I cannot figure out the connection beteen the T shirt saying and the prior comments please enlighten me
A friend of mine used to have this cute T shirt that read, "Harvard, the Duke of the North."

My guess is that it may refer to a point in the opening post . If Duke of the North were an actual title, then Duke would be capitalized. If you were just referring to a duke of the North, then it wouldn't. But, since on the T-shirt it is capitalized, I imagine that it refers to Duke University, which is located rather southernly.