A panoramic view inside the Boise Junior College library of students studying. Note: this image was pieced together from the published photos in the yearbook.
Boise State University; Broncos; Homecomings; Mascots
One of Boise Junior College's early traditions was the burning of the bronco, nicknamed Elmer. BJC president Eugene Chaffee described Elmer in his book An Idea Grows: A History of Boise College(page 47): "He began as a wooden or paper mache...
AWS group pictured in the 1954 yearbook: "Back Row: Wanda Drake, Barbara Rea, Donna Bliss, Delores Hanson. First Row: Donna Chatburn, Leone Sweany, Kristin Mathews, Sharon Nichols, Shirley Byrne, Helen Elguezabal." "This year's offivers were:...
L to R: BJC cheerleaders Jerry Hill, Virginia Oliason, Joan Edwards, and Don Urry cheering the BJC football team at the 1949 Potato Bowl in Bakersfield, California, the college's first bowl appearance. Caption from yearbook: "The entire student...
Boise State University;Classrooms;Elementary school teaching;School children
Betty Lockwood, member of the Student National Education Association, instructs elementary school children at Campus School. Description in yearbook reads "Betty Lockwood, student teacher".
Boise Junior College Homecoming Queen Gaye Berger and unidentified partner pose for a picture with the other contestants and three children. Yearbook caption reads, "The Queen and her royal court are presented during intermission of the 1961...
Caption in the yearbook reads "Springtime at Boise State: the students just can't help themselves and dance for joy. 1976 was a spring to remember as the Dormies held a street dance out on the grass in front of Morrison and Driscoll Halls".
Boise State University;Dance parties;Victory celebrations;
Yearbook caption reads "Cranston and Qualls, Gibbons and Thompson, Coffin and Reed, Feeney and Griffin, numbered among Boise J. C.'s elite at fall-term victory dance."
Boise State University;Dance parties;Victory celebrations;War bonds & funds;
Yearbook caption reads "Dot McRitchie, Kenny Chilton, Ellen Lou Iverson, Chuck Massie, and other bond-buyers support Valkyrie-sponsored victory dance."
A scene from the "Anything Goes" Homecoming competition. As described in the 1977 yearbook: "...coed team[s] from Chaffee, Morrison, Driscoll, and Towers competed in all kinds of stunts using such items as dead fish, beach balls, plungers, and...
A scene from the "Anything Goes" competition during Homecoming. As described in the 1977 yearbook: "...coed team[s] from Chaffee, Morrison, Driscoll, and Towers competed in all kinds of stunts using such items as dead fish, beach balls, plungers,...
A cartoon drawing of a Boise Junior College bronco slow dancing with a woman, one of several cartoons used as title pages for different sections in the 1950 Boise Junior College yearbook.
Boise State University;Group portraits;Dormitories;
A scene from the "Anything Goes" Homecoming competition. As described in the yearbook: "...coed team[s] from Chaffee, Morrison, Driscoll, and Towers competed in all kinds of stunts using such items as dead fish, beach balls, plungers, and slides....
Boise State University; Initiation rites; Fraternities & sororities; Hotels;
The pledging freshmen of the Intercollegiate Knights standing outside the Hotel Boise lounge wearing costume helmets and potato sacks as part of the initiation rites. A similar photo on the IK page in the 1951 yearbook indicates that this photo is...
Boise State University; Initiation rites; Fraternities & sororities; Hotels;
New recruits to the Intercollegiate Knights student organization dressed as knights as part of the pledging rituals for the group. A similar photo on the IK page in the 1951 yearbook indicates that this photo is probably from the Fall of 1950.
