GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Star Wars Grinnell!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Star Wars Grinnell!

This movie was put together by a member of the Grinnell Pioneer track team and it recently won "Best Picture" at the all-college film festival held last week. Most of this video was shot here on campus and is an original film.

The Honor G

The Honor G, the official emblem of Grinnell College athletics, was first used at the Iowa state track championship in 1892. Designed by Earnest "Skip" Atherton, class of 1895, the original Honor G consisted of a scarlet maltese cross with a black "I and "C" (for Iowa College) superimposed on the cross. Two years later in 1894, the "I" and "C" were replaced by a black gothic "G", and the modern day Honor G was born. The gothic "G", which was also used on letter sweaters and is now used on letter jackets, was replaced by an Old English "G" in the mid-1930's. After some protest, it was quickly changed back to the gothic "G", and it has remained unchanged since that time.