Hokie Spirit

Hokie Spirit

The derivation of the word “Hokie” is not related with turkey but, it was coined by O.M Stull in 1986, who had used it as the spirit for a competition. Virginia Tech was established in 1872 and, it was the huge institution and, named as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. Later on 1986, the name of the college was changed to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute by Virginia General Assembly (Stewart, 2003). The name was long and, citizens shortened it to VPI. There was the contest held to celebrate a new spirit yell and, Stull also ...