General Information about Item:
- Genre: Verbal Folklore/Material Folklore
- Language: English
- Country of origin: USA
Informant Data: Brendan Callahan is the Head Coach of Dartmouth Men’s Lacrosse Team. Coach Callahan started his career as head coach in 2015. Coach Callahan graduated from Stony Brook College in 2007. Prior to Dartmouth Men’s Lacrosse, Coach Callahan was an assistant coach at Lehigh University for seven years. He also was defensive coordinator Lehigh University.
Contextual Data:.
Social Context: D on Chest represents honor and pride that each player has while wearing it. One does not have to be a member of any athletic team to know it is an honor to wear any clothing that has a Dartmouth logo on it. A D on Chest, symbolizes by the wearer that they take pride in representing Dartmouth anytime they may say Dartmouth College throughout their lifetime.
Cultural Context: D on our Chest represents the core values of Dartmouth Men’s Lacrosse. Since 1926, the team has represented Dartmouth College in intercollegiate competition. As a team, we represent resilience, ingenuity, valor and excellence like all other teams at the college. In addition, “it is understood with great privilege comes great responsibility.” So when wearing a D on our Chest, on and off the field, each day verbally we chant Dartmouth during practices and games. When we speak those words it is with honor and respect.
Item: These images represents Coach Callahan and image of a Dartmouth Men’s Lacrosse shirt with D centered on shirt. Message is to always wear shirt with honor and represent Dartmouth to the highest integrity. The Dartmouth D can be seen as Material folklore because we make sure whenever we are wearing something with the D on it, we conduct ourselves in a respectable manner because we not only are representing ourselves, but also representing the team as a whole.
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Informant’s Comments: The informant has shared that D on Chest is a symbol of our heritage as a Dartmouth Men’s Lacrosse. It represents core values that are lived every day, all day.
Collector’s Comments:
- Wearing D on Chest throughout the history of Dartmouth has been a verbal folklore for Dartmouth’s Men’s Lacrosse Team over the last year. These verbal folklore rules help to set social expectations starting in the Fall and should be maintained always. They are a good reminder of what you do not what to happen while at Dartmouth
- The informant has verbally stated to Dartmouth Men’s Lacrosse team over and over again that wearing a Dartmouth uniform is to be worn with honor, respect and pride.
Collector’s Name: Parker and Westy
Tags/Keywords: Verbal and Material Folklore