A Pacific University student wearing a tie, shorts and sandals but no shirt, standing on a table to protest the dress code, surrounded by other students. Some of the other students are also protesting: one woman, identified as Laurie Collins, wears a placard that reads: "We protest." Others are either observing or opposing the protest. This photograph appears to have been staged in order to dramatize the protest, possibly for use in a publication. A stamp on the verso identifies it as having been created by Pacific's Office of Public Information (i.e. its publicity department). It appears to have been taken in a student lounge, possibly in McCormick Hall.
The photograph likely dates from circa March 1967. In that month, about 150 male students conducted a sit-in demonstration against Pacific's dinner dress code, which required "all men to wear a jacket and tie to dinner and women to wear either a dress or skirt as well as heels twice a week" (The Index, Mar. 6, 1967). This is one of several photographs that were taken on the same occasion; see also PUApic_015907 and PUApic_015908.
A pair of Pacific University students staging a protest against the university's dress code (right), while another pair of students opposes them (left). The woman on the right, Laurie Collins, wears clothes that conformed to the dress code, but she has added a placard that reads "We protest". The man on the right wears shorts, a shirt and sandals without a jacket or tie, which would not have conformed to the dress code. This photograph appears to have been staged in order to dramatize the protest, possibly for use in a publication. A stamp on the verso identifies it as having been created by Pacific's Office of Public Information (i.e. its publicity department). It was taken on Pacific's campus near Marsh Hall.
The photograph likely dates from circa March 1967. In that month, about 150 male students conducted a sit-in demonstration against Pacific's dinner dress code, which required "all men to wear a jacket and tie to dinner and women to wear either a dress or skirt as well as heels twice a week" (The Index, Mar. 6, 1967). This is one of several photographs that were taken on the same occasion; see also PUApic_015906 and PUApic_015908.
A pair of Pacific University students protesting the university's dress code. The woman, Laurie Collins, wears clothes that conformed to the dress code, but she has added a placard that reads "We protest". The man wears shorts, a shirt and sandals without a jacket or tie, which would not have conformed to the dress code. This photograph appears to have been staged in order to dramatize the students' protest, possibly for use in a publication. A stamp on the verso identifies it as having been created by Pacific's Office of Public Information (i.e. its publicity department). It was taken on campus, with Marsh Hall appearing in the background.
The photograph likely dates from circa March 1967. In that month, about 150 male students conducted a sit-in demonstration against Pacific's dinner dress code, which required "all men to wear a jacket and tie to dinner and women to wear either a dress or skirt as well as heels twice a week" (The Index, Mar. 6, 1967). This is one of several photographs that were taken on the same occasion; see also PUApic_015906 and PUApic_015907.
A reprinting of a photograph that was probably originally taken in 1967, showing a Pacific University student wearing a tie but no shirt, standing on a table surrounded by other students. This image was printed in Pacific's alumni magazine years later with the caption "Do you remember?", which was a regular magazine feature intended to solicit letters from alumni about their memories of campus life. This copy was annotated by Arlene Bodmer Harouff (Class of 1967). She named most of the students in the image and provided her memory of the event, which she identified as "Rook Week 1963." If correct, this would mean that the photograph showed a freshman initiation prank.
Other photographs taken on the same day, however, show that this was a staged protest against Pacific University's dress code, probably in March 1967. In that month, about 150 male students conducted a sit-in demonstration against Pacific's dinner dress code, which required "all men to wear a jacket and tie to dinner and women to wear either a dress or skirt as well as heels twice a week" (See: The Index, Mar. 6, 1967). In the other photographs, it is clear that the woman on the bottom left is wearing a placard that reads "We protest," and that the protest related to the dress code. See: PUApic_015906, PUApic_015907 and PUApic_015908. This photograph appears to have been staged in order to dramatize the protest, possibly for use in a publication. The original prints were stamped by Pacific's Office of Public Information (i.e. its publicity department). It appears to have been taken in the student lounge of McCormick Hall.
From left to right, those visible in the photograph are identified as: D. Stewart Topley (OD, Class of 1968); either Patricia Ann Mayhew Brannock (Class of 1967) or Laurie Collins (as identified by a different alumnus); Unidentified student standing on table; Belinda Aldridge; Arlene E. Bodmer Harouff (Class of 1967); and Sally Green.
