School Spirit at Prep Schools

eklektist
Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:17:22 +0000

the choate-deerfield rivalry is really big at those schools. i visited choate twice (first for the interview, second for the admitted students day). both times, choate made some remark about beating deerfield at athletics and whatnot. it was really amusing. from what my tour guide told me, deerfield had beaten choate for the past few years, and as a result said something along the lines of “if choate doesn’t improve, we’ll have to pick a new rival.” and as it turns out, that year, choate beat deerfield.

also, when i interviewed at deerfield, my tour guide told me that they have “choate day” (i think it’s the day before a big deerfield-choate game), where they eat pork or something, because choate’s mascot is the boar. choate also has a “deerfield day,” but i have not heard any word of eating mascots over there… :-)