MIT Engineers

The beaver, the "nature's engineer" was adopted as mascot at the annual dinner of the Technology Club of New York on January 17, 1914 by a group of MIT alumni. The late President Richard Maclaurin formally accepted the proposal, and at this dinner a group of beavers shown in natural surroundings was presented to the Institute. The beaver has since been named TIM as MIT spelled backwards. Thus, Tim the Beaver (or MIT the Beaver) was born.

Lester Gardner, a member of the Class of 1898, provided the following justification: "The beaver not only typifies the Tech, but his habits are particularly our own. The beaver is noted for his engineering and mechanical skills and habits of industry. His habits are nocturnal. He does his best work in the dark."[6]

The initial MIT football team was nicknamed the Techmen.[7] After being discontinued in 1901 and self-reinstated by a group of students in 1978, the team called themselves the Engineers, which then become tradition until now. The team also revived the old fighting song, now dubbed as "The Beaver Calls".[8] The lyric reads:

I'm a beaver, you're a beaver, we are beavers all.

And when we get together, we do the beaver call.

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Slapstick, slide rule, MIT!

GO TECH![9]

• Zesiger sports and fitness center[12] — Squash, Swimming and Diving, Water Polo teams
• Alumni Pool — Swimming and Diving
• Wang Fitness Center — Squash
• Johnson Athletic Center — Fencing, Tennis, Track and Field teams
• duPont's Athletic Center — Basketball, Fencing, Rifle, Volleyball
• J.B. Carr Tennis Bubble — Men and Women's Tennis (indoor)
• duPont Tennis Courts — Men and Women's Tennis (outdoor)
• Rockwell Cage — Basketball and Volleyball
• Henry G. Steinbrenner '27 Stadium — Football, Men's Lacrosse, Soccer, Outdoor Track and Field
• Bob and Eveline Roberts P'10 Field — Lacrosse
• Jack Barry Field — Field Hockey, Women's Lacrosse
• Fran O'Brien Field — Baseball
• Briggs Field — Softball
• Walter C. Wood Sailing Pavilion — Sailings
• Harold W. Pierce Boathouse — Rowing.[13]

• Official website