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This Women's History Month we have been highlighting important Pacific women in our history. This week, we look back to Ladies Hall, later named Herrick Hall, and how it provided more women with the opportunity to attend Pacific. 

Before Boxer was Badger. In the 1960s, when students voted to change the mascot, they said goodbye to their longtime representative.

The Nov. 15, 1905, issue of The Pacific Index reported that both men and women were gearing up for a season of the relatively new-fangled game of basketball. Women had participated in athletics at Pacific before. They were members of the archery team, and they played on the tennis squad with the men.

Generous donations in hard times led to the matching gift that made Marsh Hall possible.

Don Metzger '66, O.D. '67 returned the tail of the original Boxer statue to èßäÉçÇø this summer. Watch him recount how he got the tail and why he returned it 40 years later.

Manche Langley was one of the matriarchs of women lawyers in the Portland area in the 1900s. The 13th woman admitted to practice in Oregon and a founder of the Queen’s Bench — a professional organization of women in law — Langley got her start at Tualatin Academy, the predecessor of èßäÉçÇø.

The clouds in the sky only make the smiles on the football field brighter.

Four years ago, èßäÉçÇø football was reinstated with a team of freshmen. Those freshmen took a brand new team from start-up to a winning season in 2013. As the founding players prepare to graduate, they look back at four years of perseverance, growth and success.

èßäÉçÇø’s collection of alumnus Ellis Lucia’s writing, notes and photos offers scholastic look at Oregon history.

This article details the first six years of Dr. Paul Stagg's tenure as head coach at èßäÉçÇø, and the role his father played in both his coaching development and its affect on Pacific football.

Lock of Narcissa Whitmanʻs hair discovered in Old College Hall collection.

èßäÉçÇø’s original library, Carnegie Hall celebrates 100 years as a stalwart of the Forest Grove campus. Mark the centennial during a ceremony at Homecoming 2012.