Connecticut (UConn)
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Connecticut Agricultural College became
Connecticut State College, which then became
the University of Connecticut. I mention this
because it would be easy to assume the Husky
was selected because of the common term
“UConn” describing the University of Connecticut.
The only problem with this theory is that, until
1939, the school was called Connecticut State
College- the term UConn was not even coined
yet, and the Husky was already their mascot.
Based on the account of how UConn pursued
a mascot,it’s surprising they did not select a
wolf! The accepted story of how Connecticut
got a mascot begins with a football game on
November 9th, 1934 at University of Rhode Island.
Whether planned or a crime of opportunity, a car
load of UConn students stole the Rhode Island Ram
(Ramesis II).While beginning as local news, the
story attained national attention. The only
problem was: what was Connecticut’s mascot?
The editor of the UConn student newspaper
appealed to the student body for the adoption
of a mascot, and a vote was taken. A husky was
selected.
The first mascot of Connecticut State University
was a brown and white husky named Jonathan
after Jonathan Trumbull, the state's first governor.
The first Connecticut mascot boasted a great
grandfather who had travelled to the North Pole
with Admiral Robert E. Peary in 1909. He was killed
by a car while playing on Storrs Road in 1910 and
buried on campus across from Storrs Church near
the steps of old Whitney Hall. Jonathan was the name
given to several of the dogs that served as mascots.
Jonathan III traveled with Admiral Richard E. Byrd to
the Antarctic for “operation high jump” in 1946 and 1947
but was “retired” to UConn, arriving in Storrs in 1947.
For reasons I would love to know, but could not find,
in 1969, the Connecticut student senate attempted
to sell their mascot! (Johathan VII). Thatdidn’t fly,
and he was brought back for the 1970 school year.
In terms of how the dog is depicted, the UConn Husky
has evolved from a two-toned color to the current pure
white dog.
Connecticut Agricultural College became
Connecticut State College, which then became
the University of Connecticut. I mention this
because it would be easy to assume the Husky
was selected because of the common term
“UConn” describing the University of Connecticut.
The only problem with this theory is that, until
1939, the school was called Connecticut State
College- the term UConn was not even coined
yet, and the Husky was already their mascot.
Based on the account of how UConn pursued
a mascot,it’s surprising they did not select a
wolf! The accepted story of how Connecticut
got a mascot begins with a football game on
November 9th, 1934 at University of Rhode Island.
Whether planned or a crime of opportunity, a car
load of UConn students stole the Rhode Island Ram
(Ramesis II).While beginning as local news, the
story attained national attention. The only
problem was: what was Connecticut’s mascot?
The editor of the UConn student newspaper
appealed to the student body for the adoption
of a mascot, and a vote was taken. A husky was
selected.
The first mascot of Connecticut State University
was a brown and white husky named Jonathan
after Jonathan Trumbull, the state's first governor.
The first Connecticut mascot boasted a great
grandfather who had travelled to the North Pole
with Admiral Robert E. Peary in 1909. He was killed
by a car while playing on Storrs Road in 1910 and
buried on campus across from Storrs Church near
the steps of old Whitney Hall. Jonathan was the name
given to several of the dogs that served as mascots.
Jonathan III traveled with Admiral Richard E. Byrd to
the Antarctic for “operation high jump” in 1946 and 1947
but was “retired” to UConn, arriving in Storrs in 1947.
For reasons I would love to know, but could not find,
in 1969, the Connecticut student senate attempted
to sell their mascot! (Johathan VII). Thatdidn’t fly,
and he was brought back for the 1970 school year.
In terms of how the dog is depicted, the UConn Husky
has evolved from a two-toned color to the current pure
white dog.
