![]() Miraculously, they got away with a reprimand. Nearing Pauahi Hall, Bobby was surprised to find his family mutt sitting patiently by the door still waiting for his master’s return.īobby wondered aloud why the family dog was there and the boys were busted. It seems that, when Rufus’ younger brother Bobby ’40 arrived for school at Punahou that morning, the campus was in an uproar over the dome painting. How were the miscreants fingered so fast? A scowling Crawford then approached and, upon parting Brodie’s hair, rhetorically asked, “How’d this green paint get in here?” Summoned during the second period to Principal Crawford’s office, Brodie arrived to discover that Hagood and Rietow were already there. Washing the paint from their hands, they laughed and reveled in their accomplishment before going their separate ways.Īs he rode the streetcar to school the next morning, Brodie savored the sight of the glossy green paint on Pauahi’s dome. Zeroing in on their objective, they swiftly painted the blue pie sections green before shimmying down to the ground via a conveniently sited plum tree. Then they were there, right on the ledge of the Punahou dome. As the tallest, Brodie wedged himself through the transom, then led the others to the trap door. Following close on their heels was Hagood’s good ol’ poi dog.įinding the front door unlocked, there was only one more obstacle between the trio and their goal: a locked door to the dome ladder. Carrying a gallon of green paint and some brushes, the Roosevelt senior walked up the Pauahi steps with classmates Rufus Hagood and Gibby Rietow. Facing its first test against its Makiki neighbor, there was a lot on the line for Roosevelt.Ī Daring IdeaA young Lex Brodie – yes the Lex Brodie of tire fame – responded to this pressure by deciding that Punahou’s buff ’n blue Pauahi Hall dome might look better painted in Roosevelt’s green and gold school colors (out of deference for Leileihua High School, Roosevelt’s colors were changed to today’s red and gold in 1939). Given their novice status, sports fans and reporters speculated openly about the Rough Riders’ readiness for prep school competition. While Punahou had been a league member from the ILH’s 1909 launch, Roosevelt was founded in 1930 and would not field a football team until the fall of 1932, the year in which it moved to its current Nehoa Street location. Roosevelt’s entry into the Interscholastic League of Honolulu planted the seeds of the rivalry. Geographic proximity fuels many of these rivalries much as it fueled the rivalry of Punahou School and President Theodore Roosevelt High School: two schools located literally just down the street from each other. Either Colorado State University or the University of Wyoming takes home the Bronze Boot each year. ![]() The Stanford Axe goes to the winner of the University of California Berkeley and Stanford University contest. Indiana and Purdue play for the Old Oaken Bucket. In the world of college football heated rivalries are represented by memorable trophies. By Lynne Gartley ’74 Meyer and Joyce Salmon
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