Word: mascotism
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Mike, Harvard mascot: "To hell with Yale...
...distinctly better than ours. But when I heard you yelling here tonight I knew something was going to happen. With a noise like that behind them the boys can't lose." Then followed the statement of uncompromising confidence in the team which has already been quoted. Adolph, the CRIMSON mascot, jumped to his feet waving the red flag presented to him by E.A. Whitney '17, in the days when CRIMSON diamond supremacy was a national by-word, and the crowd broke forth in a wild demonstration of approval. At this moment, two spectators overwrought by tension and excitement suddenly became...
Since the death twenty one years ago of John Lovett, "The Orange Man," whose greeting to Freshmen, "I knew your father, friend," and whose translation of Veritas as "Ter hell wid Yale," have made him immortal, Harvard has never had another mascot of such rare interest and popularity...
...game that the Orangeman was present at was present at was the one in New York in 1888. On the way down in the boat John sat in the upper deck, regaling his crowd of "friends" until midnight brought a protesting officer. Upon arriving in New York, the mascot was draped in crimson flags and scarfs, taken all over the city, given dinner at the Hoffman House, and driven to the field in a coach...
After that he was the regular mascot of the baseball team, and was seen at all the games, where his appearance was greeted by great cheers from the students, to which he responded by waving crimson banners, and shouting "Harvard, Harvard!" In this capacity of mascot, the Orangeman became a nationally known figure...