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BU Yesterday
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Week of 17 October 1997 |
Vol. I, No. 8 |
BU Yesterday
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In dog years he'd be 525 this fall. But in October 1960, at the BU-George Washington University football game, this Rhett was just a pup. The Boston terrier became the BU mascot in 1922, after the idea had been floated by the BU News. At least one reader was unimpressed, writing to the paper, "I believe that some powerful animal like an elephant or a dragon would be much better." We surmise that cheerleader Diane E. Etienne (now Faxon), a 1961 SON grad, was probably glad that the dissenting voice was a bark in the wilderness. (See Oct. 24 Calendar listing for Rhett's birthday festivities.) Photo: Boston University Photo Services |
