At the California college named for John Greenleaf Whittier, no team nickname could be fittier
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7 One-of-a-Kind Stories Behind Some of the Best Nicknames in ...  The other finalists were Eagles, Unicorns (would've been sweet), Golden Bears, and Seahawks. ... No, not a garden hose. In the early 1900s, Presbyterian teams didn't have a nickname, so sports ... Whittier College and its home city of Whittier, California were named for Quaker poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier.
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Whittier College - Wikipedia  Nickname, The Poets. Mascot, Johnny Poet. Affiliations, NCAA Division III; SCIAC. Website, www.whittier.edu. Whittier College in 1912. Hoover Hall and Library. Whittier College is a private liberal arts college in Whittier, California, United States. As of fall ... It was named after Friends (Quaker) poet John Greenleaf Whittier.
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Free Flashcards about POETS & POETRY - StudyStack  HAT NAMED AFTER THE HERO OF A 1791 POEM BY ROBERT BURNS, TAM-O-SHANTER. THE POEM ..... AT THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE NAMED FOR JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, NO TEAM NICKNAME COULD BE FITTER, POETS.
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John Greenleaf Whittier - Wikipedia  John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807  September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker ... Whittier himself was not cut out for hard farm labor and suffered from bad health and physical frailty his whole life. Although he .... Both Whittier College and Whittier Law School are also named after him. A park in the Saint...
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20 Bizarre College Mascots  20 Bizarre College Mascots From a large tree to a walking nut, take a look at ... University of Arkansas-Monticello The nickname for University of Dayton athletic teams is ... California at Santa Cruz, where a banana slug named Sammy serves in the ... school's namesake, Quaker poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier.
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FSU Adopts Seminoles as the Nickname for Athletic Teams  FSU Adopts Seminoles as the Nickname for Athletic Teams ... Election time for choosing the name of Florida State University's athletic teams has been extended...
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL; S.E.C. Has a Black Football Coach - The ...  Dec 2, 2003 ... Sylvester Croom became the first African-American head football coach in the ... Conference yesterday, accepting the position at Mississippi State. ... 12, 1970, Southern Cal's fullback was an African-American named Sam...
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Osceola and Renegade - Wikipedia  Osceola and Renegade are the official mascots of the Florida State University Seminoles. ... The portrayal is supported by leaders of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, but it ... State University adopted the Seminoles nickname in 1947, just after its ... Indian mascots and names; after much deliberation, the NCAA gave FSU an...
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3727 flashcards | Quizlet  Named for singer Ray Charles, this boxer retired in 1991 for the fourthtime .... This U.S. college was chartered in 1693 by the royal pair for whom it isnamed.
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California Golden Bears - Wikipedia  Nickname, Golden Bears. Fight song, Fight for California (primary) Big C  Sons of California. Cheer, Oski Yell. Colors, Blue and Gold. Website, www.calbears.com. The California Golden Bears are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Berkeley. .... During his tenure, Cal crew became known for success on both the...
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Traditions of Berkeley | University of California, Berkeley  In 1895 a 12-man track team became the first Cal team to compete outside the ... The athletes won several meets, and the Golden Bear became the mythical...
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Jeopary Questions page 2005 - PERFUME - TriviaBistro.com  COLLEGE NICKNAMES: Florida State's nickname is the Seminoles & the University of ... Sojourner Truth died in her house on College Street in this "cereal" city.
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UCLA Bruins football - Wikipedia  The UCLA Bruins football program represents the University of California, Los Angeles in .... His 1942 UCLA Bruins team lost to Georgia in the 1943 Rose Bowl. ... at UCLA and earned the school its only national championship in football in 1954. ..... The Bruins had played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial...
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The Campus, Volume 23, Number 18, November 24, 1937  The guards have it at Texas Christian university. Mason ... S. M. U.-U. C. L. A. game Satur- ... running after defeats by Arkansas ..... Dallas park has been named. ... ately a picture of Jacob Boll, Swiss ..... brown eyes, a college graduate who.
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List of college sports team nicknames - Wikipedia  Here follows a list of college sports team nicknames. These are the general, collective .... Black Knights[edit]. U.S. Military Academy [Army] (West Point, New York) ..... Ducks[edit]. Oregon (Eugene, Oregon); Stevens Tech (Hoboken, New Jersey)...
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University of California: Los Angeles - Big Future - The College Board  Explore key University of California: Los Angeles information including application requirements, popular majors, tuition, ... Student must reply to acceptance by : May 1 .... Other Activities & Organizations ... Team Name : Bruins ... Basketball.
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Is this the first ever high five? NCAA basketball team ... - Daily Mail  Mar 25, 2013 ... NCAA basketball team from 1980 claims they pioneered the iconic ... and his teammates at the University of Louisville invented the high five. ... Brown stands by his story even though L.A. Dodgers have also taken credit for the gesture's ..... Late Late Show host James sprints to his Range Rover Sport as he...
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Fast Facts - State Center Community College District  1910, as Fresno Junior College, becoming California's first community college and the second in the nation. The college was established by C. L. McLane,...
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Inside Tennis: Top 10 All-Time NCAA Men's and Women's Teams  Connors, who would win the NCAA singles title in his only season with the blue ... to rival USC, UCLA senior Arthur Ashe swept the NCAA singles and doubles (with ... one team able to break the Pac-10's stranglehold on the NCAA title  '72 Trinity. ... John Whitlinger led the way, sweeping the singles and doubles (with Jim...
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Timeless_Summer - The Past Whispers  James Whitcomb Riley Blessings on thee, little man, barefoot boy with cheek of tan, With your turned-up pantaloons and your merry whistled tunes, ... John Greenleaf Whittier ... Once there was a boy who never tore his clothes, or hardly ever.
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J! Archive - Show #3338, aired 1999-02-24  In 1998 this game celebrated its 50th anniversary with a huge game using giant letter ... From the Latin for "sleep", it's a building at a college for housing students...