Our east coast friend Malcolm Kenton sent me a clip the other day that he discovered while listening to a podcast about forgotten mascots. Seems the famed old prep school in Connecticut Avon Old Farms, (costing upwards of 50,000 a year) has the famous motto “Aspirando et Perseverando” and the mascot of the winged beaver. Because obviously beavers dream big and we all know they persevere.
The school is best known for its winning hockey
team and famous alumni are all NFL linebackers or kickers, with the notable exception of one Pete Seeger, who was one of its first graduates after his parents early divorce. (I’m sure to THIS DAY the school is scratching it’s head wondering what went wrong.)
But it works in our favor with a nice start to labor day weekend.
