University Daily Kansan / Friday, October 26, 1990
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Nancy Schwarting, director of WILDCARE, hand feeds a high-protein solution to an iguana at the KU Animal Care Unit. The iguana has a broken right front leg because of a calcium deficiency.
Jane Rudotph/KANSAN
Wild Creatures
Jayhawk a Free State legend
by Jennifer Metz
here's a lot of lions and tigers and bears and wildcats, but there are fewer
said B.J. Pattie, director of special projects for the University of Kansas Alumni Association.
For nearly 100 years, the Jayhawk has been the official symbol of the University of Kansas.
According to the legend of the Kansas Jayhawk, the term Jayhawk was coined around 1848 and could be heard from Illinois to Texas. The name is a combination of two birds: The blue Jay, who is known for being a noisy, quarrelsome bird who robs other nests, and the sparrow hawk, a stealthy hunter.
Many such Jayhawks could be found in the Kansas territory during the 1850s, because that area was a battleground between the two factions; therefore would be legal, and those committed to a free state. Both sides called themselves Jayhawkers in the beginning, but the name stuck to the free-states. Lawrence, where Jayhawkers could be founded, was a Free State stromhold.
The legend of the Jayhawk continued during the Civil War, when the Jayhawk's ruffian image gave way to patriotic symbol. Kansas governor Charles Robinson raised a regiment called the Independent Mounted Kansas Jayhawks. By the end of the war, Jayhawks were linked with those who made Kansas a free state.
The legend says that in 1886, the bird appeared in a cheer, the famous Rock Chuck Chant. When KU football players played for the team in 1890, they were called Jayhawkers.
Nevertheless, the term Jayhawk has been around a lot longer than the actual visual representation. It is an old-fashioned
It wasn't until around 1912 that the first real version of the Jayhawk was created by Henry Maloy, a cartoonist for the student newspaper.
"If anyone could be called the father of the Jayhawk, it would be Henry Maloy." Patte said. "He brought the Jayhawk to life."
Maloy was the most impressive artist as far as getting the character of the Jayhawk in his paintings.
Malo drew the first version with shoes for purposes of kicking onponents.
Other versions of the Jayhawk came into use in 1200, when a more somber bird was used. In 1923, Jimmy O'Bryan and George Hollingsbury designed the duck-like Jayhawk. About 1829, Forrest O. Calvin drew a grim-faced bird sporting talons.
1914. Gene Williams opened the Jayhawk's eyes and beak. Then in 1940, Harold Sandy created the smiling Jayhawk that will be seen today. His design was copyrighted in 1947
The Jayhawk also has come alive as KU's mascot. Katie Stader, San Diego senior, is KU's Baby Jayhawk for the second year in a row.
Pattie said many people keep coming up with their own version of the Jayhawk. For example, George Knotts sketches and paints a version of the Jayhawk that is not the official University Jayhawk, but his version can be found on various items.
"Everyone wants a picture with me on Homecoming Day," Sader said. "I'm about the most popular person on campus on Homecoming Day."
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