Ask any college student about the “freshman 15”— are they certain they know what it means? One alternative and UP-specific (and quaintly archaic) view of the Freshman 15 can be found at this new post on the University archives and museum blog: https://wordpress.up.edu/museum/the-freshmen-15/. For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu or 8038.
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50 Years: A-Meh-zing Mehling!
Fifty years ago in September 1964, Mehling Hall opened its doors to its first residents. As the women of Mehling past and present celebrate Mehling Hall’s birthday this week, the University archives and museum offer this historical post about Mehling Hall accompanied by a slideshow of photos at: http://tinyurl.com/n6radxr. In addition, the University museum has a display in the Pilot House (near the computer workstations) about Mehling Hall as a complement to the blog post.
For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, piatz@up.edu, or 8038.
New Salzburg Program Post
Fifty years ago on August 30, 1964, the first group of University students departed for the Salzburg study abroad program. As part of this year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Salzburg program, the University Archives and Museum have a new post and photos on their blog to celebrate the University’s oldest and most popular study abroad program. See the post at http://tinyurl.com/mtxzzwj.
For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at 8038 or piatz@up.edu.
New “In The Beginning” Series Entry
The University Archives and Museum have a new entry for the “In the Beginning” series on the Museum WordPress blog to mark the cornerstone dedication of West Hall on August 24, 1891. See the blog post and link for more photos and history at http://tinyurl.com/ntpydey. For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at 8038 or piatz@up.edu.
From Our Past
Fr. Michael Quinlan, C.S.C. (pictured), the second president and first Holy Cross president of the University of Portland, died on August 29, 1944, at age 70. He served as president from 1902 to 1906, succeeding Fr. Edward P. Murphy, a Portland archiocesan priest who had been appointed president by archbishop Alexander Christie. Fr. Quinlan’s tenure proved to be difficult, due mostly to a clash of personalities with Archbishop Christie. Both were plain-spoken men with no use for diplomacy. Fr. Quinlan was succeeded in 1906 by Rev. Joseph A. Gallagher, C.S.C., who served as president until 1914.
Also, on August 30, 1964, the first group of UP students departed for the University’s program in Salzburg. Under the guidance of the program’s first resident director, Fr. Ambrose Wheeler, C.S.C., the group would travel to Scotland to begin a tour that would take them through England and the continent before arriving in Salzburg. For more history from this week, see the University of Portland Almanac at www.up.edu/almanac/.
Museum offers orientation to UP campus
The staff of the University Archives and Museum welcome all new faces to the University of Portland campus. To help new and returning faculty, staff and students navigate their way around, they have put together a brief orientation to campus on the museum blog. View the post at https://wordpress.up.edu/museum/orientation-at-the-university-of-portland-campus/. For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museumcCoordinator, 8038 or piatz@up.edu.
Remembering Kate
A funeral Mass for Spanish professor Kate Regan will be held Friday, August 8, at 10 a.m. at The Madeleine. Kate passed away unexpectedly on July 23.
The University Museum has created a display to honor Kate, who began her career on the Bluff in 1995 and received the Carnegie Foundation’s Outstanding Teacher Award in 2000. She taught and advised many students at UP and led study abroad trips to Spain and Costa Rica. Kate used filmmaking in her research projects and also incorporated filmmaking in her classes.
All are welcome to view photographs of Kate in the display case on the first floor of Buckley Center across from the Shepard Freshman Resource Center. To complement the Buckley Center memorial display, the University Archives and Museum has a WordPress post and slideshow in memory of Dr. Regan at http://tinyurl.com/p9lun3r. Contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at 8038 or piatz@up.edu for more information.
Gifts in memory of Kate may be made to the Professor Kate Regan Memorial Fund at onlinegiving.up.edu.
Museum Marks UP’s First Days
The University Almanac entries for July 20 and July 22 note Archbishop Alexander Christie’s purchase of the former Portland University and transfer of the property to the Congregation of Holy Cross. The university archives and museum will mark these first days of the University with two new posts on the Museum WordPress blog. For more, follow the links to:
• In the Beginning: Day One (July 20, 1901) at http://wordpress.up.edu/museum/in-the-beginning-day-one/
• In the Beginning: Another Day (July 22, 1901) at http://wordpress.up.edu/museum/in-the-beginning-another-day/.
For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at 8038 or piatz@up.edu.
New University Museum Display in Buckley Center
All are invited to view a display of selections from the University Museum located in the display case across from the Shepard Freshman Resource Center on the first floor of Buckley Center. Included in the display of photographs and memorabilia are a vintage Polaroid camera, a Wally Pilot doll, a soccer program signed by Clive Charles, a football from the last season of football on The Bluff, and a selection of UP and Pilot souvenirs. To see more historical artifacts and photographs, visit the University Museum in the basement of Shipstad Hall, room 014. Hours are Monday and Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Wednesday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; or by appointment. For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at 8038 or piatz@up.edu.
From Our Past: Fr. James Fogarty, C.S.C.
Father James A. Fogarty, C.S.C., died on July 7, 1965, at age 66. He had served at the University from 1926 to 1964 as a professor of economics and was still living in Christie Hall at the time of his death. Some years earlier he had established, from his personal patrimony and from other gifts, a fund to be used for the building of a chapel at the University. There had long been chapels in buildings such as West (now Waldschmidt) Hall, Christie Hall, the old Commons (now St. Mary’s Student Center) but never a stand-alone building designed exclusively as a chapel. It was his idea that the proper investment of even a small fund could in time grow to sufficient size and value to make the construction of a chapel possible. His dream was realized in 1986 when his successor as trustee of the fund, Fr. James Anderson, C.S.C., laid before University president Fr. Thomas Oddo, C.S.C., an account of the fund’s value in excess of $600,000. Shortly thereafter, the board of regents authorized the building of the Chapel of Christ the Teacher.
For more University history from this week, see the University Almanac at www.up.edu/almanac.