Our apologies for titling this blog after a song from 1991 (or a personality test, depending on your perspective). Still, we wanted to tell you a little bit about Lawrence’s traditions before you arrive, including class colors. (Check out our longest and most popular traditions.)
These traditions include information about our coat of arms, school songs, the organs in the chapel and even a big, huge rock. But you’ll also be able to read about the tradition of class colors.
Beginning in 1914, Milwaukee Downer College (which merged with Lawrence College in 1964 to create Lawrence University) began transferring a red, green, yellow or purple banner to the incoming freshman class. The tradition continues today, with each incoming class receiving their official banner from the alumni association.
While we can’t yet reveal your official class color – that happens at the President’s welcome on September 8th – we thought it would be interesting to see which of the four colors your class liked the best. (Note: this does not have an impact on the class color you will receive!)
The results were:
1 – Green, with 39.9%
2 – Purple, with 30.9%
3 – Red, with 20.2%
4 – Yellow, with 9.0%
For the record, blue is not generally considered one of the available colors, as blue and white are the official school colors.
As of yet, there’s no explanation for the absence of orange…any ideas?