{"id":11964,"date":"2023-05-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/?p=11964"},"modified":"2023-05-03T09:42:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T13:42:19","slug":"what-dont-you-know-about-colgate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/2023\/05\/05\/what-dont-you-know-about-colgate\/","title":{"rendered":"What Don\u2019t You Know About Colgate?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Test Your Knowledge of Obscure University History Facts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the name of the school\u2019s first student newspaper?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which University president held the longest tenure?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What symbol was on the University\u2019s first seal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who was the first faculty member? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How old was Mabel Dart, the first full-time woman student, when she began her studies at the University?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During WWII, which major gave students eligibility for deferments?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which academic program was founded in 1970 as a result of the antiwar movement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what year did the Society of Alumni and Friends (now the Alumni Council) first organize? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the name of the first literary group for African American students? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norman Mailer, Susan Sontag, and Philip Roth visited campus in October 1964 for a festival celebrating the future opening of which campus building?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which football coach was known as \u201cthe canny Scot of the Chenango\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What were Colgate\u2019s original colors?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who was the last survivor of the 13 founders?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Answer Key<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The Hamilton Student<\/em><\/li>
  2. Ebenezer Dodge<\/li>
  3. A winged angel holding an open book, presumably the Bible<\/li>
  4. Daniel Hascall, an alumnus of Middlebury College <\/li>
  5. Dart was 14 when she began studying at Madison University; she stayed for seven semesters before being transferred to Vassar, where she was allowed to earn a degree and graduated as the youngest member of her class.<\/li>
  6. Economics, \u201canticipating their roles as logistics and supply officers or in various war-mobilization agencies in Washington,\u201d according to Becoming Colgate<\/em><\/li>
  7. The Peace and Conflict Studies Program<\/li>
  8. The organization held its inaugural meeting in Utica in 1825. <\/li>
  9. The Besmanbomara Society, formed circa 1922<\/li>
  10. The Festival of the Creative Arts was organized in anticipation of the Dana Arts Center.<\/li>
  11. Andy Kerr<\/li>
  12. Blue and magenta<\/li>
  13. Robert Powell, who lived until the age of 79, died in 1875<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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