For 107 years now the University has welcomed all sorts of gifts, of every shape and size. Most are cash and stocks and estates and bequests and such, but some in recent years are just so sweetly odd that we could not resist a list, compiled by the cheerful Andrea Wujek ’09. To make a gift of any kind, call 503.943.7395.

• 8 large Christmas wreaths
• Trophy repair services
• Two kneelers for the Chapel
• One copy of Moby-Dick
• One two-horsepower motor
• One Ace typewriter
• 276 baseballs
• One 1976 Chevrolet coupe
• 44 shares in Anheuser-Busch
• One mink coat
• One dozen golf balls
• One 1986 Mercury Capri
• One refrigerator
• 1,386 toothbrushes
• 53 pairs of Nike baseball cleats
• One 33-foot sailboat
• One Columbia Prep pencil case
• 1,246.486 shares in Columbia Mutual
• One set of golf clubs
• One tuxedo (new)
• One lawnmower (for baseball team)
• 58 opera records (various)
• One Columbia Prep sweater
• One Alaska Airlines vacation for two
• One Gregorian chant calligraphed on vellum
• One photograph of 1916 football team
• One crucifix (for Chapel)
• One 35-foot Douglas fir tree
• One Columbia Prep football helmet
• One entire new women’s locker room
• 3,000 books for the library
• One telescope
• One 1994 Lincoln Town Car
• One free night of child care
• One 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle (for the University’s president, who rode it once and then sold it)
• Twelve holy cards
• One oak dictionary stand
• One engineering professor summer salary (Miroslav Rokos)
• One provost summer salary (Brother Donald Stabrowski, C.S.C.)
• One house (in Portland)
• 50 cases of wine (Anne Amie pinot noir, pretty good)
• One $25 Starbucks gift card
• One $25,000 scholarship (donated by the whole Cebula family)
• 19 pairs of men’s pants
• One Ace typewriter
• One 1947 Pilot freshman beanie
• One wooden model of the battleship Oregon
• Ten steel I-beams
• 104.89 square yards of carpet
• One rock & mineral collection
• One stone head of Christ
• One popcorn maker (for students)
• Four used vans
• For sets of tire chains for those vans
• One carpet featuring the head of John the Baptist
• Twelve Salvador Dali prints
• 60 shares of George-Pacific
• One round-trip air fare to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Four formal ballgowns
• Seven early 20th century corsets
• Five orchids and one cactus
• One free lecture to philosophy students
• One pool table (large)
• One subscription to American Harp Journal
• One cornet (new)
• 14,684 capacitors (for engineering)
• 100 pool cues (for Shipstad Hall)
• One Franklin piano
• One 1962 wedding dress (with veil)
• Six choir robes
• One catcher’s glove
• 1 mink stole and 2 mink hats
• One LA Dodgers baseball (from Tommy Lasorda)
• 5 pairs of women’s dress shoes
• One 1933 muskrat coat
• One 1999 Honda Civic
• 126 gallons of heating oil
• 17 issues of Augustinian Studies
• One copy of The Encyclopedia of the Ukraine
• One 1977 Plymouth Voyager
• Two cases of beer (Full Sail Ale)
• One electron microscope
• Three concrete canoes (engineering)
• One gas chromatograph (chemistry)
• 100 hotel rooms (various)
• 64 cartons of toys (volunteer services)
• 2 guitars (used)
• One accelerometer (engineering)
• Six pounds of cheese
• One stethoscope
• 12 pairs of stockings
• One set of Jean Auel ’84 novels in Spanish (El Clan del Oso Cavenario, El Valle de Los Caballos, Los Cazadores de Mamuts, Las Llanuras del Transito, and Los Refugios de Piedra)
• 5 beds (nursing laboratory)
• One statue of Bishop Waldschmidt
• One statue of Fr Tom Oddo (clay)
• Two crew boats (eight-man, four-man)
• One 1900 hammer dulcimer
• One microtome & paraffin embedding station
• Labor for 37 days @ $100/hr to install portable boiler
• One laser diode controller
• 3 cases of jams (strawberry, raspberry, blackberry)
• One Paraguayan harp
• Four tickets to USA v Russia Davis Cup tennis matches
• One Camillo de Camilli violin
• One rabbit fur coat (mid-calf)
• 850 calendars (from the cheerful Brad Parberry ’77)
• Two pizza pies (large)
• Two books by Alan Alda
• Eight flashlights (for public safety)