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First-Year Student Traditions\nIntroduction<\/span><\/h1>\n\nIn the fall of 1871 Syracuse University admitted its first students: 34 men and 7 women. Today first-year students number in the thousands. Regardless of class size, their experience has always been one of acclimation and excitement. This time has long been steeped in tradition, helping new students to feel part of campus life. \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\nFreshman Beanies<\/span><\/h2>\n\nStarting in the 1890s, first-year students were required to wear green or orange caps known as a beanies or lids during their first semester to distinguish themselves from their upper-class peers. When told by an upper-class student to “Tip it, Frosh,” a first-year student was expected to tip his or her beanie in respect. While at times demeaning, beanies did help build class camaraderie. A group of upper-class students known as the Goon Squad enforced the wearing of beanies. Transgressors repeatedly caught without their lids were punished through public humiliation at the Penn State Pep Rally. By the end of the 1960s though, the tradition of the beanie began to fade out.\n<\/div>\n\n
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