Although the first official year of the Mac Haunted House was in 1973, it originated in 1972 as part of the McMillan-Jenkins traditional Halloween party for orphan children from Hutton Settlement, St. Aloysius’ and St. Joseph’s.
David: Where are you from and what brought you to Whitworth? Ben: I’m from Wenatchee, Washington, and I had an older brother who went to Whitworth about five years before me. I really was not planning on going to Whitworth; rather I was looking at much larger engineering schools.
COMMENTARY: What once was a tree is now a crooked, unsightly stump. It’s the remains of the Whitworth Tree, a place of legend to the older generations of Whitworth’s past. When asked, many of today's underclassmen aren’t even aware of the tree’s existence, let alone its history.
Whitworth University is a tight-knit community one in which the members remain in close contact with the school and each other.
The highly cultivated landscape, nurseries and arboretum on campus have not always been what they are today, but have evolved gradually over the past 100 years.
After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, Whitworth students gathered in their gym to listen to President Roosevelt's war address to Congress and the United States.
Whitworth’s campus has undergone significant architectural changes as the university has grown, evolving from a small college to a growing university. Whitworth’s growth has taken almost a century, through America’s tumultuous times, and through its crowning moments.
On a parched, rocky bit of land, thick with lizards, scorpions and supposedly, jackals and mountain lions, north of Asabad in Kunar province on the Pech River Road, is where Whitworth graduate Forrest P. Ewens spent the end of his life.
The 1960s connotes drugs, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Woodstock, Kennedy, the rise of feminism, anti-war protests and the summer of love.
COMMENTARY: In today’s world of Netflix, Redbox and Hulu, it’s never been easier to watch a film. In looking into the past 40 years, the conditions were much different, but not necessarily worse.
The Whitworth Choir receives support from the Whitworth faculty, as many have participated in the choir themselves.
Marriage is usually a topic of interest, or at least on the radar of many college aged students.
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