The Cardinal colors and lines are now consistent with the University's visual identity, and designed with digital and mobile uses in mind. The primary elements of the Cardinal were retained but refined, bringing to light a modern and bold bird, reflecting the determined, powerful, and fierce spirit of the Wesleyan community. In 2019, with input from faculty, staff, coaches, students and alumni, Wesleyan created a custom cardinal icon that is unique to Wesleyan University. The idea caught on as a solution to the quest for an acceptable nickname. Fricke ’33, the baseball captain, purchased a baseball jacket with a cardinal on the breast pocket.
The following spring, one of the football players, Walter W. Until then, Wesleyan’s athletic teams were known as "The Methodists." A newspaper report of a game in 1932 with the University of Rochester referred to the team as "the Mysterious Ministers from Middletown," a slogan resented by half the team. It’s anyones War but we everyone knows, It ALL Comes Down To Sing!!!Ĭhenny out.The Cardinal was adopted as the nickname for Wesleyan’s athletic teams in the early 1930s. There are only 11 points that separate Red & Gold. It was an incredible Rope Burn and a perfect Color War Night. Then it was Reds water that boiled over and just moments later Gold’s water boiled. Reds rope burned first followed by Golds within minutes. The crowd would go bananas each time their teams fire looked as if it was going to burn that rope. The tiniest shift in wood placement changed the direction of the fire. The lead went back and forth 7 times tonight. They crowd went nuts but just 2 minutes later Red Medieval Madness’s fire was blazing. It is a race to build the perfect fire and Gold Sci-Fi Fantasy’s fire went up first. Their faces are painted with zinc to protect them from the burning fire that they have created and the entire camp, watches with great anticipation as to which team while burn the rope and boil the water first. Counselors for both teams have been collecting wood and preparing for tonight. Tonight was a great event as we all headed to see the long-standing camp tradition of Rope Burning and Water Boiling. She got out of the pool and was jumping up and down with excitement even though she lost her race, she won! This little girl finished her event with a crowd cheering her on. Her teammates started to chant her and name and then within moments the kids and staff on the other team joined in and soon every single female in and around the the pool was chanting her name. There was a little girl who was lagging far behind in her event and she was getting discouraged. To sit back and watch the encouragement we all give one another here is life changing. The kids had so much fun as they relayed to their finish lines getting cheers praise for their hard work and effort. The competition, the spirit and the fun makes this week the absolute BEST!īoy’s side had their track meet today and girls side battled in the pool with their swim meet. There is nothing quite like Color War and it’s hard to explain but living it is dream like. Spirit and team pride runs deep here and everyone feels the excitement. Everyone was feeling the spirit with their faces painted and their hair sprayed with their team colors. It was a glorious morning and a perfect day for more color war games and contests.
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