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| 1905 Basketball Team |
| Women at Drake Drake's first Dean of Women, Mary Carpenter (1901-1908), disapproved of women in competitive sports and other "unlady-like" behavior. She broke up the basketball team because she thought the sport was not appropriate for women. The Dean also had a rule that female students could not yell at football games. Instead, they were permitted to sing. Long afterwards, Mary Carpenter's influence was felt on campus. The following is a song written for a 1916 pep rally: Some say the college girls have no business giving A college yell, A college yell! But we will shout as long as we are living To beat Grinnell, To beat Grinnell! And we will set the campus madly ringing, With White and Blue, With White and Blue-- We loyal girls with hearts so proudly singing To old D.U.! Chorus: Rah! Rah! Rah! Listen to what we say: White and Blue! White and Blue! We'll win the game today! The Team! The Team! The Team! The Team! The Team! Altogether yell-- Drake can, can, can--beat Grinnell! |