College Colors and the Bulldog
In the March 12, 1954 issue of the Independent, a reader complained that the Student Body leaders at Muir College and Pasadena City College had abandoned the use of red and white and the Bulldog as the colors and mascot of the new junior college. In response, Principal W. B. Langsdorf offered the following:
"The new Pasadena High School can lay claim to these colors and the Bulldog. The new junior college could claim either these or blue and gold and Mustang.
The new junior college is neither the continuation of Pasadena City College or of the John Muir College, but a single college representing the merger of the two. Therefore it would be in appropriate to borrow only from PCC and not also from Muir tradition.
The Pasadena High School has a history going back to 1887. Its use of these colors and this mascot has therefore been a much longer one than the use by the present Pasadena City College, and the claim for the high school is therefore a much stronger one.
Sports writers and others have for years accused school administrators in general and 6-4-4 in particular, for the neglect, and the slighting of the lack of emphasis on high school athletics and high school traditions. This is the first opportunity in planning for our new high school to give high school athletics and traditions equitable treatment and justice. It seems strange that the same people who have demanded better treatment for high school athletics should now be denouncing the first attempt to give them a good send-off...
In conclusion, the decision that red and white and the Bulldog cannot be used by the junior college is final. It is the only decision which is possible if justice and fair treatment is to be accorded to the high school. Even should the student leaders of Pasadena City College and Muir decide these colors were appropriate, the administration would have to veto such recommendation."
College Colors and the Bulldog
In the March 12, 1954 issue of the Independent, a reader complained that the Student Body leaders at Muir College and Pasadena City College had abandoned the use of red and white and the Bulldog as the colors and mascot of the new junior college. In response, Principal W. B. Langsdorf offered the following:
"The new Pasadena High School can lay claim to these colors and the Bulldog. The new junior college could claim either these or blue and gold and Mustang.
The new junior college is neither the continuation of Pasadena City College or of the John Muir College, but a single college representing the merger of the two. Therefore it would be in appropriate to borrow only from PCC and not also from Muir tradition.
The Pasadena High School has a history going back to 1887. Its use of these colors and this mascot has therefore been a much longer one than the use by the present Pasadena City College, and the claim for the high school is therefore a much stronger one.
Sports writers and others have for years accused school administrators in general and 6-4-4 in particular, for the neglect, and the slighting of the lack of emphasis on high school athletics and high school traditions. This is the first opportunity in planning for our new high school to give high school athletics and traditions equitable treatment and justice. It seems strange that the same people who have demanded better treatment for high school athletics should now be denouncing the first attempt to give them a good send-off...
In conclusion, the decision that red and white and the Bulldog cannot be used by the junior college is final. It is the only decision which is possible if justice and fair treatment is to be accorded to the high school. Even should the student leaders of Pasadena City College and Muir decide these colors were appropriate, the administration would have to veto such recommendation."