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Red and white at the inauguration

Cornell’s traditions history traces its red and white colors to decorations at the 1868 inauguration, including white lettering against red fabric.

Checked 2026-11-03 · Sources: Cornell Traditions - Cornell University Athletics

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A bear without an official mascot designation

A bear became a familiar Cornell symbol without becoming an official university mascot. The athletics history dates the first live bear mascot to the undefeated 1915 football season.

Checked 2026-11-03 · Sources: Cornell Traditions - Cornell University Athletics

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A nickname born in a football song

Cornell traces the Big Red nickname to a football song written in 1905 by graduate Romeyn Berry. Its reference to the team’s red identity caught on.

Checked 2026-11-03 · Sources: Cornell Traditions - Cornell University Athletics

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Songs alongside the game

Cornell’s traditions collection identifies Far Above Cayuga’s Waters as the alma mater and places it alongside football songs. The song tradition is part of the school’s broader athletic culture.

Checked 2026-11-03 · Sources: Cornell Traditions - Cornell University Athletics

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An ideal preserved in the seal

The university’s great seal preserves Ezra Cornell’s founding statement about people finding instruction across fields of study. It links the institution’s visual identity to its educational purpose.

Checked 2026-11-03 · Sources: Symbols | Office of the President | Cornell University

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A seal adopted before the inauguration

Cornell’s trustees adopted the great seal on October 6, 1868, the day before the inauguration. The university’s account distinguishes that seal from the smaller corporate seal used for legal instruments.

Checked 2026-11-03 · Sources: Symbols | Office of the President | Cornell University

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Bells from the university’s opening

Jennie McGraw donated nine bells for Cornell’s 1868 opening. The library’s history explains that the bells were first housed in McGraw Hall before moving to the library tower completed in 1891.

Checked 2026-11-03 · Sources: McGraw Tower restoration preserves the past, ensures the future – Cornell University Library

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One field, several Cornell teams

Schoellkopf’s facility page identifies the field as a home for football, sprint football and men’s and women’s lacrosse. Football and sprint football remain distinct sports in Cornell’s program.

Checked 2026-11-03 · Sources: Schoellkopf Field - Facilities - Cornell University Athletics

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