Happy Colgate Day!

[RedSpartan]

Any Colgate University grads here? Happy Colgate Day!

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Triskaidekafanatics unite -- Friday the 13th is Colgate Day!

As many former undergrads know, the university's connection to the number 13 dates back to its founding.

In 1817, 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 Colgate.

But the relationship with the number doesn't stop there.

There's the university's address, 13 Oak Drive.

And Colgate's zip code, 13346. The first two numbers, standing alone, are the number 13, and the sum of the remaining three totals 13.

Even the university's motto has a connection with 13. There are -- no surprise here -- 13 letters in "Deo ac Veritati," a Latin phrase meaning "for God and for truth."

[Phentex]

1. Interesting!...

I wasn't expecting this when I clicked. :hi:

[trof]

2. They make the toothpaste, right?

You KNEW this would happen.
;-)

[RedSpartan]

3. It actually IS named after the Colgate family...

In 1817, the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York was founded by thirteen men (six clergymen and seven laymen). Two years later, in 1819, the state granted the school's charter, and the school opened a year later, in 1820. The first classes were held in a building in the town of Hamilton. Three years later, in 1823, the Baptist Theological Seminary at New York City incorporated with the Baptist Education Society and subsequently changed its name to the Hamilton Literary & Theological Institution. Among the trustees was William Colgate, founder of a soap company.

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In 1890, Madison University changed its name to Colgate University in recognition of the family and its gifts to the school.<13> James B. Colgate, one of William Colgate's sons, established a $1,000,000 endowment...

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