On Dooley, the skeletal mascot
of Emory University—

"Reaching old age and finding his strength of mind declining, Dooley was seized by 'an old habit which I learned while campaigning'— drinking alcohol. Soon 'liquor ruined me,' and Dooley passed from this life 'in the home for incurables'; the home's doctor saved the skeleton for instruction and eventually found Dooley 'this position on the faculty at Emory.' From his perch in the Science Room, where he hangs with a steel rod up his back to support him, Dooley has been able to observe and note the characteristics of every member of the College community."