Saint Peter’s University
New Jersey
1872
Citations in the World Almanac (listed by cover date; color information is from the previous year): maroon/white (1923-1931); peacock blue/white (1934-1935)
St. Peter’s University has appeared in only one academic hood list, which was published by the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume (IBAC) in 1972. It described the university’s hood lining as peacock blue with a white chevron. The Bureau probably assigned this hood lining to the university in the late 1940s or 1950s, and used an azure shade of blue as the background for the white chevron.
Students at St. Peter’s College adopted peacock blue and white as their school colors in 1930. Prior to 1930 the school colors had been maroon and white. The college seal features a peacock, and the peacock is the school mascot. The university defined peacock blue as a hue similar to “teal”, but vintage collegiate memorabilia from St. Peter’s exhibit a vivid azure shade of blue.
