A crowd of Pacific University students, mostly men, participating in a "Boxer Toss" on campus in April 1968. The Boxer Toss was a tradition where students who possessed the original bronze Boxer statue would bring it to campus so that a new group of students could battle to possess it. At this particular Toss, the student newspaper reported: "The Phi Betes [Phi Beta Tau, a fraternity], after five hours of a grueling, sweat and short-temper producing Boxer fight last Wednesday, won possession of Boxer, only to lose it shortly thereafter to the AZs [Alpha Zetas]. ... The AZ's became the mascot's new owners when the Boxer's get-away car broke down and several AZ's, who had been following, were able to take Boxer away from the driver." (The Index, Apr. 22, 1968)
A soundless video recording of a fight over the 'Boxer' mascot of Pacific University in 1968. In the fight, also known as a 'Boxer Toss,' several teams of male students brawl over possession of the mascot, which was a bronze Chinese statue. It was filmed on campus in Trombley Square, between the Washburne University Center, Scott Hall, Marsh Hall and Old College Hall (which has since been moved to a new location). Hundreds of bystanders watch in the background. This brawl was part of a Pacific University tradition that was maintained for decades until the statue disappeared approximately one year after this film was made. It took place on April 18, 1968 and was described in an article, 'The Boxer Rebellion - 1968,' that appeared in the Pacific alumni magazine. The film was likely created from footage collected by the television crews that are described in the article. This video was converted from a 16mm film reel that was marked, 'Color Electro-Print of Boxer Fight,' from the King Film Lab in Portland, Oregon.
Members of Pacific University's Alpha Zeta fraternity with President Nixon, who is holding the school's mascot, Boxer. The students met Nixon during his 1968 presidential campaign near a hotel in Beaverton or Tualatin, Oregon. Three versions of the image are attached. The newspaper version of the image with a printed caption appeared in an article by Phil Way on Boxer's disappearance titled, '1974 ... Saga of missing Boxer continues.'
According to a statement by student Bill Rayon (Pacific University Class of 1968), the people pictured include: Thomas Love (Class of 1968), Prof. Eldon Hout (Prof. of Political Science), Rick Hill (Class of 1970), Bill Rayon (Class of 1968), President Nixon, Jim Fitzgerald (Class of 1968) and Richard Barkley (Class of 1968).
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.
The A.S.P.U. (Associated Students of Pacific University) Calendar from Spring 1968, showing an older photograph of the school's original Boxer statue on its cover. The calendar includes information about social, academic and sports events on campus. The photograph dates from an earlier decade. It is nearly identical to a photograph that was most likely taken by photojournalist Ellis Lucia in the late 1940s or early 1950s (Pacific University Class of 1944; see PUA_MS104_0001). The image shows Boxer missing one leg and his tail, with welding marks visible on his other leg and neck. This damage was sustained during "Boxer Tosses," when students would fight over possession of the statue.
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.
A letter dated January 28, 1968 from Jerry Jolley, president of the Associated Students of Pacific University (ASPU), to Gordon Bolton, director of Pacific University's Alumni Association. Jolley announces that the student senate had voted unanimously to change the university's official mascot from 'Badger' to 'Boxer.' Jolley notes that the change had been approved by the alumni, the administration and the students, and that a ceremony in honor of the change would be planned soon.
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 photograph of the symbolic burial of the old Pacific University "Badger" mascot costume in 1968. In this year, the Pacific student body and alumni confirmed that "Badger," which had been the official mascot for decades, would be replaced by "Boxer," the more popular grassroots emblem of the students. The original Badger mascot costume is held in Pacific University's museum collection.
