The school’s official mascot is pilgrim-like John Harvard, though its athletic teams ... and campus events — similar to Stanford University’s unofficial tree mascot, or Cornell University ...

For years, Harvard University has essentially been without a visible mascot. Athletes at the Cambridge ... represented by “John Harvard the Pilgrim,” but undergraduates say the historical ...

Though Harvard’s athletic teams officially compete as the “Harvard Crimson,” the College’s official mascot is “John Harvard the Pilgrim” — a figure Bulwa called “problematic.” ...