where did the term hokie come from, as in VT Hoakies?

Answer 1

Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi
Tech, Tech, V-P-I
Sol-A-Rex, Sol-A-Rah
Poly-tech Virgin-i-a
Ray, Rah, V-P-I
Team! Team! Team!

Second version of old cheer.

It's HOKIES, not Hoakies

VPI = Virginia Polytechnic Institute, older name for school.

Let's go Hokies!

VPI LIVES

To the Maroon and Orange - You've suffered, but you will survive.

Answer 2

It's actually 'Okie' and it describes someone who comes from Oklahoma.

Okies



As the "double whammy" of drought and depression deepened on the Great Plains, more and more farmers gave up or were forced off of their land. In addition, the relentless march of new tractors meant that the farmers who were able to scrape together enough money to buy a tractor could buy out their neighbors. Fewer farmers could farm more land. But where would those who left go?

Some went to cities. But many decided to head west. In fact, during the 30s hundreds of thousands left the plains for the West Coast. So many migrated from Oklahoma that they were dubbed "Okies" in the popular press. For years, California, Oregon and Washington had been growing. Many who were pushed off of the plains were pulled west because they had relatives who had moved to the coastal areas. And the boosters of California had advertised that the state offered a perfect climate and an abundance of work in the agricultural industry

Answer 3

I always thought that it has to do with turkeys. Thats why their mascot is the hokie bird. Here is that answer that vt gives:
http://www.vt.edu/about/hokie.php

Answer 4

Kelly has an interesting site there, on VT's Hoakies. Has nothing to do with hokey (meaning phony or contrived) or Okie (meaning from Oklahoma)