Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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- r Your 1976 Chinook is different! We think we’ve accomplished a unique blending of WSU ' s colorful past with our lively contemporary scene. It’s our quiet way of adding a little Bicentennial spirit to the year. Mention “yearbook” and immediately are conjured up images of photographs. The 1976 Chinook has plenty of our traditionally excellent pictorial layouts depicting WSU now and how it used to be. But this book offers a bonus: the staff has labored long hours to add more stories and interesting bits of information to compliment the photographic work. In fact, we ' re thankful to the many campus groups and individuals who helped us compile these vignettes of information which we can share with you. In framing a different picture of WSU, we ' ve focused on individual topics for each two-page spread, creating interest with both words and pictures, instead of the usual pictures-on-a-page waiting for you to fill in the meaning. We wanted to create a book that carried meaning to you; a book that allows you to cement your own memories into the pages. We hope we ' ve succeeded. This is your book. Take time to read it from cover to cover. See how much you ' ve already forgotten; see how much 1975-76 really meant to you; see yourself and your year. Marilyn Pfeifer, Editor V Contents Expressions 17 Events 59 Sports 87 Administration 147 Colleges and Seniors 165 Individuals 217 Royalty 397 Student Involvement 425 ) Reflections 3

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Chinook: The Yearbook The first Chinook appeared on the campus in 1899 when the State College of Washington was yet called the Washington Agricultural College and School of Science. The name Chinook originated from a pidgin language known as Chinook or Chinook jargon which was, by necessity, coined during the early days of the Hudson Bay Company for the use of the western pioneers and fur traders. This language, formed from words from the French, some from the Indians, and some from the English, became an intermediary of expression between the American pioneers, the French, and the Indian tribes. The class of 1900,‘first editors of the yearbook, decided to use the name Chinook for their publication, thus implying that it was to be a form of expression of college life and activities to people outside the institution as well as to.students. In short, it was to be an intermediary of expression just as the Chinook language had been. The first Chinook was a medium sized book bound in a brilliant blue, the college color being blue instead of the present crimson and grey. Financially embarrassed from the first attempt at a junior yearbook the two following Junior classes did not publish a Chinook. It was not until 1902 that the after-effects of the first Chinook were paid off. In that year the second volume of the Chinook appeared. This time the book was smaller in size and had a red cover instead of a blue one. From this time on the Chinook became a permanent yearly Junior edition. Having thrived as a small book, its size was increased year by year until 1910 when it acquired its present dimensions. So originated the Chinook, and thus was it named. Today its publishing has become a tradition on the college campus. No longer is it published by the Junior class alone, but by a group of dedicated students from all classes and from many different fields, whose goal it is to account for and present to the student body a brief but accurate and interesting record of our college life. We hope that you, the students, enjoy this year ' s edition of the Chinook as much as we have enjoyed creating it. 2 Reflections

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