The Gunnery School - Red and Gray Yearbook (Washington, CT)

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,v- ' ff' 'is G G THE GUNNERY GOAT ln the Fall of 1948 the Gunnery acqurred tts first mascot rn recent hrstory The student body was pre pared for G G s debut by an rntensrve teaser campargn centered around the questxon who rs G G 7 The guess mg however soon came to 1 standstrll wrth Gravel Gertre noslnv out Gorgeous George by several shouts rn the dormrtory bull sessrons The answer to the brg questron appeared on the afternoon of Parents Day when G G was paraded on the football field There were on hand to greet the she goat nearly 500 excrted spectators some of whom had come to see the football game For the ladres benefit, G G wore a red banner wrth large gray Gs on erther srde The goat was accompamed by two young gentlemen cheerleaders 53 The possessron of GG makes our school the only preparatory school rn Connectrcut to have a goat as a mascot GG proved her worth when she rallred football team to rts decrsrve vrctory over the C' md Black of Westmrnster on Parents Day The Gunnery may well be proud of th ,v acqurred goat for G G has a pedrgree and from a famrly of grand chtmprons ln all serrousness however rt should b nnted ou that G G s arrrval thrs year symbolrzes t emergence of ft new school sprrrt the presence of W1 h was 1 obvxous evrdence durmg the wmter months G G c be consrdered as somethrng more than a luckypre She IS welcomed at the School as a mascot and symbol of The Gunnery sprrrt