- Sleep in.
- Read.
- Watch TV.
- Snack or try not to snack.
- Etc.
Today's choice: Look on the
Internet for Linfield College (as this is written -- March 24, 2020 -- soon to
be Linfield University) "school colors."
Color Wildcatville cardinal with (polite)
rage.
Found a site (there may be
more, didn't look) listing "purple and red" as Linfield colors.
Not.
The colors are cardinal and
purple. In that order. These days purple dominates in what Linfield Wildcat
athletes wear and what's sold in the Linfield Bookstore. But, cardinal and
purple are the colors.
Cardinal is a shade of red.
It's not accurate to list "red" as a Linfield color. Cardinal or
"Cardinal red" is correct. "Red" is not.
The Linfield athletic
"L" letter (see photo posted here) is the Cardinal L. The Linfield
club for those winning athletic letters is (was? Does it still exist?) “Cardinal
K.” Linfield Athletic Hall of Famer Bob Ferguson (Class of 1965), who earned
Cardinal "L"s playing Wildcat football, has an organization called “Cardinal
Circle.”
If you’re not convinced, the
Linfield Athletics website says this
“Cardinal and Purple
“Linfield athletic teams
sport one of the most unique color schemes in all of college athletics. The
college adopted the current colors of Cardinal (Red) and Purple in 1917.
“Purple, a symbol of wealth
and power during the Middle Ages, was worn by Roman emperors and by Roman
Catholic popes. Wealthy popes used gems and purple stones in papal
architecture. Pope Paul II (1464-71), who enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle,
introduced the use of scarlet, calling it “Cardinal’s Purple,” because it was
worn by his cardinals. Cardinal red, similar in hue to burgundy, also became a
luxury dye during the Middle Ages. “