Alumni with Boxer's foot · Washington County Heritage Online

Title: Alumni with Boxer's foot
Description: Two Pacific University alumni posing with the foot of the original "Boxer" statue, sometime after its return in 2008. Pieces of the original statue had been repeatedly broken off and then re-welded back onto the statue repeatedly during its history. This foot was most likely last broken off in 1968 or1969, just before the statue disappeared from public view for 55 years. Another foot remained in the hands of another group of alumni.; "Boxer" was originally a bronze statue in the form of a qilin. Pacific University students had a tradition of hiding, stealing and fighting over the statue as a symbol of college spirit. Boxer became Pacific University's mascot in 1968.
Identifier: PUA_MS95_515
Date: 2008/2018
Date Created: 2008-2018
Subject: Pacific University; Mascots
Spatial Coverage: Forest Grove, Oregon
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Source: Pacific University Archives