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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.

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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.

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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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