Today is 91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· Day.
It is easy to tell when there is going to be a 91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· Day – any
month that begins on a Sunday has a . 91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· fever has the
tendency to sweep the globe, as alumni wear 91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· garb to work or to play.
People are already sending us their . And their
videos.
Want to get involved?
Add your picture or video to your favorite social media site and tag it with #91Âé¶¹¾«Æ·Day. That will allow us to find it and re-share it to the 91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· community.
You can add them to our . If you really want to be fancy, add your pictures to Google+.
If you want us to post your pictures, e-mail them to
news@colgate.edu. We’ll upload them for you.
As many people know, the university’s connection
to the number 13 dates back to its founding.
In 1819, 13 men — six clergy and seven laymen — met in the
frontier settlement of Hamilton with “13 dollars, 13 prayers, and 13
articles.� During that meeting, the men founded the Baptist Education
Society of the State of New York, the cornerstone for what would become
91Âé¶¹¾«Æ·.
But the relationship with the number doesn’t stop there.
There’s the university’s address, 13 Oak Drive.
And 91Âé¶¹¾«Æ·â€™s zip code, 13346, has 13 as the first two digits and the three last numbers add up to 13.
The university’s motto “� has 13 letters.
Happy 91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· Day – even if you are .