USC

[Wilson Gray]

According to an article in Sports Illustrated about a quarter-century
ago, some student wrote a poem in mixed Greek and Latin in honor of
the team. The poem began with the words, "Hoia saxa," Greek "hoia" for
"these" followed by "saxa," Latin for "stones." The rest, supposedly,
is history.

-Wilson

On 9/12/06, James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I thought a hoya was a type of shrub.
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> > Sports mascots/nicknames are another rich area.
> > Most amazing is the
> > Georgetown nickname, the Hoyas, which I understand
> > means the "whats."
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-Wilson
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Everybody says, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange
complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.

--Sam Clemens

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