Who is dukes mascot

No name received a majority of the vote. When Duke student William H. The soldiers were known for their unique training and alpine knowledge, and their role was to break the stalemate of trench warfare in the French Alps, according to now former Duke University archivist William King.

So, from the very first issue of the Chronicle, the athletes were referred to as Blue Devils. We kept it up, month after month, even though the name was generally unpopular. But over the years, the name caught on, and the mascot itself has evolved from drawings of an original Blue Devil French soldier to a long-sleeved jumpsuit in the s to a cape and Batman-style mask in the s. Carr and Washington Duke. Carr donated the land where the original campus stands, now known as the East Campus, while it was the generosity of Duke that led to the endowment and construction of the university.

The generosity of the Duke family prompted then president of Trinity College, William Preston Few to rename the university. That first year the traditional nomenclature of the Trinity Eleven, the Blue and White or the Methodists as opposed to the Baptists of nearby Wake Forest described the team.

In September, , the student newspaper, the Trinity Chronicle, launched a campaign for a "catchy name, one of our own possession that would be instantly recognizable nationwide in songs, yells and publicity. Believing a choice utilizing the school colors of dark blue and white to be appropriate, the newspaper editors urged a selection from among the nominations of Blue Titans, Blue Eagles, Polar Bears, Blue Devils, Royal Blazes, or Blue Warriors.

None of the nominations won strong favor but Blue Devils apparently had enough support to elicit the criticism that it would arouse opposition on the Methodist campus "for obvious reasons," and that it might prove risky and jeopardize football if a controversial name were used at that particular time.

The football season passed with no official selection of a name. As the campus leaders from the Class of made plans for their senior year, they decided to select a name since the desired results by democratic nomination and vote had been inconclusive. The editors of The Archive and The Chanticleer, two of the other student publications, agreed that the newspaper staff should choose a name and "put it over. Lander, as editor-in-chief, and Mike Bradshaw, as managing editor, of the Trinity Chronicle began the academic year referring to the athletic teams as the Blue Devils.

Their class had been the first post-war freshmen and the student body was full of returning veterans so the name needed no explanation.