Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Guide
Thursday, November 10, 1960, page 4 (of 15)
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Egyptians Once Venerated UM Ibis
In ancient times, the ibis, a large wading bird related to the heron, was venerated as a god-symbol by the Egyptians. Now, virtually extinct, it lives on as the venerated symbol of pep and spirit for University of Miami students. One ibis in particular - Sebastian - characterizes UM's fighting spirit on the gridiron. A grizzled, tough-looking caricature of a bird, actually a costumed student, Sebastian parades up and down the sidelines during each UM game. He has been accused of being cute, inappropriate and sexy. At first no one knew whether he was male or female. Sebastian was originated as "Icky the Ibis" during the 1957 Homecoming Week when it was a figment of the imagination of a group of students in the San Sebastian Men's Residence Hall. By the following year, it materialized for an appearance at what was expected to be a very sad affair. Miami was in the midst of its worst football season in memory, its final record, two wins-eight losses. "Icky" was hatched for the Vanderbilt game, but the team kept laying its own eggs, losing 28-15. Sebastian however, quickly renamed because "Icky" sounded too much of defeatism, caught on and the next year it was back with a "professional" outfit furnished by athletic department funds. The students inside her were then senior John Stormont ('60), chief initiator of the plan, and junior Charles Nomina ('61). No sooner had Sebastian started its first full year, however, when the question of its sex arose. A Fort Lauderdale housewife wrote it a fan letter, calling it "the cutest thing." Then someone called UM Dean of Men Ben David complaining that the Ibis looked "too sexy" and that some of its motions were obscene. Besides, the caller asked, is it a boy or a girl? Dean David said that he didn't know, but would check on it. Nomina and Stormont said that perhaps the long, orange stockings they wore to simulate the Ibis's legs were a bit too tight: and also hastened to inform all Sebastian was a boy-type ibis. Sebastian the Ibis, that is Stormont and Nomina, has since delighted spectators at UM games home and away and pep rallies. Sometimes Sebastian climbs into the stands to play with the children. At last year's Homecoming Parade he delighted the kiddies along the route. When the campus newspaper, Hurricane, put out a special edition exhorting the 1960 Orange Bowl committee for a bid to the New Year's Classic, Stormont climbed cheerfully into his costume and distributed the papers on the streets of downtown Miami. Passers-by were too surprised to do anything but grab the paper. Stormont graduated last June as a Radio-TV major. He was hailed by the student press as "our first graduating ibis."
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