{"id":7305,"date":"2026-03-25T09:34:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/?p=7305"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:40:20","slug":"from-the-archives-the-pelican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/2026\/03\/25\/from-the-archives-the-pelican\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archives: The Pelican"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pelican? But aren’t we the Red Hawks? <\/em><\/p>\n

Don’t be too confused, for The Pelican is not a Montclair mascot, rather it was the very first student newspaper. Although the origin of its name is unknown, The Pelican brought college news to students in the 1920’s and early 1930’s, complete with the slogan “It Fills the Bill”. Through a student contest (center of the image above)<\/strong>, its name changed in 1935 to what we now call The Montclarion.<\/p>\n

University Libraries has recently completed digitizing our collection of The Pelican<\/a> for your exploration. Here are some highlights from our novel newspaper!<\/p>\n

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