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=== History at Engineering Schools === | === History at Engineering Schools === | ||
The actual tradition of engineering students dyeing themselves purple appears to have begun around the late 1970s and early 1980s. The tradition is said to have started at Queen's University or Western University, whom had used certain purple colouring on their bodies to symbolize the profession of engineering. This practice gradually turned into a full-body dye for many. | The actual tradition of engineering students dyeing themselves purple appears to have begun around the late 1970s and early 1980s. The tradition is said to have started at Queen's University or Western University, whom had used certain purple colouring on their bodies to symbolize the profession of engineering.<ref>Letter from Rob West to the Archives</ref> This practice gradually turned into a full-body dye for many. | ||
== The Dye == | == The Dye == | ||