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Butch T. Cougar was born on October 1, 1927. Governor Roland H. Hartley presented the university with the first live cougar mascot during the 1927 football Homecoming game, and thus Butch's character was born.
18 lut 2022 · During the October 25th game against Cal, Washington State’s fighting spirit made headline news. Journalists compared the team’s speed and tenacity with that of the cougar and the school community ran with the image and analogy. Just three days later, the Cougar was adopted as the school’s mascot.
Washington State University (WSU, or colloquially Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant universities in the American West. [7]
16 cze 2023 · In 1927, WSC received its first, live cougar mascot, which was officially presented to the college by the Washington state governor, a tradition that continued until 1978. WSC named the cougar after the governor at the time, Roland Hartley.
Meet some of the people behind the mask of WSU’s iconic mascot. Dean N. Grevé (’81 Comm.) is credited with creating the character’s signature swagger. As the first student dedicated to playing the role, he’s referred to as the Butch godfather—or “furfather”—and beginning of the lineage. “I was the first full-time Butch,” he says. “I always will be.
31 paź 2020 · Throughout 51 years, six live cougars served as WSU’s mascot, each presented by the state governor after the passing of the preceding Butch. Butch III and IV were twin cubs given in 1942 by Governor Arthur B. Langlie, who also bestowed Butch V in 1955.
31 lip 2020 · The mascot was named for Herbert “Butch” Meeker, a football star of the era. Butch VI, the last of WSU’s live cougar mascots, was gifted to campus by then-state Governor Albert Rossellini in 1964.
