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Aug 4, 2010 · In 1907 in a vote by the student body on a name for a mascot for the College’s sports teams Purple Cows was selected. At that time on campus there was a popular student humor magazine known as the The Purple Cow, which was thought to favor the vote toward the Ephs having a purple cow as a mascot.
The Ephs' nickname (which rhymes with "chiefs") is a shortened form of the name of Ephraim Williams, the college's founder. The Ephs' mascot is a purple cow, and their colors are purple and gold. [3]
The mascot's name, Ephelia, was submitted in a radio contest in October 1952 by Theodore W. Friend, a senior at Williams. [131] The origins of the cow mascot are unknown, but one possibility is that it was inspired by the Purple Cow humor magazine, a student publication begun in 1907, which used the college color along with a cow. [131]
May 14, 2015 · The mascot of Williams College is the purple cow and recently over 90 student organizations, academic departments, and offices decorated two-dimensional cow cut-outs to graze across campus.
The Ephs' nickname (which rhymes with "chiefs") is a shortened form of the name of Ephraim Williams, the college's founder. The Ephs' mascot is a purple cow, and their colors are purple and gold. The school's athletic director is Lisa Melendy.
Nov 30, 2022 · Despite the ubiquity of love for Ephelia among the campus community nowadays, the College mascot was not determined to be a purple cow until a student vote in 1907, and the name “Ephelia” was not selected until 1952.
