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Post by archer99 on Aug 21, 2005 21:15:57 GMT -5
Does anyone know the real version of how our RED DEVILS got their name?
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Post by justfacts on Sept 1, 2005 12:06:00 GMT -5
Could it be based on the RED faces of the DEVILS on the past Boards as they got caught with their hand in the public money cookie jar?
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Post by yruohk on Sept 16, 2005 19:16:39 GMT -5
Does anyone know the real version of how our RED DEVILS got their name? cfserv.dickinson.edu/enews/pride/200404devil.html [to read this in it's entirety] It was about 1890 when the College's athletic colors were chosen as red and white and, for a time, the athletic teams were known simply as "the Red and White." ." These colors reflected yet another Dickinson tradition--an intense rivalry between two debating societies. Since the 18th century, the Union Philosophical Society and the Belles Lettres Society had competed vigorously on campus. The former used a red rose as its symbol; the other, a white rose. Thus the school colors entwined the symbols of these two rival groups.... The Dickinson Red and White were heavily outmatched, but they held off GW throughout the first half--score at halftime was GW 7, Dickinson 6. Because of this show of grit and spirit against a superior team, a Washington writer from the Public Ledger dubbed the Dickinson team the "Red Devils." So there you have it. The facts as best they can be portrayed of why all our teams today--men's and women's--are proudly called the "Red Devils!" Images of the Devil have appeared in various forms through the years in sports programs and college yearbooks [and in other items] And to quote justfacts again: Could it be based on the RED faces of the DEVILS on the past Boards as they got caught with their hand in the public money cookie jar?
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