Word: mascot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Clothed in the cast-off garments of Apollo, with a crown of bay generally askew, strumming at intervals a tuneless lyre, the genius of the paper has lived on unchallenged and unchallenging while its mascot Pegasus has remained fast tethered in his stall...
...wobbly ears and a false eye, its bodily structure fabricated of brown cotton, is paying a visit to Portland, Ore. The reason for this animal's visit is the opening of the annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor on Oct. 1. The rabbit is there as the mascot of the greatest cigarmaker in the world's history ? Samuel Gompers...
...situation. She found the rabbit "human looking, with a glint of knowingness in his eye, an all-pervading air of goodwill, an absence of bitterness in his make-up." So she purchased the cotton rabbit and presented it to Mr. Gompers. And " Br'er " has sat ever since as mascot on the labor leader's desk, has accompanied him on his travels...
...much is known about these "Alligators" from Gainesville. They are big and advance reports have it that they play clean, hard football. How they will take to a New England November after playing a game last Saturday in mid-August weather is a matter of conjecture. Their mascot, a 'gator in fact as well as in name, found it hard sledding at the Stadium yesterday in spite of his blue and gold sweater...
...will arrive this morning and will work out in the Stadium early this afternoon preceding the regular University practice. Coaches Kline and Van Fleet are accompanying the squad as is Dr. A. A. Murphee, president of Florida University. A four-foot alligator is also being brought along as a mascot...