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The origins have to do with the robbery of a football goalpost at the University Of Toronto 's Varsity Stadium in 1955. Needing a purpose for their prize, the freshman class of Science' 60 was made to climb the pole in the fall of 1956. Over the years, a long-standing engineering tradition has been established with the addition of the grease (first axle grease, more recently Lanolin ), and the implementation of a water filled pit in which the pole stands. The pole is approximately 80 feet high and nine frosh have died climbing it. The frosh class must successfully retrieve the Tam from the top in order to be considered a year. Each incoming class of Queen's Engineers have passed on the tradition of dismantling the Pole after successfully climbing it. The Frosh then hide the Pole until next year's incoming class encounters the pole. Often, multiple transport vehicles are arranged as subterfuge for rival engineering schools or rival engineering classes who may try to 'kidnap' and hold the Pole 'ransom' (legend has it that the standard ransom is ''x'' cases of beer). |
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