Morris, Thomas

Tom and Rose Morris, Seattle University alumni and long-time leaders of the HiYu Hiking Club, were also life-long friends to the beloved Father Frank Logan, SJ who founded the club and led the first hike to Three Tree Point on February 22, 1939. Father Logan was an avid athlete and lifelong baseball player and fan who earned the nickname "Coach" during the years he taught and coached for Seattle's Catholic schools. Entering the Society of Jesus in 1918, Logan had the distinction of being the longest serving Jesuit in the United States and perhaps the world when he died in 2004. In addition to memorabilia on Logan, this collection of photographs and songbooks celebrates the HiYu Coulee day hikes in the Pacific Northwest from the 1950's to the 1960's. This collection also includes the four foot tall carved totem mascot, dubbed "HiYu" which Tom transferred to the Seattle University Library in 2010. According to Logan's story, during a winter hike, "the six-foot wooden totem pole, was discovered...sticking up out of the snow." The name HiYu Coulee is Chinook jargon for "lots of running." A more appropriate name would have been "HiYu Klatawa" meaning "lots of hiking," but the name HiYu Coulee remained. For decades the HiYu mascot has been present among the HiYu alums at its meetings, reunions, picnics, birthdays, weddings, and funerals.

From the guide to the Rose and Tom Morris Collection of HiYu Coulee Hiking Club, 1912-2004, (Special Collections, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Seattle University)