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Colonel Ebirt was the unofficial school mascot for The College of William & Mary from 2001–2005. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Colonel Ebirt is No More )〕 A green and gold frog that donned a tri-corner hat, Colonel Ebirt was originally used as a promotional tool for Colonial Williamsburg. It became involved with the College athletics program when someone from the William & Mary gymnastics program volunteered to wear the costume.〔 "Ebirt" is Tribe spelled backwards (also, note that "ebirt" is analogous to the more commonly heard frog call "ribit"), and "Colonel" comes from the school's historical and geographical ties to Williamsburg, Virginia, specifically that of Colonial Williamsburg. The athletic department decided to "retire" Ebirt upon the conclusion of the 2005–06 school year.〔Since Colonel Ebirt was never an ''official'' mascot, the term "retire" is used loosely.〕 On April 6th, 2010, William and Mary announced that their mascot to replace Ebirt was a griffin. While the common mythology at William & Mary at the time of Ebirt's reign was that it was simply 'an asexual amorphous green blob', the mascot of a green and gold frog was actually chosen to raise awareness of the threatened/endangered status of many of the world's species, while simultaneously highlighting the official school colors. ==See also== * Griffin – William & Mary's mascot successor to Colonel Ebirt * List of U.S. college mascots 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colonel Ebirt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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