Word: mascot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Handsome Dan VII had the makings of the greatest mascot in Yale's history when he first entered the Eli football picture in the fall of 1950. But he proved a colossal failure...
...grew in age, however, his temperament began to change. In his first year as Yale mascot, he grew from a friendly canine to a staunch Eli rooter who would stop at nothing to get at players and cheerleaders from opposing teams. At first everyone thought Dan amusing when he snapped, bit, and clawed at Tiger and Puritan alike. But then came a serious turn. Dan suddenly discovered that he didn't really like the sons of Eli so much as he had thought...
...Yale's mascot tradition started officially in 1890, when freshman Andrew R. Graves '92 brought a great favorite to Yale men and soon was an intricate part of the football game color...
...week before the Harvard game in 1932, energetic 'Poonies made off with a new mascot and soon pictures of Handsome Dan II licking the feet of John Harvard were moving over the national wire services. There was never any question from that day on that a new "unjinxed" mascot must be found...
Then came the ferocious, just lamented mascot and last in line is today's regal beast...