GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Founders' Day!

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Founders' Day!

Tomorrow, Monday June 10th, is Grinnell College's Founders' Day! The College asks that Grinnell students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and supporters all across the world to "wear Grinnell".

Pioneer Football will be sporting our #GCPride tomorrow and would love to see photos of you in yours. Upload a picture to our Facebook page and show the world how proud you are to be a Grinnellian!

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.