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Tiger69 
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10-24-15 01:59 PM - Post#193779    

...other than a color? We've discussed Cantabs. That was ruled out. Surely over the past 150 years of competition with the Yale BULLDOGS and the Princeton TIGERS, Harvard could have come up with something better than a color that resembles red plus a coffee stain. Couldn't they be the PILGRIMS? PURITANS? BRAHMINS? WITCH BURNERS? CHOWDER EATERS?

Hey, Cantabs! How about some ideas?

 
The . 
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10-24-15 05:11 PM - Post#193786    
    In response to Tiger69

De gustibus non est disputandum

 
digamma 
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10-30-15 11:41 AM - Post#194021    
    In response to The .

Have you not seen our angry pilgrim who marches around the sidelines? That's John Harvard.

 
Southbridge Street 
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Does Harvard have a mascot ...
11-01-15 05:30 PM - Post#194145    
    In response to digamma

John Harvard was a Puritan, not a Pilgrim.

The Pilgrims were in Plymouth Colony; the Puritans were in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, with its principal towns being Salem and Boston.

There was an early attempt to establish a college at Salem, led by the Rev. Hugh Peter (or Peters), who was then minister of the First Church in Salem. However, the vote in the General Court was for Boston. If Salem had won, Harvard might be known today as Peter University.

Peter was a great ally of Cromwell. With the Restoration, Peter was tried and executed in the gory manner of the day. As Peter was first emasculated, the other seven of the Ancient Eight might have had a merry time, taunting the eunuchs of Peter University.





Edited by Southbridge Street on 11-01-15 05:31 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

 
digamma 
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Re: Does Harvard have a mascot ...
11-02-15 04:05 PM - Post#194206    
    In response to Southbridge Street

Yes--that post was partially tongue in cheek. The pilgrim/puritan/John Harvard looking thing was created (or at least one version of it was) when I was in school in the late 90s. Lots of historical discussion on the Pilgrim-Puritan distinction, but the "angry pilgrim" moniker stuck (at least for that year or two). I have no idea if the costume is still used.

 
H78 
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Re: Does Harvard have a mascot ...
11-02-15 10:54 PM - Post#194221    
    In response to digamma

We had a John Harvard Pilgrim/Puritan type mascot in the mid-to-late-70's, so he's been around for a long time. That was back when the cheerleaders all wore white slacks & shirts, and had no pom poms, and their "uniforms" made them all look like guys...

 
Tiger69 
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Re: Does Harvard have a mascot ...
11-16-15 06:16 PM - Post#195181    
    In response to H78

Possible basketball cheer?

Dunk, Dunk, angry Puritans!

 
Old Bear 
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Does Harvard have a mascot ...
11-16-15 10:42 PM - Post#195200    
    In response to Tiger69

Dartmouth has Kleggy, perhaps Harvard could be a Claret or an Aperitif.

Edited by Old Bear on 11-16-15 10:43 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

 
palestra38 
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Re: Does Harvard have a mascot ...
11-17-15 07:13 AM - Post#195226    
    In response to Old Bear

Is "Kleggy" what you call "Keggy" after chugging a kegful?

 
Old Bear 
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11-17-15 12:15 PM - Post#195259    
    In response to palestra38

Guilty!

 
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