In regards to Ralph's comments, first, I think RPI will need as many
recruits as possible, given the losses and the small soph (?) class ....
if not, it could be a long season next year.
 
On the hawk deal, out here on the CA central coast there is a very nice
bird that is called a red-tailed hawk, for obvious reasons, about the size
of a large crow, and it does a lot of cleaning of the roadkill from our
rural roads, typically perching on phone wires to watch for fresh food.
Maybe that is what they meant?  At any rate, the name Engineers and the
Red Hawk (whatever that is) certainly do not seem to go together.
 
Maybe the logo Hawk will have a slide rule (or calculator) dangling from
its belt?
 
Tony Buffa
RPI '64
 
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On Tue, 2 May 1995, Ralph Baer wrote:
 
> I know that others have asked this question a few weeks ago, but has
> anyone heard or read any definitive information about RPI recruits for
> the class of '99 yet?  I know that this is about the time that info
> uaually appears in the Albany and Troy papers although last year it
> may have been about a week or two later.
>
> On a more frivolous note.  Let me see if I got this straight.
> So RPI will still be known as the Engineers, but will have
> a mascot who will be a Red Hawk.  I asked one of my colleagues
> who is a bird watcher, and he told me that there is no such
> bird as a Red Hawk although some hawks are partially red.  So
> I imagine that it will be just someone dressed up in a red bird
> outfit.  I guess that they couldn't make it a Blackhawk, because
> that wouldn't be PC, and River Hawk is already taken.
>
> Ralph Baer
> RPI '68, '70, '74