It is not known. how-the name gradually
became applied to all residents. of- Kansas.
Perhaps it was because Kansas was nationally
known as the center of disturbance and jay-
hawk became a nationally. known byword.
Probably Jennison’s band of fighters and free-
booters, followed historically by Jennison’s
“Jayhawk regiment” in the, Civil war had
something to do with causing the name to
adhere to Kansas. But Kansas accepted the
totemic appellation with good grace and
every loyal Kansan is proud to be a member
of the Clan-Kansas that now stands for
nobler things than “jayhawking.” The “Jay-
hawk” myth has become a spirit of progress
and power. Gone has the spirit of robber
birds; gone the reckless spirit of the law and
disorder bands of the stress and storm period.
Only the spirit of comradeship and the
courageous fighting qualities to make and
keep Kansas free, remain. The spirit of the
modern Jayhawk is to make Kansas great and
strong and noble in good’deeds. It is a be-
nevolent spirit.* - -

Kansas University seized the word as a
shibboleth and attached it to the earth with
“tock chalk” and brought out the K.U. yell,
the greatest lung developer of all times. It
is the voice of the clan. It is a call to courage
and the fighting spirit; but more it is a call
to comradeship, truth, learning and right-
eousness.

The artists have tried to express the mythi-
cal bird in clever totemic designs, which range