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Exoniana D O YO U R E M E M B E R ? PEA ARCHIVES
The lion rampant has been used as a symbol of the Academy since the early 1900s, but how long have Exonians been donning fur suits and large lion heads to serve as mascots during E/A games and other events? We need your help to build upon the lion mascot’s history with anecdotes and pictures. Submit your lion tales from years past or identify the mascots and their spirit squads pictured here.
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There will be two prizes awarded at random from the responses received. Email us at Exoniana@exeter.edu. Or, send your responses to Exoniana, c/o The Exeter Bulletin, Phillips Exeter Academy, Communications Office, 20 Main Street, Exeter, NH 03833. Entries may be edited for length and clarity.
Answers to the fall 2013 issue:
In honor of PEA’s 233rd opening of the school year, two alumni correctly answered our trivia questions about the Academy’s Deed of Gift, the seal and the lion rampant. The correct answers are: 1. Which curricular imperatives John Phillips cited in his incorporation of the school? b. Music and the art of speaking
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2.The designer of the original Academy seal? c) Paul Revere (He first cut a seal for Phillips Academy in Andover, which was then adapted by PEA.) 3.The symbolism of the bees on the seal? a) A group of industrious scholars 4.The co-signer of the original Deed of Gift? c) Elizabeth Phillips 5. What the lion rampant, now PEA’s mascot, first appeared on? c) A book plate designed for John Phillips in 1775.
Our winners are: Alexander J. Frain ’03, Milwaukee, WI, and Emily G. (Fincke) Stone ’03, New York, NY.
Both Exonians received PEA leather luggage tags. 16 The Exeter Bulletin
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