Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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The Living Legacy of Fr. Greengrass SU 1974-75 was a composite of 84 years of varied contributions by many persons; students and faculty, staff and administration; alumni and friends. But in a special way, in this year of his death, the University is the unique reation of its beloved f r. Greengrass, Raymond L. Nichols, S). He was the architect of its physical environment, not in terms of brick and mortar, but rather with grass and flowers, shrubs and trees. Far h generation of students has its own image of fr. Nichols. To those between 1930 and 1986, he was a stern professor of history who taught them as much about life as about his avowed subject. lo his fellow jcsuits and to students living on and near the campus he was chancellor of the exchequer, a familiar figure in a tartan plaid cap often seen in nearby supermarkets, singing happily as he pushed a shopping cart piled high with pro-vender for the fathers' kite hen. To everyone at all times he was the fierce guardian of the campus flora. The 11th Commandment on campus was Thou Shalt not Pick Fr. Nick's Flowers. After 1966 and up to his death last October, he devoted his full energies, even when his health began to fail, to completing the garden campus he wascreating in an urban jungle. In the pages that follow, with some pictures and few words, Aegis 75 pays tribute to Fr. Nic hols and The I iving Legacy of Fr. Greengrass. ABOVE: While he did have a crew to help maintain the campus, Fr. Nichols was not above wielding the clippers himself. RIGHT: In this photo from the 1957 Aegis, Fr. Nichols (right) discussed the campus as it was in a 1932 photograph with Fr. McGoldrick and tne late Daniel Reidy, SJ. 16 Fr. Nichols

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RIGHT: This was the college campus in 1932. The present Garrand Building is in the background. The weed patch in the foreground is now the lush lawn and the garden of the Liberal Arts Building. 18 r ' i van