This collection brings together archival material on the history of 'Boxer,' Pacific University's mascot. Letters, news clippings, photographs and other items are included, illustrating its history from when the Boxer statue first arrived on campus in the 1890s through its disappearance in 1970. Efforts to find, recreate and commemorate the statue since that time are also covered.
A 1983 newspaper article from the Hillsboro Argus describes the recent casting of "Boxer II," a bronze replica of Pacific University's original Boxer mascot statue. The original Boxer statue had been missing since 1969. According to the article, three women students (Janet Leasher, Linda Parker and Kim Smith) decided that they were going to raise money to have a new bronze statue cast, recreating the original. The article describes how the women hoped to bring more school spirit to campus and how a "Boxer Code of Ethics" had been created to discourage damaging or losing Boxer II.
This article in the Oregonian about the new Boxer mascot covers the possibility of the much anticipated 'toss out' to be canceled. With one of the alumni protecting Boxer until the 'toss out', word got out of the Boxer being on campus for a photo causing the 'toss out' to be canceled. Two of the students who helped raise the funds for the new Boxer have written the Boxer Code of Ethics to ensure a safe 'toss out' along with ensuring the Boxer stays at Pacific.
This collection brings together archival material on the history of 'Boxer,' Pacific University's mascot. Letters, news clippings, photographs and other items are included, illustrating its history from when the Boxer statue first arrived on campus in the 1890s through its disappearance in 1970. Efforts to find, recreate and commemorate the statue since that time are also covered.
This collection brings together archival material on the history of 'Boxer,' Pacific University's mascot. Letters, news clippings, photographs and other items are included, illustrating its history from when the Boxer statue first arrived on campus in the 1890s through its disappearance in 1970. Efforts to find, recreate and commemorate the statue since that time are also covered.
This collection brings together archival material on the history of 'Boxer,' Pacific University's mascot. Letters, news clippings, photographs and other items are included, illustrating its history from when the Boxer statue first arrived on campus in the 1890s through its disappearance in 1970. Efforts to find, recreate and commemorate the statue since that time are also covered.
This collection brings together archival material on the history of 'Boxer,' Pacific University's mascot. Letters, news clippings, photographs and other items are included, illustrating its history from when the Boxer statue first arrived on campus in the 1890s through its disappearance in 1970. Efforts to find, recreate and commemorate the statue since that time are also covered.
This collection brings together archival material on the history of 'Boxer,' Pacific University's mascot. Letters, news clippings, photographs and other items are included, illustrating its history from when the Boxer statue first arrived on campus in the 1890s through its disappearance in 1970. Efforts to find, recreate and commemorate the statue since that time are also covered.
An 2012 article from the Forest Grove Leader describing the return of three fragments of Boxer -- one ear, one foot and the tail -- to Pacific University. The article explains the significance of the bronze mascot, including the tradition of "Boxer Tosses," which consisted of a large group of students fighting to gain possession of Boxer. Throughout the years, parts of the Boxer were broken off. At the time this article was published, alumnus Don Metzger had recently returned Boxer's tail to Pacific. He explains how he obtained the tail and why it took him so long to return it. The main body of Boxer was missing from 1968-2024.
An article in the Hillsboro Argus features the Boxer mascot from Pacific University explaining the significance of the bronze mascot to the students . Pacific has a tradition of 'toss outs' with the mascot, which consist of a large group of students gathering to gain possession of the Boxer. Throughout the years parts of the Boxer were broken off, one alumni recently returned the tail. The alumni goes on to explain how he obtained the tail and why it took him so long to finally return the tail. The original Boxer was last seen in 1968 leaving only a foot and tail for Pacific to reminisce on.
This collection brings together archival material on the history of 'Boxer,' Pacific University's mascot. Letters, news clippings, photographs and other items are included, illustrating its history from when the Boxer statue first arrived on campus in the 1890s through its disappearance in 1970. Efforts to find, recreate and commemorate the statue since that time are also covered.
A letter was sent to a possible owner of one of the last known pieces of the original Boxer mascot. In the letter the different 'toss outs' were mentioned, along with the many trips the Boxer has taken around the country and world. In the hopes of having the Boxer pieces returned to Pacific the student writes how the pieces will be displayed for past, current and future students to enjoy and learn about the major events of the original Boxer mascot.
This collection brings together archival material on the history of 'Boxer,' Pacific University's mascot. Letters, news clippings, photographs and other items are included, illustrating its history from when the Boxer statue first arrived on campus in the 1890s through its disappearance in 1970. Efforts to find, recreate and commemorate the statue since that time are also covered.
This document is a detailed timeline of the whereabouts of the Boxer mascot for Pacific University. The timeline shows who gains possession of the Boxer, the year they gained possession and the year of the next toss.
This article found in the Oregonian features the mystery of the Pacific University Boxer mascot. The original Boxer mascot has been missing since 1968, leading to students to raise money to have a second Boxer mascot to be created to continue on the traditions. With the 'toss outs' becoming too dangerous Klein proceeded to ban the 'toss outs' and having the Boxer reside in his office. Soon enough the Boxer was stolen from his office and returned to the students who continued to fight for control over the bronze mascot. The students of Pacific still hope that one day the original Boxer will be given back to the school.
This flier gives a short history of the background of the Boxer and how the Boxer ended up at Pacific University. There is also information regarding how the Boxer 'toss outs' started and the significance of them to the students.
This brochure gives information regarding events that are occurring on campus to bring together current and past students of Pacific along with their families.
This collection brings together archival material on the history of 'Boxer,' Pacific University's mascot. Letters, news clippings, photographs and other items are included, illustrating its history from when the Boxer statue first arrived on campus in the 1890s through its disappearance in 1970. Efforts to find, recreate and commemorate the statue since that time are also covered.
This collection brings together archival material on the history of 'Boxer,' Pacific University's mascot. Letters, news clippings, photographs and other items are included, illustrating its history from when the Boxer statue first arrived on campus in the 1890s through its disappearance in 1970. Efforts to find, recreate and commemorate the statue since that time are also covered.
A brief history of the Boxer mascot for Pacific University is mentioned in one of the articles. The rest of the articles focus on the past history of the Boxer in terms of his whereabouts and the significance it had to the student body. Various groups, clubs and athletic teams had a chance to possess Boxer, but when he disappeared for a long amount of time than usual there was a replacement mascot put into effect, sparking a 'toss out' of the original Boxer. Later on the replacement mascot was stolen by a student to ensure that the Boxer remained the 'Spirit of Pacific'.
This article describes the Boxer 'toss out' that occurred after the 1986 Homecoming football game. The students did not know where, how or when the Boxer would appear, but knew it would happen that day. All Pacific students are involved in this battle for possession of the Boxer. A sorority was mentioned in the article about putting up a good fight, if not better than some boys.
An image and short article describing the whereabouts of "Boxer II," a bronze replica of Pacific University's original "Boxer" mascot, between 1984-1985. The article states that Boxer II had been out of public view for most of those two years, but that it resurfaced on campus in May, 1985. The winners of the fight for Boxer at that time were members of the Gamma Sigma fraternity, whose symbol appears in the photograph above the article. The photograph, however, may be faked: the image of Boxer appears to have been cut out from another source and pasted onto the image of the table.
This article found in the Forest Grove New Times reveals a local store as the hiding place of the Boxer. The Eastwood store was known as the Gamma Sigma store, therefore once the Gamma Sigma gained possession of the Boxer they knew to hide it there. The owner did not like having the Boxer hidden in his store in the fear that word would get out and result in his store being searched. The article goes on to talk about the store owner's life.
This collection brings together archival material on the history of 'Boxer,' Pacific University's mascot. Letters, news clippings, photographs and other items are included, illustrating its history from when the Boxer statue first arrived on campus in the 1890s through its disappearance in 1970. Efforts to find, recreate and commemorate the statue since that time are also covered.
