Boxer's face, right side

Title

Boxer's face, right side

Description

A photograph of the right side of the face of the original "Boxer" statue, taken on February 25, 2024. This image shows Boxer's eyebrow, nostril, some of the interior cavity of his mouth where incense was likely burned; many cracks and welding scars; and the etched names of students who formerly possessed the statue, including members of Phi Beta Tau (left, including H. Butzloff); Horner; Schieferstein (probably John Shieferstein, Class of 1952); and others.

Boxer is a bronze statue in the form of a qilin, which was the inspiration for Pacific University's mascot. There was a tradition of students stealing, hiding and fighting over the original Boxer statue from the early 1900s through the 1960s. This image is one of a series of photographs that documented the physical appearance of the statue when it was returned to the university in 2024, after being hidden for the previous 55 years.

Identifier

PUA_MS95_557

Date

2024

Date Created

Feb. 25, 2024

Creator

Timm, Blake

Subject

Pacific University

Mascots

Spatial Coverage

Forest Grove, Oregon

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Source

Pacific University Archives