I read your “Behind the Stripes” mascot article with interest, but nowhere could I find mentioned the most essential concept for this critical role.
I happened to be the head cheerleader, so for several seasons I had the opportunity to study Charles Stevenson ’62’s interpretation at close range, yearning to have the experience.
Eventually Stevenson gave me the honor to inhabit the dank mammal for the second half of the 1961 Brown game my junior year. When he agreed to let me do it, I asked him for advice.
He looked at me and said, “Remember: It’s not a man trying to act like a tiger. … It’s a tiger trying to act like a man.”
I read your “Behind the Stripes” mascot article with interest, but nowhere could I find mentioned the most essential concept for this critical role.
I happened to be the head cheerleader, so for several seasons I had the opportunity to study Charles Stevenson ’62’s interpretation at close range, yearning to have the experience.
Eventually Stevenson gave me the honor to inhabit the dank mammal for the second half of the 1961 Brown game my junior year. When he agreed to let me do it, I asked him for advice.
He looked at me and said, “Remember: It’s not a man trying to act like a tiger. … It’s a tiger trying to act like a man.”