Why Do People Wear Costumes on Halloween?

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People wear costumes on Halloween because the holiday brought together traditions of disguise, visiting, entertainment, and make-believe. Masks could turn familiar neighbors into mysterious visitors, while later parties and commercial costumes widened the choice of characters. The modern American custom has several historical layers. A ghost, a superhero, and a homemade animal outfit can all belong to the same celebration because dressing up became a tradition in its own right, beyond any single belief about spirits. Halloween's setting helps explain its ghostly wardrobe. The National Museum of Ireland describes Samhain as marking the first day of winter on November 1, with much of the celebration taking place the previous evening. Traditions included feasting, games, and expectations that the dead might return. The name Halloween also connects to the eve of the Christian Feast of All Saints. Seasonal customs and religious observances provide the background for a night associate...
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How Did Bevo Become the Texas Longhorns’ Mascot?

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Illustration of an orange-brown and white Texas longhorn steer with a distant football stadium

Bevo became the Texas Longhorns’ live mascot when alumni presented a longhorn steer to the university during a football game in 1916. The team already had the Longhorns name. Bringing an actual animal to the field gave that identity a visible representative, and a report in the alumni magazine soon supplied the name Bevo. The sequence matters: the team name, the animal’s arrival, and the mascot’s personal name were separate steps in the development of the tradition.

The University of Texas traces the earliest known printed Longhorns reference to a November 18, 1900, newspaper account. In 1903, Daily Texan editor Alex Weisburg told reporters to use Longhorns for all university sports teams. The name became official in 1906. These dates explain why the first Bevo could represent an identity that spectators already recognized. He did not introduce the Longhorns nickname; he gave an established name a living form. The university’s explanation connects the choice to cattle already familiar in the Texas landscape. UT News: Origins of university traditions.

Stephen Pinckney, a Texas law graduate, helped make the live mascot possible. Texas Exes, the university’s alumni association, recounts that he found a suitable orange-colored steer near Laredo while working in connection with cattle-rustling raids. Contributions of one dollar each from 124 fellow alumni financed the purchase. The animal traveled to Austin by rail. This was an alumni effort to bring a real longhorn into university life, rather than the selection of a newly invented cartoon character or a costume. Texas Exes: The truth about Bevo.

The public introduction came at halftime on November 30, 1916, during the Thanksgiving game against Texas A&M at Clark Field. Texas Athletics records a crowd of 15,000 and a halftime score of 7–7. Alumni presented the steer to the students, and Texas eventually won 21–7. The game gave the presentation a shared occasion: a large gathering could see the animal together and associate him with the university. That helps explain how an individual gift could become a community tradition. Texas Athletics: Bevo tradition.

Bevo’s name is surrounded by a particularly durable rivalry story. One version says Texas students changed a 13–0 brand left by Texas A&M students into letters spelling Bevo. The chronology undermines that explanation. Texas Exes documents the name in the December 1916 issue of The Alcalde, while the branding incident occurred in February 1917. Whatever inspired the word, it was already in print before that prank. A later event cannot explain the first recorded use of an earlier name. Texas Exes: The truth about Bevo.

The university’s traditions page offers a possible explanation involving beeve, an old cattle-related term, with an o added as a nickname ending. It presents this as a possibility, which is the right degree of certainty to preserve. A documented name and a proposed word origin are different kinds of evidence. Knowing when Bevo appeared in print lets us test the branding story, but it does not automatically prove what the editor had in mind when choosing the name. UT Austin: Longhorn traditions.

The animal also carried meaning beyond football. The Texas Historical Commission describes the longhorn as a breed central to the state’s heritage, descended from cattle introduced by Spanish explorers and settlers. Texas maintains an official herd to preserve that history, with breeding choices intended to keep the cattle historically representative. The state herd and the university mascot are separate institutions. Together, they show why the same animal can work as both a historical subject and a recognizable symbol of Texas. Texas Historical Commission: Longhorn herd history.

Keeping a live mascot requires more than a memorable introduction. Texas Athletics identifies the Silver Spurs, a student service organization founded in 1937, as responsible for Bevo’s management, care, and transportation. That practical work supports the public tradition: an animal needs people to organize his movements and attend to his needs. Bevo’s story therefore joins several things that are easy to blur together: an older team nickname, an alumni gift, a named steer, and the continuing work that allows a living symbol to appear beside a football field. Texas Athletics: Bevo tradition.

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