syracuse officials made the switch from Orangemen to Orange in after two years of consulting with Nike regarding the school's desire to re-brand its athletic teams.
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Podcasts Videos Galleries D. By The Daily Orange staff October 28, at pm. About Contact. By Gabe Stern. Top Stories Football SU blows chance to become bowl eligible in error-plagued loss to Louisville By Roshan Fernandez November 13, Syracuse missed an opportunity to become bowl eligible in a thrashing at the hands of Louisville.
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