Holy Cow! Amherst College Drops ‘Lord Jeff’ as Mascot

Turns out Lord Jeff gave smallpox-infested blankets to the Indians. Not exactly what the song says, is it?

To the Frenchman and the Indians he didn’t do a thing

Here’s an extract from the New York Times article:

“Amherst College finds itself in a position where a mascot — which, when you think about it, has only one real job, which is to unify — is driving people apart because of what it symbolizes to many in our community,

And here’s the link to the full NYT article:
http://goo.gl/AiKe36