- Ski-U-Mah
Ski-U-Mah was the name of the college humor magazine of the
University of Minnesota from circa. 1929-1950. Its most prominent writer wasMax Shulman , who later wrote the stories that became the television programThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis .Ski-U-Mah (pronounced SKY-YOU-MAH) is a cheer used at the
University of Minnesota since 1894. Two rugby players, John W. Adams and Win Sargent, created the cheer by combining "Ski", a Sioux battle cry with "U Mah" for the University of Minnesota. The cheer is used in theMinnesota Rouser ,Go Gopher Victory , andMinnesota March .A meeting room at the McNamara Alumni Center at the University of Minnesota is named "Ski-U-Mah", as is one of the campus parking lots.
References
Schulman, Max, "Max Schulman's Guided Tour of Campus Humor," Hanover House, Garden City, New York, 1955.
External links
* http://www1.umn.edu/stadium/tradition_pageantry.html
* http://www.alumnicenter.umn.edu/events/ski-u-mah.html
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