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Opening day in Hickory
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Opening day in Hickory
https://hickoryrecord.com/news/local/ed ... 6kSnU54-XU
Still pushing the false narrative of that damn bell. And did they drag the Boone bell down to Hickory or does the Hickory campus have their own bell history to start? I need answers.
Still pushing the false narrative of that damn bell. And did they drag the Boone bell down to Hickory or does the Hickory campus have their own bell history to start? I need answers.
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At least it didn’t have some cooked up story about touching the bell before exams! The brothers could have had a bell for communication to students. The furniture factories in the town I grew up near had loud whistles to start the day, beginning and end break, lunch and quitting time.
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Re: Opening day in Hickory
I never heard about the bell until I read the article. I also had never never heard anything about Lillie Shull Dougherty.
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Re: Opening day in Hickory
Can you assert that a bell was not used to signal the beginning of class in the early days?McLeansvilleAppFan wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 3:07 pmhttps://hickoryrecord.com/news/local/ed ... 6kSnU54-XU
Still pushing the false narrative of that damn bell. And did they drag the Boone bell down to Hickory or does the Hickory campus have their own bell history to start? I need answers.
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hapapp wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 4:35 pmCan you assert that a bell was not used to signal the beginning of class in the early days?McLeansvilleAppFan wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 3:07 pmhttps://hickoryrecord.com/news/local/ed ... 6kSnU54-XU
Still pushing the false narrative of that damn bell. And did they drag the Boone bell down to Hickory or does the Hickory campus have their own bell history to start? I need answers.
noun
noun: tradition
1.
the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.
"every shade of color is fixed by tradition and governed by religious laws"
It may have been used 120 years ago but it seems to have skipped the generations of everyone on this board. I think it would not be a tradition since the definition does not seem to allow for skipping generations but moving from generation to generation.
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She was there at the beginning it seems. Her daughter did not die until 2001 at the age of 98.
https://www.hcpress.com/front-page/lill ... rsity.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/522 ... -dougherty
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I can…I’m that oldhapapp wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 4:35 pmCan you assert that a bell was not used to signal the beginning of class in the early days?McLeansvilleAppFan wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 3:07 pmhttps://hickoryrecord.com/news/local/ed ... 6kSnU54-XU
Still pushing the false narrative of that damn bell. And did they drag the Boone bell down to Hickory or does the Hickory campus have their own bell history to start? I need answers.
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I remember them telling me the thing about the bell during a pre-freshman visit to campus or orientation, I can't remember which one. They really try to push the narrative. I was quickly told by a sophomore like the 1st day I was there that that wasn't a thing.
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On the one hand it is full on LOL in how this bell narrative plays out and then every alumni is like, "WTF?"ArmantiWaterSafety wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:12 amI remember them telling me the thing about the bell during a pre-freshman visit to campus or orientation, I can't remember which one. They really try to push the narrative. I was quickly told by a sophomore like the 1st day I was there that that wasn't a thing.
On the other hand it is sort of endearing how they really want to make this be a thing. Sort of like a much younger step-brother looking up to an older step-brother that is too old to bond with a new family as he has his own life since he is a young adult living his own life and it was his father that married a much younger women that could be the older step-brothers girlfriend given her age. You sort of feel for and want to root for the youngster but deep down you just know it is not going to happen. (In this analogy, Dr. Everts may or may be the older father or the young child. The bell may be the young new wife. I am a bit confused myself. McLAppFan is clearly the person standing off to the side making remarks about how sorry JMU and GaSo both are.)
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I don't think you're that old.Rekdiver wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:27 pmI can…I’m that oldhapapp wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 4:35 pmCan you assert that a bell was not used to signal the beginning of class in the early days?McLeansvilleAppFan wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 3:07 pmhttps://hickoryrecord.com/news/local/ed ... 6kSnU54-XU
Still pushing the false narrative of that damn bell. And did they drag the Boone bell down to Hickory or does the Hickory campus have their own bell history to start? I need answers.
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Clearly, it is not something that has carried on through the years. I was there in the 60's and 70's had never heard any that with the bell. But, I see nothing wrong with trying to revive something from origins of the school. The touching for exams I have some doubt about, but I could see the possibility that it was used to signal the beginning of classes back at the turn of the 20th century.McLeansvilleAppFan wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:47 amOn the one hand it is full on LOL in how this bell narrative plays out and then every alumni is like, "WTF?"ArmantiWaterSafety wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:12 amI remember them telling me the thing about the bell during a pre-freshman visit to campus or orientation, I can't remember which one. They really try to push the narrative. I was quickly told by a sophomore like the 1st day I was there that that wasn't a thing.
On the other hand it is sort of endearing how they really want to make this be a thing. Sort of like a much younger step-brother looking up to an older step-brother that is too old to bond with a new family as he has his own life since he is a young adult living his own life and it was his father that married a much younger women that could be the older step-brothers girlfriend given her age. You sort of feel for and want to root for the youngster but deep down you just know it is not going to happen. (In this analogy, Dr. Everts may or may be the older father or the young child. The bell may be the young new wife. I am a bit confused myself. McLAppFan is clearly the person standing off to the side making remarks about how sorry JMU and GaSo both are.)
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It likely was used for time keeping but I just wonder where it was hidden for so many decades. It would just be more likely to catch on by stating, "We used to ..., and we are bringing it back." If it was from the time Kidd Brewer was the coach then no one is around to argue or vouch it did NOT happen, so we can assume it did happen. Here on YC, it seems we have the years from the 1960s to the last decade covered that it was NOT a tradition.hapapp wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:53 amClearly, it is not something that has carried on through the years. I was there in the 60's and 70's had never heard any that with the bell. But, I see nothing wrong with trying to revive something from origins of the school. The touching for exams I have some doubt about, but I could see the possibility that it was used to signal the beginning of classes back at the turn of the 20th century.McLeansvilleAppFan wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:47 amOn the one hand it is full on LOL in how this bell narrative plays out and then every alumni is like, "WTF?"ArmantiWaterSafety wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:12 amI remember them telling me the thing about the bell during a pre-freshman visit to campus or orientation, I can't remember which one. They really try to push the narrative. I was quickly told by a sophomore like the 1st day I was there that that wasn't a thing.
On the other hand it is sort of endearing how they really want to make this be a thing. Sort of like a much younger step-brother looking up to an older step-brother that is too old to bond with a new family as he has his own life since he is a young adult living his own life and it was his father that married a much younger women that could be the older step-brothers girlfriend given her age. You sort of feel for and want to root for the youngster but deep down you just know it is not going to happen. (In this analogy, Dr. Everts may or may be the older father or the young child. The bell may be the young new wife. I am a bit confused myself. McLAppFan is clearly the person standing off to the side making remarks about how sorry JMU and GaSo both are.)
This could be some joke Wikipedia page with a picture of the bell and a bunch of made up stories just to make it seem real, and it would be read for laughs, as we all know it is a false narrative for every one still living. But it would be a great inside joke.
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I was at App in the mid 70's. I remember the bell being rung after football victories.
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He could have had a professional wrestling career as Triple D. His signature move: The Disco Dauphin . His catch phrase: Who am I going to dance the Tennesseee Waltz on tonight?McLeansvilleAppFan wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 5:51 pmShe was there at the beginning it seems. Her daughter did not die until 2001 at the age of 98.
https://www.hcpress.com/front-page/lill ... rsity.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/522 ... -dougherty
Her husband was D.D. and he clearly had the best name of any college founder ever.