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Dickinson’s Red Devil mascot emerged in 1930, when the football team played a tough game against George Washington University. Because of their show of grit and spirit against a superior team, a Washington writer from the Public Ledger dubbed the Dickinson team “the Red Devils.” Students took to the name, and a mascot emerged.
Dec 6, 2019 · Depending on who you ask, Dickinson High School's mascot — the Midgets — could be considered an endearing tradition or derogatory slur. Dickinson High School is one of only five schools to ...
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Sep 6, 2019 · Dickinson's Red Devil mascot costume gets an update. by Tony Moore. Every Dickinsonian probably knows the origin of the college’s Red Devil athletics mascot. But for the uninitiated, back in 1930, when Dickinson was a mere 147 years old, the football team held its own again the superior gridiron squad of George Washington University.
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Jul 14, 2002 · Mascot changes. Since OU dropped Little Red as a mascot in 1970, 18 colleges have switched nicknames away from Indian-related terms: 1972: Stanford, from Indians to Cardinal. 1972: Dickinson (N.D.), from Savages to Blue Hawks. 1974: Dartmouth, from Indians to Big Green. 1988: Siena, from Indians to Saints. 1991: Eastern Michigan, from Huron to ...
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Feb 2, 2022 · Following student protests, North Dakota’s Dickinson State University in 1972 dropped the Savages as the school’s mascot. Two years later , they officially became the Blue Hawks.
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Apr 30, 2014 · The club sang its cheer, to which the substitutes on the Dickinson team made a parody. Dickinson’s version of the chant went something like this: “Yah, yah, hay. Yah, yah, yeh. Bees wax. Bees wax. A.B.C.” This so disgusted the team that they believed not only should the official chant change but also the school colors.
