Construction begins on the athletics field
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Students gather on Pullman campus to protest the invasion of Cambodia
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Students gathered in front of the CUB to protest the invasion of Cambodia May 1970.
Fire destroys Rogers Field bleachers and other athletic facilities
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Fire consumed half of the wooden bleachers at Rogers Field, along with the football and track and field facility. The fire was later determined to be arson. In 1971, $1 million was raised in three months to rebuild the football stadium, which was completed and dedicated in 1972 for former governor Clarence D. Martin.
President Taft visits campus
Mark O'EnglishFormer United States President William Howard Taft speaks briefly and presents a few student awards at Rogers Field in the afternoon, then delivers a speech titled “Capital, Labor, and the Soviet” that evening in Bryan Auditorium.
The president had previously traveled to Pullman on October 7, 1911 while still in office, but he didn’t make it to campus, as he spoke from his train car at the Northern Pacific depot downtown. The visit appears to be the only time a sitting president has visited Pullman.
