Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-11-05
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Favorite Embiems Of the Various Univcr-
sities In This Country.

eittes III Ints country.
Some rather pretty traditions are
connected with the choice of colors by
the different colleges. Each has the
Significance, which should be under
stood by the boy who pins bow of
Princctonian orange and black to the
lapel of his coat, as vol as by the
damsel who fastens the Yale blue to
the corsage Of her dross.
For instance, in regard to the Grim
son which Harvard always displays SO
conspicuously, as its color. 1t twas years
ago that it was adopted, the occasion
being the annual boat race with Yale.
A young girl presented each member
of the Harvard crew with crimson
silk handkerchief. Proudly the bril-
liant color was tlaunied throughout the
race. Never did Haryard's sons pull
with such lung and steady stroke.
Crimson was far in tho lead aud the
men enthusiastically acknowledged
allegiance to their winning banner
and proclaimed that henceforth Grim
son should be their chosen color.
The orange, which shines SO brightly
over all that is Princetopian, WAS
adopted long ago in honor oil King
William tho Third, Of the House of
Nassau, tho black was afterward added
TO form an effective background.
Yale college is said 10 have borrowed
the dark blue from oxford; recent
years have fixed upon the violet as tue
precise Yale color, and violets arc the
favorite flowers with the Sons of good
old Eli, and always in evidence ut
their entertainments.
Blue ranks as prime favorite, indeed
il has boon chosen by nearly third
Of the colleges aud universities in this
country, observes tho Rochester Post
Express, either alone or in cumbi-
nation with other colors
Among the numbers besides Yale are
Washington and Lee Universities
Middleburg College; Central College.
tayette. Mo. Eureka College and
Trinity College. North Carolina.
Blue and black-Jetferson Medical
College and Johns Hopkins University.
Blue and old goid-A llegheny, Della.
ware, Franklin and Trinity Colleges,
West Virginia University and the
University of California.
Red and blue Antioch College.
Sky blue and bright retl--Hiram Col.
lego and the University of Pennsylvania.
Blue and silYer--Nevada State Uni.
versity.
Blue and maroon-St Francis Xavier
| College.
Brown and blue-Taft College.
Maize and blue-University OF Michi
gan.
| Orange and bluo-Pennsylvania Col
lege, University of Virginia. Colum
bian University Of Washington.
Pink and light blue-Ilampton In
stitute, Davidson College, North Caro-
lima.
Blue and gray-Georgetow Poly
techniu and Roanoke Colleges.
Blue and scarlet Hanover College,
White is also pet color with man
colleges, Bowdoin College, for instance
In combination with lavender ii is th
emblem chosen by. Adrian College an,
the Kansas Wesleyan University.
White, blue and yellow-A labam
Polytechnic College.
Purple and white-Amberat College
bishops College and Furman Uni
versity.
Blue and white Barnard College an
Columbia University.
Green and wh;te-Bethany and Hi
nois Wesleyan Colleges.
Scarlet and white-Boston Uni
VerSlIy.
Green, white and blue-Cumberlan
, University.
Red and white Dickinson and Nj
Gill Colleges apd Miami University.
Orange and white-Geneva, Beavt
Falls and William aud Mary Colleges
!, Navy blue and white-Hillsido Co
lege.
! Violet and white-Linculn I'm
! vorsity and Nashotah House.
/ Purple has several devotees; ii is IL
y color of Cornell College of Iowa, an
q OF Williams and Racine College
i Royal purple and gold Alfred, Il
: mira aud Knox Colleges, Northwestern
j.. Portland and Omaha Universities, ar
SO on through tho whole list.
Comedian and white Cornell I'm
i versity, Tho bright red Of the corn
n Ian was at first the solo color; late
r in honor of A. u. White, Cornell
i first president, white was added 10 ii