University of North Texas
Texas
1890
Formerly “North Texas State Normal College”, “North Texas State Teacher’s College”, and “North Texas State University”
Students at North Texas State Normal College chose green and white as their school colors in 1902. The shade of green they chose was a bright green similar to emerald or Kelly green. The shade of the school’s green has darkened over the years.
Citations in the World Almanac (listed by cover date; color information is from the previous year): green/white (1934-1935)
Academic hood lists published by the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume (IBAC) in 1927, 1948, and 1972 described North Texas State Teacher’s College as having a hood lined emerald green with a white chevron. Similarly, a list compiled by Kevin Sheard in Academic Heraldry in America (1962) described the college’s hood lining as Kelly green with a white chevron. Unfortunately, this design is too easily confused with the “pea green” lining with white chevron the Bureau had earlier assigned Bethany College in West Virginia. To avoid this problem, here the University of North Texas has been reassigned a hood lined with two white chevrons.
