First Mention Of The Penguin As The School Mascot Since 1949
1961 October 14
First mention of the Penguin as the school mascot since 1949. Myskania institutes tradition of the college mascot in penguin’s costume leading the Homecoming parade. The mascot was to be a senior male or female whose service and school spirit had been extemporary for four years and that they be “a ‘good penguin’ type person.”
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"'61 Myskania Adopts Plan to Initiate Mascot Tradition," State College News, October 13, 1961, p. 1