Editing Stanford University (section)

=== Traditions ===
*{{anchor|Hail, Stanford, Hail!}}"Hail, Stanford, Hail!" is the Stanford hymn sometimes sung at ceremonies or adapted by the various university singing groups. It was written in 1892 by mechanical engineering professor Albert W. Smith and his wife, Mary Roberts Smith (in 1896 she earned the first Stanford doctorate in economics and later became associate professor of sociology), but was not officially adopted until after a performance on campus in March 1902 by the [[Mormon Tabernacle Choir]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=39027 |title=Century at Stanford |author=Karen Bartholomew |publisher=Alumni.stanford.edu |date=March–April 2002 |access-date=August 22, 2014 |archive-date=April 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404160401/https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=39027 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.stanford.edu/Assets/StanfordHymn.pdf |title=Hail, Stanford Hail! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202095506/http://music.stanford.edu/Assets/StanfordHymn.pdf |archive-date=February 2, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Big Game (American football)|Big Game]]: The central football rivalry between Stanford and [[California Golden Bears football|UC Berkeley]]. First played in 1892, and for a time played by the universities' rugby teams, it is one of the oldest college rivalries in the United States.
*The [[Stanford Axe]]: A trophy earned by the winner of Big Game, exchanged only as necessary. The axe originated in 1899 when Stanford yell leader Billy Erb wielded a lumberman's axe to inspire the team. Stanford lost, and the Axe was stolen by Berkeley students following the game. In 1930, Stanford students staged an elaborate heist to recover the Axe. In 1933, the schools agreed to exchange it as a prize for winning Big Game. As of 2021, a restaurant centrally located on Stanford's campus is named "The Axe and Palm" in reference to the Axe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanford Stories from the Archives: Student Traditions |date=<!--undated exhibit--> |publisher=Stanford Libraries |url=https://exhibits.stanford.edu/stanford-stories/feature/student-traditions |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref>
*Big Game Gaieties: In the week ahead of Big Game, a 90-minute original musical (written, composed, produced, and performed by the students of Ram's Head Theatrical Society) is performed in Memorial Auditorium.<ref>{{cite web |title=The History of Big Game Gaieties |work=Ram's Head Theatrical Society |url=http://ramshead.stanford.edu/gaietieshistory.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215134746/http://ramshead.stanford.edu/gaietieshistory.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 15, 2012 |access-date=October 5, 2013}} The Big Game Gaieties started in 1911 (when the Big Game was rugby) but did not acquire its present name until the 1920s when it also became part of Ram's Head. The tradition was dormant from 1968 until revived in 1976 and has run ever since.</ref>
*[[Full Moon on the Quad]]: An annual event at [[Main Quad (Stanford University)|Main Quad]], where students gather to kiss one another starting at midnight. Typically organized by the junior class cabinet, the festivities include live entertainment, such as music and dance performances.<ref name="Stanford Daily traditions">{{cite news |title=Top 10: Traditional Events |date=January 17, 2014 |author=<!--not stated--> |newspaper=The Stanford Daily |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2014/01/17/top-10-traditional-events/ |access-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820210158/https://www.stanforddaily.com/2014/01/17/top-10-traditional-events/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*The [[Stanford Marriage Pact]]: An annual [[matchmaking]] event where thousands of students complete a questionnaire about their values and are subsequently matched with the best person for them to make a "marriage pact" with.<ref>{{cite podcast |last1=Mayyasi |first1=Alex |last2=Gonzalez |first2=Sarah |title=The Marriage Pact |website=[[NPR]] |publisher=[[Planet Money]] |date=March 5, 2021 |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972943944/the-marriage-pact |access-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818215915/https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972943944/the-marriage-pact |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Garcia |first=Sarah |title=The Kids Are Making 'Marriage Pacts' to Distract Themselves From Doom |date=May 19, 2021 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/style/marriage-pact-college-stanford.html |access-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-date=July 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720171649/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/style/marriage-pact-college-stanford.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ramgopal |first=Kit |title=Inside the Stanford Marriage Pact |date=February 19, 2019 |newspaper=The Stanford Daily |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2019/02/19/inside-the-stanford-marriage-pact/ |access-date=August 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sass |first=Roxy |title=Ask Roxy Sass: Marriage Pact edition |date=November 22, 2020 |newspaper=The Stanford Daily |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/11/22/ask-roxy-sass-marriage-pact-edition/ |access-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818220621/https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/11/22/ask-roxy-sass-marriage-pact-edition/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Fountain Hopping: At any time of year, students tour Stanford's main campus fountains to dip their feet or swim in some of the university's 25 fountains.<ref name="Stanford Daily traditions" /><ref>{{cite news |title=A fountain hopper's guide to Stanford |last=Coca |first=Richard |date=April 23, 2019 |newspaper=The Stanford Daily |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2019/04/23/a-fountain-hoppers-guide-to-stanford/ |access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref><ref name="official traditions">{{cite web |title=Student Life: Traditions |date=February 1, 2021 |publisher=Stanford Facts |url=https://facts.stanford.edu/campuslife/ |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref>
*Mausoleum Party: An annual [[Halloween]] party at the [[Stanford Mausoleum]], the final resting place of [[Leland Stanford Jr.]] and his parents. A 20-year tradition, the Mausoleum party was on hiatus from 2002 to 2005 due to a lack of funding, but was revived in 2006.<ref name="Stanford Daily traditions" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/janfeb/red/mausoleum.html |title=A Party to Die For |date=January–February 2007 |work=Stanford Magazine |publisher=Stanford Alumni Association |last=Chien |first=Jennifer |access-date=November 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103192446/http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/janfeb/red/mausoleum.html |archive-date=November 3, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2008, it was hosted in Old Union rather than at the actual Mausoleum, because rain prohibited generators from being rented.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Banerjee |first1=Devin |title=Mausoleum Party is a go: Regardless of rain, the party set for Old Union |url=http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford20081031-01.2.9 |access-date=March 19, 2016 |work=Stanford Daily |issue=31 |volume=234 |page=3 |date=October 31, 2008}}</ref> In 2009, after fundraising efforts by the Junior Class Presidents and the ASSU Executive, the event was able to return to the Mausoleum despite facing budget cuts earlier in the year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford20091007-01.2.4 |title=Mausoleum: next to die? |work=Stanford Daily |last=Feliciano |first=Cassandra |date=October 7, 2009 |page=1 |volume=236 |issue=14 |access-date=March 18, 2016 |archive-date=August 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822004642/http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford20091007-01.2.4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Wacky Walk: At commencement, graduates forgo a more traditional entrance and instead stride into Stanford Stadium in a large procession wearing wacky costumes.<ref name="official traditions" /><ref>{{cite web |title=How do you explain Stanford's Wacky Walk? |date=June 8, 2018 |publisher=Stanford News Service |url=https://news.stanford.edu/2018/06/08/wacky-walk/ |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref>
*Steam Tunneling: Stanford has a network of underground brick-lined tunnels that conduct central heating to more than 200 buildings via steam pipes. Students sometimes navigate the corridors, rooms, and locked gates, carrying flashlights and water bottles.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pipe Dreams |last=Baughman |first=Shawnee |date=April 12, 2010 |newspaper=The Stanford Daily |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/04/12/pipedreams/ |access-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820212457/https://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/04/12/pipedreams/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Stanford Magazine'' named steam tunneling one of the "101 things you must do" before graduating from the Farm in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Many Have You Done? |author=<!--no byline; staff article--> |date=September–October 2000 |magazine=Stanford Magazine |url=https://stanfordmag.org/contents/how-many-have-you-done |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref>
*Band Run: An annual festivity at the beginning of the school year, where the band picks up freshmen from dorms across campus while stopping to perform at each location, culminating in a finale performance at [[Main Quad (Stanford University)|Main Quad]].<ref name="Stanford Daily traditions" />
*Viennese Ball: A formal [[Ball (dance)|ball]] with [[waltzes]] that was initially started in the 1970s by students returning from the now-closed (since 1987) Stanford in [[Vienna]] overseas program. It is now open to all students.<ref>{{cite news |title=Strictly Ballroom |first=Theresa |last=Johnston |work=Stanford Magazine |publisher=Stanford Alumni Association |date=May 2002 |url=http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2002/mayjun/features/vienneseball.html |access-date=August 1, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221113650/http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2002/mayjun/features/vienneseball.html |archive-date=February 21, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*The long-unofficial motto of Stanford, selected by President Jordan, is "''Die Luft der Freiheit weht.''"<ref name="stanford_facts_founding">{{cite web |title=Stanford Facts: The Founding of the University |url=http://facts.stanford.edu/about/ |publisher=Stanford University |date=2014 |access-date=December 11, 2014 |archive-date=December 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213020952/http://facts.stanford.edu/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Translated from the German language, this quotation from [[Ulrich von Hutten]] means, "The wind of freedom blows." The motto was controversial during World War I, when anything in German was suspect; at that time the university disavowed that this motto was official.<ref name="casper" /> It was made official by way of incorporation into an official seal by the board of trustees in December 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://exhibits.stanford.edu/becoming-stanford/feature/the-university-seal |title=The University Seal |website=Stanford Libraries |date=May 31, 2016 |access-date=November 17, 2021 |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204061110/https://exhibits.stanford.edu/becoming-stanford/feature/the-university-seal |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Degree of Uncommon Man/Uncommon Woman: Stanford does not award honorary degrees,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://registrar.stanford.edu/bulletin/4913.htm |title=Stanford Bulletin: Conferral of Degrees |access-date=September 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228213935/http://registrar.stanford.edu/bulletin/4913.htm |archive-date=December 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.stanford.edu/dept/registrar/bulletin0809/4913.htm |title=Stanford Bulletin 2008/2009: Conferral of Degrees |website=Web.stanford.edu |access-date=September 19, 2014}}</ref> but in 1953 the "degree of Uncommon Man/Uncommon Woman" was created by Stanford Associates, part of the Stanford alumni organization, to recognize alumni who give rare and extraordinary service to the university. It is awarded not at prescribed intervals, but instead only when the president of the university deems it appropriate to recognize extraordinary service. Recipients include [[Herbert Hoover]], [[Bill Hewlett]], [[Dave Packard]], [[Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health#Lucile Packard|Lucile Packard]], and [[John W. Gardner|John Gardner]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Degree of Uncommon Man/Woman |publisher=Stanford Alumni Association |url=https://associates.alumni.stanford.edu/awards/degree-uncommon-manwoman |access-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820202440/https://associates.alumni.stanford.edu/awards/degree-uncommon-manwoman |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Former campus traditions include the Big Game bonfire on [[Lake Lagunita]] (a seasonal lake usually dry in the fall), which was formally ended in 1997 because of the presence of endangered [[salamander]]s in the lake bed.<ref>Stanford Press Release, October 1, 1997 [http://news.stanford.edu/pr/97/971001bonfire.html Big Game Bonfire is a tradition of the past] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612105556/http://news.stanford.edu/pr/97/971001bonfire.html |date=June 12, 2016 }}</ref>