{"id":25683,"date":"2014-10-08T11:55:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T15:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=25683"},"modified":"2014-10-08T11:55:16","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T15:55:16","slug":"ucs-bearcat-celebrates-its-centennial-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2014\/10\/ucs-bearcat-celebrates-its-centennial-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"UC's Bearcat Celebrates Its Centennial Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: \u00a0Kevin Grace<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Bearcat<\/a>This time of year 100 years ago, the \u201cBear Cat\u201d made its first appearance in a student newspaper cartoon that celebrated a UC football victory over the University of Kentucky.\u00a0 UK had its \u201cWildcats\u201d but with the red and black backfield boasting the likes of Leonard \u201cTeddy\u201d Baehr, the cartoonist, Paddy Reece, showed a bear-like creature chasing after a wildcat.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t until a few years after that gridiron win that the term \u201cBearcat\u201d came to be commonly used as the University of Cincinnati\u2019s mascot, but now a century later, it\u2019s an integral part of our campus identity.<\/p>\n

\"Paddy<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Leonard<\/a>

Leonard “Teddy” Baehr<\/p><\/div>\n

Back in 1995, Greg Hand researched and documented the history of the Bearcat, which has changed shape and appearance frequently over the decades, and the Archives & Rare Books Library created a website showing the \u2018Cat\u2019s various manifestations:\u00a0 http:\/\/digital.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/arb\/bearcat\/<\/a>.\u00a0 Now with contributions from ARB and from around campus, John Bach of UC\u2019s Office of Government Relations and University Communications has written and created a website that duly chronicles the Bearcat\u2019s 100th<\/sup> birthday: http:\/\/www.uc.edu\/bearcats.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Bearcat<\/a>On October 31st<\/sup>, from 11 am to 1 pm, there will be a special birthday bash on the steps of the Tangeman University Center, and everyone is invited.\u00a0 Bach will continue to add content to the site as this year and the coming years go by, leading up to the University of Cincinnati\u2019s bicentennial celebration in 2019.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the Bearcat\u2019s history at UC, as well as anything connected to University of Cincinnati history, please contact the Archives & Rare Books Library at 513.556.1959, by email at archives@ucmail.uc.edu<\/a>, or visit us on the web at http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/arb.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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