Rix Yard felt Tulane needed a more virile symbol for its athletic teams. In 1945, John Chase, a local cartoonist who drew the cover of the Tulane football programs introduced a mischievous little boy who was referred to as "Greenie"- the name of the football game program at the time. The surfing pelican image lasted for more than 50 years. In its infancy, Tulane's mascot was depicted as a pelican riding on a surfboard. Though the "official" nickname was Green Wave the term Greenbacks and Greenies, for the color to their jerseys, stayed in use throughout that time period. By the end of the season, the Hullabaloo was using the term Green Wave to refer to all Tulane athletic teams, as were many daily papers.
19, 1920, a report of the Tulane-Mississippi A&M game in the Hullabaloo referred to the team as the Green Wave. The song was titled "The Rolling Green Wave." Although the name was not immediately adopted, it began to receive acceptance. 20, 1920, Earl Sparling, editor of the Tulane Hullabaloo, wrote a football song which was printed in the newspaper. In 1919, the Tulane Weekly, one of Tulane's many student newspapers at the time, began referring to the football team as the Greenbacks. From 1893 to 1919, the athletic teams of Tulane were known as the Olive and Blue for the official school colors.
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