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In 1926, the Washington State College football team was expected to be at the bottom of the conference. The team beat expectations under new coach "Babe" Hollingbery and freshman quarterback "Butch" Meeker.  
 
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'''Welcome to [[Cougar Memory|Our Story]], a place for ''you'' to share your personal memory of WSU.'''  
 
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'''[[Wazzu Guys' Trips]]'''<br> Ron Kingsbury '69 tells old stories of WSU life in the 1960s.  
 
'''[[Wazzu Guys' Trips]]'''<br> Ron Kingsbury '69 tells old stories of WSU life in the 1960s.  
  
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[[Cougar Country '67|'''Cougar Country '67''']]<br> Jim Hoggatt '67 and friends showed up in the Husky section at the 1967 Apple Cup with a "This is Cougar Country" sign.  
 
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[[Unstoppable Rueben Mayes|'''Unstoppable Rueben Mayes''']]<br> On a raw, wet fall afternoon in Eugene, Oregon, in late October 1984, Rueben Mayes’ feet carried him to what was at the time the greatest accomplishment of any NCAA running back. ''By Jason Krump.''
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[[Happy 25th, KZUU!|'''Happy 25th, KZUU!''']]<br> It was a rock ’n’ roll idea in a Bee Gees world. A story about the student-run radio station KZUU.
  
 
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[[Vanished places: Silver Lake and the Tanglewood|'''Vanished places: Silver Lake and the Tanglewood''']]<br> by Trevor Bond, WSU Libraries-Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections.  
 
[[Vanished places: Silver Lake and the Tanglewood|'''Vanished places: Silver Lake and the Tanglewood''']]<br> by Trevor Bond, WSU Libraries-Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections.  
  
 
[[WSU Highlights by Decade|'''WSU Highlights by Decade''']]<br> Highlights in WSU history from 1890-2000. Originally compiled by Bob Smawley '52.  
 
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'''[[This is WSC - narrated by Edward R. Murrow|This is WSC - narrated by Edward R. Murrow]]'''<br> A 1952 movie introducing Washington State College, narrated by Edward R. Murrow.  
 
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Revision as of 20:44, July 10, 2009


Featured story

1926-Babe-Hollingbery-AlumnusMagazine.jpg
The Victory Team of 1926
W.S.C. football surprises the conference

In 1926, the Washington State College football team was expected to be at the bottom of the conference. The team beat expectations under new coach "Babe" Hollingbery and freshman quarterback "Butch" Meeker.

Welcome to Our Story, a place for you to share your personal memory of WSU.

How does it work? Sign up, then follow the quick start guide below to post your story. Please contact us with questions, or if you would like us to post your stories.

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Tell your friends and fellow Cougs!

More stories

Bryan Rocks Does the ghost of WSU's first president, Enoch A. Bryan, still sit in his Bryan Hall rocking chair? Dick Uthmann '60, '71 tells his experience with the chair in 1957

More WSU ghost stories:

Ghostly meetings with "E.A."
by Janis Clarke Waley ’70 BA, ’83 Ph.D

The Legend of the Black Cat

A College Ghost

Campus Legends and Ghost Stories

My Story at WSU - Robert Berney '54, '60

Wazzu Guys' Trips
Ron Kingsbury '69 tells old stories of WSU life in the 1960s.

My WSU Story - Mary Skidmore Johnson '40

Cougar Country '67
Jim Hoggatt '67 and friends showed up in the Husky section at the 1967 Apple Cup with a "This is Cougar Country" sign.

Adventures in Chemistry
Bob Axworthy ('48, '49) recounts his times at Washington State College, and their explosive effects.

Notes of WSC 1940
By Ken Wise '42

Unstoppable Rueben Mayes
On a raw, wet fall afternoon in Eugene, Oregon, in late October 1984, Rueben Mayes’ feet carried him to what was at the time the greatest accomplishment of any NCAA running back. By Jason Krump.

How Cougar Gold made the world a better place

Happy 25th, KZUU!
It was a rock ’n’ roll idea in a Bee Gees world. A story about the student-run radio station KZUU.

Featured photos

Stevens Hall in snowy twilight. Photo by Shelly Hanks.

James E. Blackwell, fourth from left, was photographed with friends and family following the 1959 Washington State University commencement on Rogers Field. From left are Joe Perry ('61 Ph.D. Soc.), retired sociologist at Bowling Green University, M. Jay Crowe ('59 M.S. Soc.), Evelyn MacDougall ('59 M.S. Soc.), Blackwell, Jean Conyers, wife of James Conyers ('62 Ph.D. Soc.), retired Indiana State University professor, who took the photo, and Blackwell's sister, Mary Louise Henderson, now deceased. A nurse in Los Angeles, she came to Pullman to attend the graduation. Photograph courtesy of James E. Blackwell.

The Paper Trail

Original documents, photos, and videos from WSU's past.

Vanished places: Silver Lake and the Tanglewood
by Trevor Bond, WSU Libraries-Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections.

WSU Highlights by Decade
Highlights in WSU history from 1890-2000. Originally compiled by Bob Smawley '52.

This is WSC - narrated by Edward R. Murrow
A 1952 movie introducing Washington State College, narrated by Edward R. Murrow.

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Pullman, WA 99164-1227

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