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The Deserted Village
Posted on 8/30/15 at 10:51 am
Posted on 8/30/15 at 10:51 am
A poem by Oliver Goldsmith.
This is the origin of our Tiger mascot. thought it was interesting when I saw this and I never heard this at any point while in Auburn for 4 years. I didn't go to Camp War Eagle so if everyone knows but me, sorry.
Link to the Poem
This is the origin of our Tiger mascot. thought it was interesting when I saw this and I never heard this at any point while in Auburn for 4 years. I didn't go to Camp War Eagle so if everyone knows but me, sorry.
Link to the Poem
quote:
Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain....
Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey,
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Posted on 8/30/15 at 11:00 am to Warfarer
I've always wondered why there isn`t a statue or plaque somewhere on campus with the poem quote.
This post was edited on 8/30/15 at 11:27 am
Posted on 8/30/15 at 11:20 am to Warfarer
quote:Actually not true (but I wish it was).
This is the origin of our Tiger mascot.
We had a coach way back when that copied "Tigers" from Princeton, at some point people realized tigers were one of the animals mentioned in the poem and started attributing it to that
Posted on 8/30/15 at 11:27 am to Warfarer
Man, I had to read 'The Deserted Village' in high school.
That was back in the 1970's when we were actually required to read and examine the old classics.
That was back in the 1970's when we were actually required to read and examine the old classics.
Posted on 8/30/15 at 11:47 am to Warfarer
Oliver was a bit wordy
Posted on 8/30/15 at 11:55 am to TheSandman
quote:
Actually not true (but I wish it was).
We had a coach way back when that copied "Tigers" from Princeton, at some point people realized tigers were one of the animals mentioned in the poem and started attributing it to that
Just what I read on one of those "where all the SEC mascots come from" articles on Facebook.
Posted on 8/30/15 at 5:33 pm to Warfarer
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I didn't go to Camp War Eagle
Consider yourself lucky.
Posted on 8/30/15 at 8:32 pm to TheSandman
quote:
Actually not true (but I wish it was).
We had a coach way back when that copied "Tigers" from Princeton
I don't believe that's true. We copied our colors from UVA because that's where Petrie learned football, but I haven't heard the Princeton connection. I'd be interested to see where that came from.
Posted on 8/30/15 at 9:16 pm to tom1987
Like I said, I don't remember which coach it was, or even when/where I heard it, but the evidence presented was that the poem lists off a number of animals, not just the tiger. 
quote:
Those matted woods where birds forget to sing,
But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling;
Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crowned,
Where the dark scorpion gathers death around;
Where at each step the stranger fears to wake
The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake;
Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey,
And savage men, more murderous still than they;
Posted on 8/30/15 at 9:50 pm to TheSandman
quote:
Like I said, I don't remember which coach it was, or even when/where I heard it, but the evidence presented was that the poem lists off a number of animals, not just the tiger.
D. M. Balliet played at Princeton, Coached at AU 1893
Forrest M. Hall played at Princeton, Coached at AU 1894
Walter H. Watkins played at Princeton, Coached at AU 1900-01
Those are the ones that I dug up...I could have missed someone.
Posted on 8/31/15 at 9:00 am to 88TIger
Very interesting. It's certainly possible. You learn something new everyday.
It's amazing how things get lost to time, just because they aren't preserved or written down. The legend of War Eagle, for example. No one really knows the true origin. I recently uncovered some information about the origin that I had never seen before. It is a 4th origin story (Eagle at 1st game, Carlisle Indian story, Eagle pin at pep rally are the others), and possibly the true one, as it came from old records.
It's amazing how things get lost to time, just because they aren't preserved or written down. The legend of War Eagle, for example. No one really knows the true origin. I recently uncovered some information about the origin that I had never seen before. It is a 4th origin story (Eagle at 1st game, Carlisle Indian story, Eagle pin at pep rally are the others), and possibly the true one, as it came from old records.
Posted on 8/31/15 at 12:52 pm to tom1987
The Auburn official site only mentions "tigers" from the poem. Doesn't mention Princeton or any other possible derivation of the nickname.
https://www.auburntigers.com/trads/05_auburn_nickname.html
https://www.auburntigers.com/trads/05_auburn_nickname.html
Posted on 8/31/15 at 12:55 pm to tom1987
quote:I have heard those three. What is the 4th?
Eagle at 1st game, Carlisle Indian story, Eagle pin at pep rally
Posted on 8/31/15 at 2:22 pm to PJinAtl
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I have heard those three. What is the 4th?
I found an article in an old Plainsman. Apparently, in the 40's they had already forgotten the origin and were trying to figure it out. The university president had spoken with an old man who supposedly knew the 'real' story. I'll try and dig it up.
Posted on 8/31/15 at 2:25 pm to tom1987
Regardless of where we got the Tiger from, we all know Clemson copied it from us.
Posted on 8/31/15 at 7:38 pm to tom1987
Posted on 8/31/15 at 8:06 pm to TheSandman
quote:
quote:
Those matted woods where birds forget to sing,
But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling;
Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crowned,
Where the dark scorpion gathers death around;
Where at each step the stranger fears to wake
The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake;
Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey,
And savage men, more murderous still than they;
None of this makes Auburn sound like a very nice place
Posted on 8/31/15 at 8:48 pm to TheSandman
That coach was Cliff Hare. he brought football from Princeton to Auburn. Its how we got orange and blue as well.
Posted on 8/31/15 at 8:51 pm to Pavoloco83
quote:I thought we got orange and blue from UVA. Princeton is black and orange
That coach was Cliff Hare. he brought football from Princeton to Auburn. Its how we got orange and blue as well.
Posted on 8/31/15 at 10:20 pm to Rig
His time at the University of Virginia inspired Petrie to choose burnt orange and navy blue as the official colors for Auburn's athletic teams. Upon organizing the first Auburn football team in 1892, Petrie arranged for the team to play the University of Georgia team at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia. Auburn won the game, 10–0, in front of 2,000 spectators. The game inaugurated what is known to college football fans as the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry.
Cliff Hare played on Auburn's first football team as a student. He had 2 degrees from API and didn't attend Princeton.
It's from Wiki, so it has to be true.
Cliff Hare played on Auburn's first football team as a student. He had 2 degrees from API and didn't attend Princeton.
It's from Wiki, so it has to be true.
This post was edited on 8/31/15 at 10:23 pm
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