Dartmouth College Pennat
date: label: date made
content: 1955 - 1971
notes: label: Description
content: This pennant represents Dartmouth College and is green with white lettering and the old school mascot, which was an Indian. Dartmouth students adopted a shade of forest green (known as Dartmouth Green) as the school's first official color in 1866. In the 1920s, Dartmouth athletic teams started to be referred to by their unofficial nickname, "the Indians." The unofficial mascot and team name was used until the early 1970s when its use came under criticism. In 1974 the Trustees declared the "use of the [Indian] symbol in any form to be inconsistent with present institutional and academic objectives of the College in advancing Native American education." Some attempts by alumni and students to bring the Indian mascot back have been unsuccessful. Dartmouth athletic teams are now recognized as the "Big Green."
label: Description
content: To replace the vacated mascot, a new unofficial mascot for Dartmouth College has appeared. Keggy the Keg, an anthropomorphic beer keg, created in 2003 by the members of the humor magazine, the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern, has become the school's unofficial mascot. While the mascot was originally (and to some extent remains) controversial it has found a more or less accepted role on the school's campus. In 2012, Yahoo Sports ranked Keggy as the number one Most Unique Mascot.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Education
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: collegiate
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0257.058
label: accession number
content: 1982.0257
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0257.058
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pennant, collegiate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 29 in; 29.21 cm x 73.66 cm