A photograph of Pacific University student, Douglas Dreeszen, with the Boxer mascot in a backpack. The original Boxer mascot was a gift to the school from a missionary named Reverend J. E. Walker. He acquired the Boxer while on a mission trip to China. The Boxer went missing after a Boxer Toss in 1969. This photograph appears in an album that was compiled by Edith Hansen McGill, a 1930 Pacific University graduate.
A photograph of Pacific University student, Edith Hansen McGill, and a fellow student staging a chase scene with the Boxer mascot. The original Boxer mascot was a gift to the school from a missionary named Reverend J. E. Walker. He acquired the Boxer while on a mission trip to China. The Boxer went missing after a Boxer Toss in 1969. This photograph appears in an album that was compiled by Edith Hansen McGill, a 1930 Pacific University graduate.
A photograph of the Boxer mascot being held on the shoulder of Pacific University student, Douglas Dreeszden. The original Boxer mascot was a gift to the school from a missionary named Reverend J. E. Walker. He acquired the Boxer while on a mission trip to China. The Boxer went missing after a Boxer Toss in 1969. This photograph appears in an album that was compiled by Edith Hansen McGill, a 1930 Pacific University graduate.
A photograph of Pacific University student, Edith Hansen McGill, and a fellow student holding the Boxer mascot. The original Boxer mascot was a gift to the school from a missionary named Reverend J. E. Walker. He acquired the Boxer while on a mission trip to China. The Boxer went missing after a Boxer Toss in 1969. This photograph appears in an album that was compiled by Edith Hansen McGill, a 1930 Pacific University graduate.
A photograph of a male Pacific University student holding the Boxer mascot. The original Boxer mascot was a gift to the school from a missionary named Reverend J. E. Walker. He acquired the Boxer while on a mission trip to China. The Boxer went missing after a Boxer Toss in 1969. This photograph appears in an album that was compiled by Edith Hansen McGill, a 1930 Pacific University graduate.
A photograph of Pacific University sutent, Douglas Dreeszen, and a fellow student posing as if they are hitting Boxer with a log. The original Boxer mascot was a gift to the school from a missionary named Reverend J. E. Walker. He acquired the Boxer while on a mission trip to China. The Boxer went missing after a Boxer Toss in 1969. This photograph appears in an album that was compiled by Edith Hansen McGill, a 1930 Pacific University graduate.
A photograph of Pacific University student, Douglas Dreeszen, with a fellow student and the Boxer mascot. The original Boxer mascot was a gift to the school from a missionary named Reverend J. E. Walker. He acquired the Boxer while on a mission trip to China. The Boxer went missing after a Boxer Toss in 1969. This photograph appears in an album that was compiled by Edith Hansen McGill, a 1930 Pacific University graduate.
A photograph of a female Pacific University student holding the Boxer mascot. This photograph was probably during the Senior Breakfast in October, 1928. The Senior Breakfast was held at the faculty cabin in Gales Creek, Oregon. The seniors brought Boxer along and invited a few underclassman in hopes of igniting the Boxer spirit at Pacific again. There was a minor scuffle over the mascot, however the senior class maintained possession of Boxer. He was hidden away again after the breakfast. This photograph appears in an album that was compiled by Edith Hansen McGill, a 1930 Pacific University graduate.
A photograph of a group of female Pacific University students holding the Boxer mascot. The original Boxer mascot was a gift to the school from a missionary named Reverend J. E. Walker. He acquired Boxer while on a mission trip to China. The Boxer went missing after a Boxer Toss in 1969. This photograph appears in an album that was compiled by Edith Hansen McGill, a 1930 Pacific University graduate.
A photograph of a group of Pacific University students hold the Boxer mascot. The original Boxer mascot was a gift to the school from a missionary named Reverend J. E. Walker. He acquired the Boxer while on a mission trip to China. The Boxer went missing after a Boxer Toss in 1969. This photograph appears in an album that was compiled by Edith Hansen McGill, a 1930 Pacific University graduate.
A photograph of a male Pacific University student holding a badger in one hand and a baby bottle in the other. The mascot of Pacific University at the time was a badger. It would remain the mascot of the University until it was replaced by the Boxer in 1967. The baby bottle probably represented the freshman class. This photograph appears in an album that was compiled by Edith Hansen McGill, a 1930 Pacific University graduate.
A photograph of Boxer, the Pacific University mascot, sitting on a stump. The original Boxer was a gift to the school from a missionary named Reverend J. E. Walker. He acquired the Boxer while on a mission trip to China. The Boxer went missing after a Boxer Toss in 1969. This photograph appears in an album that was compiled by Edith Hansen McGill, a 1930 Pacific University graduate.
Richard Thompson was a Pacific University student who graduated in 1963. This snapshot, taken in June 1957, shows his mother and one of her friends with Boxer, the original mascot statue of Pacific University. Mrs. Thompson was an employee of the university. This photograph is from the collection of Richard Thompson, who retains the original print.
Richard Thompson was a Pacific University student who graduated in 1963. While he was enrolled, his fraternity Phi Beta Tau, won possession of the university's mascot, Boxer. In this photograph, taken around 1962, we see Richard Thompson's car, which was used as a getaway vehicle when transporting the Boxer mascot statue. The picture was probably taken near the old elementary school on the corner of SW Pacific Avenue and Highway 8 in Forest Grove. This photograph is from the collection of Richard Thompson, who retains the original print.
Richard Thompson was a Pacific University student who graduated in 1963. While he was enrolled, his fraternity Phi Beta Tau won possession of the university's mascot, Boxer. In this photograph, taken around 1962, Thompson is leaning next to Boxer, who has been placed on a Pacific University sweater, on top of a car hood. The picture was probably taken near the old elementary school on the corner of SW Pacific Avenue and Highway 8 in Forest Grove. This photograph is from the collection of Richard Thompson, who retains the original print.
Richard Thompson was a Pacific University student who graduated in 1963. While he was enrolled, his fraternity Phi Beta Tau won possession of the university's mascot, Boxer. In this photograph, taken around 1962, Thompson is holding Boxer, who is mostly intact, with all of his appendages except the ears and horn present, but with many welding marks as evidence of having been ripped apart in previous fights. This photograph is from the collection of Richard Thompson, who retains the original print.
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.
'Trophy Stirs Classes' story on class rivalries and Portland Police actions related to stealing the Boxer statue. Some details relating to the original donation of the Boxer statue are included. George Tucker, an alumnus, added notes in handwriting at the bottom, including some about a rival class trophy, 'Hathor.'
A note written to Chris from Rick Read regarding the arrival of the Boxer mascot. The last arrival on campus the Boxer mascot had was in 1898, is the best guess Rick Read has.
The Boxer mascot was constantly being taken from Pacific University and returned at various times through the history of Pacific University. This document has a list of dates that the Boxer mascot arrived back onto Pacific University campus.
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 handwritten document is a summary of the different locations and dates that the Boxer mascot was seen on campus. There are accounts of students seeing the Boxer on campus at different times throughout the years.
The Boxer mascot was originally purchased by a Pacific University graduate who bought it from a Chinese family. The graduate described the Boxer as looking like a dog, but actually it is a mythical creature that is part dragon, lion, dog and deer. A series of events started due to this mascot called the 'Boxer Tosses', where the Boxer mascot would be thrown or hidden somewhere for students to fight over. In 1969, one year after the Boxer was officially named Pacific University's mascot, the original Boxer disappeared. After years of waiting for the reappearance students decided to raise money to have a new cast of the Boxer made, reintroducing the 'Boxer Tosses' in 1981. Since then the appearance of the Boxer has been limited.
