{"id":4698,"date":"2019-09-26T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/?p=4698"},"modified":"2025-09-01T10:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:03:13","slug":"100-years-of-buggy-history-1921-1923","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/09\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1921-1923\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Years of Buggy History – 1921-1923"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Table of Contents<\/span><\/strong>: Intro & 1920<\/span><\/a>; 1921-1923<\/span><\/a>; 1924-1927<\/span><\/a>; 1928-1932<\/span><\/a>; 1933-1935<\/span><\/a>; 1936-1939<\/span><\/a>; 1940-1945<\/span><\/a>; 1946-1949<\/span><\/a>; 1950-1953<\/span><\/a>; 1954-1956<\/span><\/a>; 1957-1959<\/span><\/a>; 1960-1963<\/span><\/a>; 1964-1966<\/span><\/a>; 1967-1969<\/span><\/a>; 1970-1973<\/span><\/a>; 1974-1976<\/span><\/a>; 1977-1979<\/span><\/a>; 1980-1983<\/a><\/span>; 1984-1986<\/a><\/span>; 1987-1989<\/a><\/span>; 1990-1993<\/a><\/span>; 1994-1996<\/a><\/span>; 1997-1999<\/a><\/span>; 2000-2003<\/a><\/span>; 2004-2006<\/a><\/span>; 2007-2009<\/a><\/span>; 2010<\/a><\/span>; 2011<\/a><\/span>; 2012<\/a><\/span>; 2013<\/a><\/span>; 2014<\/a><\/span>; 2015<\/a><\/span>; 2016<\/a><\/span>; 2017<\/a><\/span>; 2018<\/a><\/span>; 2019<\/span><\/a>; Recap & 2020<\/span><\/a>; 2021<\/span><\/a>; 2022<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, 100 Years of Buggy History takes a look at the early 1920s: 1921-1923. It’s a period full of interesting designs and controversies, plus some rule changes as the students worked to make the sport endure. And…history was made, with the first ever women’s team competing against the boys, 55 years before women’s teams were welcomed more generally into Raceday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

1921<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Raceday<\/span>: Friday, May 13, 1921 at 10:30am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweepstakes Chair<\/span>: Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Race Results<\/span>: (1) Iota Sigma Delta (Skeleton) (4:38), (2) Gamma Mu Epsilon (4:42), (3) Xi Sigma Upsilon (5:04)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design Comp<\/span>: (1) Delta Upsilon (Fish); (Honorable Mention) Sigma Nu (Toonerville Trolley) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather<\/span>: \u201cIdeal\u201d \u2013 Morning clouds gave way to sunshine; temperature unknown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The April 27, 1921 issue of The Tartan promoted Raceday 1921, taking place on the 2nd<\/sup> day of Campus Week, as the \u201cfunniest event of the program\u201d, noting that \u201canyone who has a weak heart should be accompanied by an undertaker\u2026No arrangements have been made to undertake or care for anyone but the racers.\u201d  Among the drivers of the 18 teams competing were \u201csome of the most infamous agitators of the human race\u201d.  But aside from the humorous introduction to Raceday 1921, here\u2019s what we know about the year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n