Student Bruce Fleskes retrieving Boxer II from a tree · Washington County Heritage Online

Title: Student Bruce Fleskes retrieving Boxer II from a tree
Description: A photograph clipping from a newspaper, showing Pacific University student Bruce Fleskes retrieving "Boxer II" from where it was stashed in a tree on campus. This photograph is dated April 13, 1983. This was the first public appearance of the statue. Boxer II was a replica of Pacific University's original "Boxer" statue, which had been missing since 1969. There was a tradition of hiding, stealing and fighting over Boxer as a trophy representing college spirit. In 1982-3, students commissioned sculptor Pat Costello to create Boxer II as a replacement for the original missing statue. Just before this photograph was taken, the students who had commissioned the replica hid it in the tree and then announced to the campus that Boxer was back. Students like Bruce Fleske searched for Boxer II, found it, and then took it away, continuing the tradition.
Identifier: PUA_MS95_521
Date: 1983
Date Created: April 13, 1983
Subject: Pacific University; Mascots
Spatial Coverage: Forest Grove, Oregon
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Source: Pacific University Archives