Jerry spent much of his time on campus at the armory (now known as the Stroupe Building) with National Guard Battery F. The students and guardsmen there adopted Jerry as if he was their own.

Reports from an Arka Tech student newspaper article of the era say that Jerry exhibited “determination” and that his only bad habit seemed to be a fondness for chewing on shoes.

The Feb. 26, 1936, article went on to state that Jerry was “always present at anything of importance at the armory,” which was a social center of campus at that time and the site of Arkansas Tech home basketball games. When Jerry passed away in late 1937, the headline in the Arka Tech proclaimed “Campus Loses Mascot in Passing of Jerry.”

Now, Jerry is back.