Collins Unbound

As the falls sports begin their season, you cannot help but notice the green, thick grass growing on Peyton Field. Football and soccer get the chance to play some of their games on this first-rate turf this fall. It would be hard to imagine this field being any less than it is, but there was a time when Peyton Field was just layers of “too-fine sand, silt and clay,” hardly a place to compete. It was back in 1964 that the University of Puget Sound decided to call in an expert to fix the problem. Dr. Ray Goss had all of the old grass torn up. An irrigation system was installed and new sod was rolled out. Fifty-one years later, Peyton Field is still growing strong.

The Archives & Special Collections is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 1:00-3:00 p.m. or by appointment.

By Sierra Scott

“For me alone Don Quixote was born and I for him. His was the power of action, mine of writing.”

It is the 400^th anniversary of the second part of Don Quixote, fully titled The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha. This Spanish novel was written by Miguel de Cervantes Saaverdra in 1615. The story follows the adventures of Don Quixote through Spain on his quest to undo wrongs and make the world a just place. Come by the Archives & Special Collections to celebrate the history of this powerful and influential book. While reading, check out the beautiful illustrations that appear throughout.

By Sierra Scott

I came across an interesting book the other day in the Archives & Special Collections about Viking runes and their meanings called The Book of Runes by Ralph Blum. The book is meant to be a guide to help gain in insight into your problems or questions. It is supposed to go along with a bag of runes. With a question in mind, grab a rune, one at a time, from the bag and place them in front of you. After picking three runes, you are to look up their meaning in the book reading them from right to left. The first rune is your current self, the last is your future self, and the middle one is what is blocking your way or preventing you from getting to where you need to be. Whether you believe in this stuff or not, it is a fun thing to try. They are more accurate than you may think, and it might just help you out.

By Sierra Scott