Now I’m not saying the Wake needs to ditch the black and gold entirely. It’s manicured backdrop comes from the big burly folks working to keep the trees trimmed and in order. The beautiful campus is secluded and pristine. Wake Forest is, intentionally, set in a forest and surrounded by a giant wall of trees. If we’re looking to ditch the oxymoronic religious mascot… Why not go to the other half of the original founding?
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Students were required to perform and keep a record of manual labor for three hours per day. It was originally a college for ministry and manual labor.
In 1834, the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute was opened for its first fall of classes. Baptists in North Carolina bought the Forest of Wake to build their school. It’s perfect.įurther, Wake Forest is in a literal forest. Yeah, the Forest Lumberjacks go together like red and black plaid. Read it as you’ll hear it read: the Wake Forest Lumberjacks. Check out the ideas the crew came up with below, and vote at the end for which new branding you think is best! Parker’s Idea: Wake Forest University Lumberjacks Go Jacks! It’s been nearly 100 years of this madness, but luckily we here at Belly Up are here to help. Of course they adopted the first name they got, no matter how ghoulish it was. They were already the oddball out in that they were the lone religious university of their size, they couldn’t also be the lone school without a team name. Wake Forest was the last major university to name a mascot and earn a team nickname in the state of North Carolina, a state of strong collegiate athletics. I’m not one to criticize the writers of the roaring 20’s that ran with this nickname… but every depiction of the 20’s I’ve ever seen indicates these folks might not have been in the best state of mind to come up with this.Īnd that’s understandable. So, not only is the odd, oxymoronic mascot, ill-fit for the university… it’s a copycat. #GoDeacs /bS8rDDzzhh- College Sports Logos July 15, 2020 Here are their many looks over the several decades. In 1923 Wake Forest was first referred as “Demon Deacons,” in recognition of their “devilish” play and fighting spirit after they defeated Trinity College (now Duke University) in football. The Wake Forest football team had a “devilish” big win over the Trinity Blue Devils (now known as Duke), after they “fought like demons” in 1923. Wake Forest received the nickname, like many universities, from a sports writer. But a demon deacon?! That seems very much not “for humanity.” A “demon deacon” would be, in its most literal sense, be a minister of the fallen angels. That makes sense for the historically baptist university.
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Look, Wake Forest’s motto is pro humanitae, or “for humanity.” How can a university be “for humanity,” and be represented by demon deacons? Break that down… a “deacon” is a cleric, or someone who works for the church. But a university that could use a makeover? The Wake Forest Demon Deacons. The Cleveland Indians have also recently debated their own name (and we have some ideas to help them, too!). As seen recently, the Washington Racial Slurs are planning on changing their name (and we have some ideas to help!). Changing them is definitely a way to stop honoring those on the wrong side of history. Names we use to refer to schools, mascots, buildings, and team names carry weight. One easy, simplistic way to begin that change is through language. In 2020, we are seeing athletes, sponsors, and fans ask their teams and universities to make a real change to their image across the sports landscape.
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