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University Daily Kansan
Jayhawk Has Colorful Origin
By ELIZABETH WOHLGEMUTH Arguments have been waged over whether such a bird as the Jay-hawk ever existed. There have been two prehistoric birds, the Toucan and the Hesperioris Regalis (kingly western bird) which resemble the symbolic Jayhawk.
The word Jayhawk came from the fighting spirit of border rufians and frontiersmen in the early days of Kansas history and is now commonly accepted by many people in Kansas. The bird was a myth arising out of this legend.
One morning in 1856, says Kansas folklore, the small free state settlement of Osawatomie was excited to a high pitch when a horse and rider struggled in bearing a load of clothes, furniture and whatnots. The rider was Pat Devlin, who had retaliated against the Missouri Pro-slavers across the border and had done some plundering himself.
When asked where he had been and what he had been doing he replied, "Oh, been jayhawkin' over in Missouri."
During the border warfare the first use of the word "Jayhawker" was recorded. In 1858-59, Dr. Charles Jinnison of New York appeared along the border and organized a company of rough riders and began to make reprisal for the stealing of the border ruffians. They stole horses, burned houses and barns, and for some reason came to be known as "Jayhawkers." The name "Jayhawker" was soon attached to every Free Stater in the territory. They were also called "red legs," which may be where the red of the present bird came from.
In 1861, Dr. Jennison was commissioned a colonel and organized and commanded the 7th Kansas cavalry known as the Jayhawkers. The regiment served throughout the war and had a fine fighting record. "Jayhawk" was once more or less synonymous with "horse-thief" but now came to stand for courage, fighting spirit, and heroism because of the action of this regiment.
The word also was used by some Illinois adventurers who crossed the plains in 1849 and lost their lives in
Death Valley. Why they called themselves Jayhawkers, however, is not known.
The late W. E. Connellly, secretary of the Kansas State Historical society, said the name applied to bands from both Kansas and Missouri but it happened to stick to the Kansans a little better during the border war. Quantrill also used the term jayhawking for his looting and plundering of property.
The term gradually was applied nationally to residents of Kansas because Kansas was known as the center of disturbances and unrest before the Civil war.
Not only was the word attached to Kansans in the Civil War but also was used in Cuba in the Spanish-American war, in China during the Boxer uprising, in Alaska, on the battlefields of France during the World Wars, on the islands of the Pacific during World War II, and on the battlefields of Korea.
A cartoon drawn by Henry Maloy, who drew the first Jayhawk for the Daily Kansan in 1914, during World War II showed a Jayhawk kicking tanks, men and machine guns around. Picture below was Hitler saying, "You say that's an Eisenhawk" and Goebbels replying, "No—a Jayhawk but it's kinda' the same thing."
Athletic teams have been termed Jayhawkers since the early 1890s. The Jayhawk was first pictured as a bird in the tail of 1903 when an artist of the Kansas City Journal represented the football team flying away with victory.
The yearbook, which used to hear a different name each year, started to use the name Jayhawk in 1901. The Jayhawk design commonly accepted by University of Kansas students as an emblem of their loyalty was created by two sophomores, James E. O'Bryon and George Hollingberry, in the fall of 1922.
Interest in the KU-Nebraska game was high. The game was being played in Lincoln and every car that could make the trip was going.
"You guys who are going to
drive," exhorted a cheerleader in a pep convoction. "show 'em you're from Kansas. Show 'em you're a Jayhawker even if you have to paint it on the windshield."
The boys decided to paint one on the front windshield of their car but first they had to locate a Jayhawk. Research reveals that many Jayhawks had come and gone—birds of a feather but of striking dissimilarity as to beak, body, and general form. A long-legged bird, a great bird with shoes several sizes too big, and many caricatures had appeared.
The new Jayhawk they created, though retaining some of the characteristics of its predecessors, symbolized the institution for which it was to stand. It was proud, determined and a colorful token of the spirit of Kansas.
Artists have tried to paint the mythical bird, potterts have tried to mold its original form, and the woodcarver has left his ideal in wood but the spirit of the Jayhawker cannot be carved or painted.
When shoes are damp, rubbing them with linseed oil or sweet oil will keep them from cracking. They should be dried slowly.
Pipelines, the intricate system by which oil travels underground, totaled 168,301 miles as of January 1, 1953. Some 27,800 miles of these pipelines carry refined products to market places.
Oranges may be peeled more easily by placing them in boiling water for a few minutes and then putting them in cold water before paring.
Do You Know
Natural gas production reached a new high in 1952 of 8.6 trillion cubic feet. This was a gain of 8.4 per cent over 1951.
On a year-around basis, farmers and their families do more than three fourths of all farm work in the U.S. while hired help does less than a fourth.
Italy Making Great Progress In Rebuilding Armed Forces
Rome — (U.P.) Italy's armed forces, rebuilt from scratch after Mussolini's defeat in World War II, now total 10 infantry divisions, two armored and three Alpine brigades, plus substantial air and sea forces, the latest official figures reveal.
"We have made great progress," a defense official said. "And our present armed forces, although comparatively small, are far better armed and trained than Mussolini's armies ever were."
The navy was limited to 25,000 men and the air force to 25,000 men, 200 pursuit planes,150 transports and no bombers.
The statistics made public listed the following forces:
Army—10 infantry divisions, three
Statistics made public on the eve of parliamentary debate on the defense budget failed to give the actual number of men and planes, but indicated that Italy's armed forces are well above the limit set by the repudiated military clauses of the Italian peace treaty.
The treaty, whose military clauses Italy denounced on Dec. 8, 1951, with the encouragement of the western powers, established an over-all ceiling of 300,000 men, of which 250,000 were to be restricted to ground forces.
Alpine brigades and two armored brigades, in addition to battalion-size units of fusiliers, anti-aircraft artillery, engineers, etc. Two more Alpine brigades and one armored brigade are being organized.
Navy—two warships, both in the mothball fleet, three cruisers, six destroyer escorts, 12 torpedo boat escorts, 23 corvettes, 54 minesweepers, 50 coastal patrol boats, six gunboats, 29 high seas and 53 coastal auxiliary ships, 81 auxiliary ships for local use and two submarines. Four destroyers and 12 minesweepers are under construction and nearly completed.
Air force-six fighter wings, two navy reconnaissance groups, one army reconnaissance squadron and two transport airwings, in addition to liaison and rescue units, schools and training centers.
No information was given about the numbers or types of planes, many of which have been supplied by the United States under Western defense programs.
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