<p>But I dont recommend doing this in todays world, but its nice to know.</p>
<p>You don’t like the idea of adopting a tree? Or is it the walking across the freeway part? :)</p>
<p>I believe George is trying to imply that crossing the freeway isn’t the best idea in today’s world. Why would crossing the freeway be any more dangerous than it was 50 years ago?</p>
<p>This is a great tradition that many other colleges could adopt.</p>
<p>The Furman Magazine even did a story on this. It is on the last page of the magazine: <a href=“http://www.furman.edu/fumag/fall09/FurmanMag_fall%202009_p.pdf[/url]”>http://www.furman.edu/fumag/fall09/FurmanMag_fall%202009_p.pdf</a></p>
<p>yea, its the stopping and crossing a freeway. why different? well, there are probably more lanes, there are lunatics that like to do bad things to people, there are folks texting and talking on cell phones and not paying as much attention, etc etc</p>
<p>The Furman tree has been a part of my lexicon since 1975, when I first enrolled at Furman - it was always exciting to see it, and to see whether the ribbon was yellow or purple - either way, it meant we were getting close to school. Now my kids, and my Furman-applicant youngest son, are into the tradition, too. Great story.</p>