A group of Pacific University students, gathered around a piano in a private home. Based on context from other slides dating from this time period, this was likely a social event connected to Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Club), probably held at the home of one of its advisors, Professor Fred Scheller in Aloha, Oregon. The slide was printed in October, 1968.
Two students playing ping-pong at an outdoor event connected to Pacific University. Both are wearing name tags. Based on other images that appear to be from the same (or a similar) event, this may have been taken at a social event held to welcome members of Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Club), probably at the home of club advisor Professor Fred Scheller in Aloha, Oregon. The slide was printed in October, 1968.
An Asian-American student from Pacific University, wearing a polka-dot minidress and grimacing at the camera. This slide was printed in October, 1968. Based on other slides that appear to be related, this image may have been taken at an event connected to Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Club); probably in the home of club advisor Professor Fred Scheller in Aloha, Oregon.
Two Asian-American students, both holding paper cups, at a Pacific University event in Fall 1968. Based on similar images from the same time period, the event may have been connected to Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Student Club) and/or to a Homecoming event.
People, possibly faculty or the parents of students, attending an event at Pacific University: possibly Commencement. All are wearing formal clothing. The original slide was printed in June, 1968.
A man, identified in a handwritten note on the original slide as Ken Kumasawa, conducting a music performance outdoors on the Pacific University campus in May, 1968. This might have been a part of the annual "Music in May" event for high school music students; the event sometimes hosted guest conductors.
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 woman, likely a member of Pacific University's staff or faculty, in a campus building. This may have been taken inside Scott Library; the machine behind her appears to be a microfiche card reader. This image is dated April 1968.
Two Pacific University students skiing in 1968, probably at Mount Hood. They are on a beginner's slope with a tow rope on the right. Based on other related images, this may have been taken during a Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Student Club) outing.
A Pacific University woman student skiing in 1968, probably at Mount Hood. Based on other related images, this may have been taken during a Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Student Club) outing.
A group of Pacific University students skiing in 1968, probably at Mount Hood. They are on a beginner's slope with a tow rope on the right. Based on other related images, this may have been taken during a Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Student Club) outing.
Students and a professor in Pacific University's "The Index" newspaper editing room in the mid-1960s. They appear to be posing in order to illustrate the work of journalism majors, with one student working at a typewriter while the other two point to the layout for a newspaper issue. The bulletin board in the background reads, "Journalism Grads on the Job," and has pinned photographs of alumni. The student at the typewriter appears to be Les AuCoin, Class of 1969, who was an editor at the time. AuCoin went on to serve in the US Congress.
A group of Pacific University students studying at tables with many books and papers set in front of them. A man, probably a professor, stands towards the back. A projector is on a podium and the window shade is drawn, indicating that they may have been watching a slideshow. The room resembles Pacific's Carnegie Hall before it was renovated. It might have been taken after the campus library was moved from Carnegie to Scott Hall, but before the ceiling heights were lowered in 1969. The original slide is dated 1967 in pencil.
A man, probably a professor, sits at a desk in a classroom while several others, probably college students, stand nearby. This was probably taken in a Pacific University classroom circa the mid-1960s.
Two women, likely Pacific University students, wearing red dresses, black ribbons and white corsages while holding a bouquet of red flowers. What appears to be a large bank of flowers or crepe paper is in the background. The colors match Pacific University colors, so they may have been representing the university, possibly on a parade float. This was likely taken circa 1967-1971.
An African American Pacific University student (or possibly professor), examining a vertical Rolodex directory. This photograph likely dates from the late 1960s or early 1970s.
A Pacific University student sitting with books and two older adults who may be professors, circa the mid-to-late 1960s. One of the subjects is identified in a handwritten note on the original slide as "Jane [R--h?]."This photograph appears to have been posed, possibly for usage in a university publication. It may have been intended to illustrate literature studies at Pacific: the man holds a book titled "A Concise Guide to Composition," while posters on the bulletin board relate to writing "Themes".
Four children holding marionette puppets, probably at an event hosted by Pacific University. Based on other photographs that appear to be related, they may have been attending a puppet show held on campus in the Spring of 1968.
Two students performing as the "King and Queen" of Pacific University's annual Luau circa 1970-1972. Based on other images, the woman may be Millie Ah Ching. They are portraying members of the Luau's "Royal Court," in which several students representing the King (wearing a yellow cape) and Queen (wearing white) of Hawaii witnessed dances performed by Princesses (each wearing a different colored dress), who represented the various islands of Hawaii.
A group of Pacific University students at an indoor gathering in 1967. One student in the background appears to be wearing a large, fake white beard. This may have been taken at a Christmas holiday event.
A group of Pacific University students skiing at Mount Hood in 1966. They are on a beginner's slope with a tow rope on the right. Based on other related images, this may have been taken during a Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Student Club) outing.
Two Pacific University students (or possibly staff members) stand in a building on the Pacific University campus in the fall of 1965. They may be in the lobby of Walter Hall, which was a dormitory.
A group from Pacific University at the Honolulu airport, about to travel home from Hawaii to Oregon in May 1959. The original slide is slightly blurry. Based on an article that appeared in the Pacific University Index (May 18, 1959, p. 2), this group was likely attending a speech tournament on Oahu. "Bedecked with leis and smiling happily were the four representatives to the University of Hawaii Invitational speech tourney who returned to campus this morning at 5 a.m. carrying six trophies." They may have been recruiting Hawaiian students for Pacific University during the same trip.
Group members named in the article included the students: Larry DePolo (Class of 1962; the man without glasses, right); Deanne Dayton (Class of 1961, the woman wearing a lei); and Steve Hanson (Class of 1962; the man with glasses, left). The fourth student in the group, John Randlett (Class of 1962), does not appear to be in the photograph; he may have been holding the camera. The students were accompanied by Professor Fred Scheller (the man with glasses, right). These names match a handwritten caption on the original slide, which appears to have come from the offices of Fred Scheller. It reads: "Leaving Hawaii - the [K---?], Deanne, Larry, Steve."
Hanson, Dayton, DePolo and Scheller are wearing leis that were likely given to them by friends on Oahu. Hanson and Dayton are carrying Northwest Airlines bags. The women who are not wearing leis were probably seeing off the group as they left the island. The article noted above states: "They also visited the parents of several Hawaiian students attending Pacific and Sam Luna, Pacific graduate and husband of Madean Luna, Pacific senior, drove the students and Mr. Scheller to the airport and saw them off when they left this morning." The women in the photograph may be from the Luna family.
This photograph relates to the earliest efforts of Pacific University to recruit students from Hawaii. Hawaii became a state about three months after this photograph was taken in 1959. Fred Scheller was one of the founders of Pacific's Hawaiian Student Club, Na Haumana O Hawai'i, which was organized that fall with twenty members who were from the state of Hawaii. A group that appears to have included the same people are in another photograph from 1959, which has been identified as the first group from Pacific University to recruit students from Hawai'i (see PUApic_010595). Given the expense and difficulty of traveling to Hawaii in 1959, the "speech" trip and the "recruitment" trip may have been the same event. Students from Hawaii would eventually make up a significant percentage of Pacific's student body.
