Any tie not otherwise provided for shall be decided by lot. The College has no desire to change or erase the historical record or its past connection to Lord Jeffery Amherst. The Mammoths name will simply be used going forward. The College will not interfere with freedom of expression in any form. The new mascot logo made its debut during Homecoming events on Friday, October 20, The process of renaming the Inn, which is separate from the mascot election, continues.
Its goal is to identify options that are appropriate to the relationship among the Inn, the Town, and the College. The development of the mascot logo will begin very soon. Now that work on the logo is complete, its inclusion on athletics venues, uniforms and promotional materials will begin to take shape.
Any business, other entity, or individual who intends to use the new mascot logo must first enter into a licensing agreement with the college. For more information contact Suzanne Auerbach in the Office of Communications at smauerbach amherst. The college reserves the discretion to decline any proposed use.
Any use of the mascot logo without a licensing agreement is prohibited. Updated October 20, Why did Amherst seek a new mascot? Why did Amherst need to select a new mascot now? What were the goals of the mascot selection process? The goals for the process were to: ensure a transparent process and decision-making, maximize constituent participation and feedback, and advance community-building, particularly between students and alumni.
What was the timeline for mascot selection? October November 30 — an open call for mascot suggestions took place. February — The Mascot Committee sought input from a representative group of alumni and student Delegates who rated and ranked the remaining semifinalists according to criteria and alumni and student feedback. The Mascot Committee used the delegate ratings to identify the top 5 mascot ideas. The winning mascot was announced on April 3, The mascot visuals were formally introduced on October 20, Who was able to submit mascot ideas?
What criteria were used to narrow down the submissions received? When were initial submissions, semifinalists and finalists shared with the Amherst community? The list of mascot suggestions received was made available after December 7. The list of semifinalists was made available in early January. The list of finalists was made available in mid-March. What was the role of the alumni and student delegates? Who were the delegates? Amherst College announced Tuesday that it will cease using "Lord Jeff" as an unofficial mascot for the institution.
The use of the term has been controversial, and many students and some alumni have wanted it dropped. Lord Jeffery Amherst was an English general for whom the town of Amherst is named. He died before the college was created and had no direct connection to the college. Honoring him was opposed by many because in correspondence he proposed the use of smallpox-infested blankets as a weapon of war against Native Americans. It is not clear whether the proposal was carried out.
The photo at right shows a student protest on the issue. A statement issued by Cullen Murphy, chair of the college's board, said that while the college would prefer that people not use the Lord Jeff nickname or mascot, the college will take no action against those who -- as individuals -- do so.
Period," Murphy said. It is curious that the specific plans to spread smallpox were relegated to postscripts. I leave it to the reader to ponder the significance of this. Amherst's correspondence during this time includes many letters on routine matters, such as officers who are sick or want to be relieved of duty; accounts of provisions on hand, costs for supplies, number of people garrisoned; negotiations with provincial governors the army is upset with the Pennsylvania assembly, for example, for refusing to draft men for service ; and so on.
None of these other letters show a deranged mind or an obsession with cruelty. Amherst's venom was strictly reserved for Indians. The sharpest contrast with letters about Indians is provided by letters regarding the other enemy, the French. Amherst has been at war with the French as much as with the Indians; but he showed no obsessive desire to extirpate them from the earth.
They were apparently his "worthy" enemy. It was the Indians who drove him mad. It was they against whom he was looking for "an occasion, to extirpate them root and branch. Long describes Amherst's "kindliness to the French" and refers to Amherst's "intensity of feeling on these issues":.
In contrast to these kindly feelings, Long says that Pontiac's attacks on British forts at Detroit and Presqu'Isle "aroused Amherst to a frenzy, a frenzy almost hysterical in its impotence.
Colonel Bouquet's poetic line, " Indian warriors would not stand in ordered ranks; they fell back into the forests only to emerge again in renewed attack; their leaders defied British logic and proved effective against a string of British forts; these were the enemy that nearly succeeded in driving the British out, and became the target for British genocide. All in all, the letters provided here remove all doubt about the validity of the stories about Lord Jeff and germ warfare. The General's own letters sustain the stories.
An additional source of information on the matter is the Journal of William Trent , commander of the local militia of the townspeople of Pittsburgh during Pontiac's seige of the fort. This Journal has been described as " Harpster, ed.
University of Pittsburgh Press, There is some dispute about the spelling of Amherst's first name.
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