The model of the larger jug dates to the mid-1800s. Local potter Lucy Doheny '80 painted the jug with the Bishop's logo. She creates the smaller jugs as mementos for recipients of the Esprit de Corps Award. The cherry wood bases are crafted from trees felled on campus during construction of the Champlain College building in the early 1990s.
The name of the award originates from our school song:
College days will linger ever in our hearts,
Wearing gowns, raising hell and quaffing ale!
And we'll show esprit de corps
As we watch the gaiters roar
On to victory!
