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The Maryland Railroad Lantern is an authentic metal railroad lantern with four lenses made by the Adlake company of Chicago circa 1907 and used as a trophy that is awarded to the winner of each college football game between Division III schools McDaniel College and Johns Hopkins. Johns Hopkins University football team is currently in possession of the trophy. It is one of the youngest rivalry trophies, yet one of the oldest rivalry games in American college football dating back to 1894. The McDaniel Hopkins game has been played annually, since 1947, with the game being the last game of the regular season for both schools. Since Western Maryland College changed its name to McDaniel, in July 2002, the Green Terror have not beaten Hopkins. This trend of honoring long-time rivals with newly created trophies can be seen in another famous rivalry. Many historians and the NCAA state that the oldest rivalry with a trophy is between what is now Arizona and Arizona State, the Territorial Cup did not start changing hands until 2001, as it was a one-time award after their first series in 1899. ==History== The Maryland Railroad Lantern rivalry trophy was created after McDaniel graduate school alumnus Vincent Chesney wanted to honor the long-standing rivalry between McDaniel College and Johns Hopkins University. When Vincent's brother, Bobby Chesney, became Hopkins' defensive coordinator and eventually the associate head coach, Vincent was even more inclined to honor the rivalry between the two schools. The lantern was natural choice to symbolize railroads with McDaniel College former name, Western Maryland College, being named after the Western Maryland Railway that connected Westminster and Baltimore as well as both school's mottos reference to giving light. McDaniel College takes its motto from the biblical verse spoken by Jesus Christ in the Gospel of John verse 12:46 and preached on by Paul the Apostle in verse 4:6 of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians and by Saint Peter in his First Epistle of Peter verse 2:9, "E Tenebris in Lucem Voco" (Latin: I call you out of darkness into light). Johns Hopkins University also speaks to truth as light from verse 8:32 of the Gospel of John, Veritas vos Liberabit (Latin: The truth will set you free). In this regard, the lantern serves not only as a sports trophy but also commemorates the pursuit of scholarship. 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「Maryland Railroad Lantern」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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