He does his best work in the dark.'Д¬iting the fact that many other schools had buildings similar to our Great Dome, the committee ultimately decided to honor our hard-working andВ industrious mascot on the ring-and thus the Brass Rat was born.

The beaver is noted for his engineering, mechanical skills, and industry. The beaver not only typifies the Tech (student), but his habits are peculiarly our own. HornadyвЂ™sВ book on the animals of North America and instantly chose the beaver. ButВ neither of these were American animals. He is wise, patient, strong, hard working, and, like all who graduate from Tech, has a good hide. 'We first thought of the kangaroo which, like Tech, goes forward in leaps and bounds. The committee looked to theВ original discussion over the mascot (formally decided upon by PresidentВ MacLaurin in 1914), calling upon the now famous defense of the beaverВ by Lester Gardner, Class of 1897: Brigham Allen, then President of the Class ofВ 1929, called upon one member of the classes of 1930, 1931, and 1932В and entrusted them with the task of designing a ring that the InstituteВ Committee would ultimately approve as the Standard Technology Ring.В The committee agreed upon a three part construction, with a primaryВ image on the Bezel of the ring and two other images on the two shanks.Д¬ontroversy quickly arose over whether to honor the Beaver or the Great Dome on the Bezel some members of the committee even questionedВ MITвЂ™s choice of the beaver as its mascot.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Brass Rat tradition was born in the spring of 1929.

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