Talk:Richland High School (Washington)

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Mascot[edit]

The mascot section is particularly confusing and contradictory. ~ J. Lewis (73)

Actually, the Mascot is a Bomb. Rod Brewer, class of 1965.

It should be noted that the edit summary for the edit I made yesterday should have said that the section I removed WAS NOT NPOV. If anyone knows how to modify an edit summary, that would be much appreciated. - 71.83.252.102

Actually the Mascot was originally Day's Pay. During World War 2 workers at the Hanford Nuclear Facility sacrified a day's pay to pay for the construction of 1 bomber plane for the government, i.e. Day's Pay. In the 1970's a student created the drawing of an R with a mushroom cloud and in the late 70's this became the mascot. Due to the controversary surrounding the mushroom cloud the school has begun using Day's Pay more as the school's mascot, along with the mushroom cloud. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.244.43.98 (talk) 06:07, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]


At no time in factual, verifiable history was the mascot of Columbia High School the B-17 bomber "Day's Pay". The plane was built in Seattle and dedicated on July 23, 1944. Columbia High School was opened in the spring of 1944. The first nickname was "The Beavers" in the inaugural year's yearbook, but it only lasted one year, the school year ending June of 1944. The following school year beginning September of 1944, a scavenged and dented practice bomb from the bombing range west of the Yakima River (See Bombing Range Road in current West Richland) was painted the school colors of green and gold and became Col-Hi's first Bomber Mascot. This was written up in that school year's yearbook. Note that the bombing of Nagasaki did not happen until August 1945, after the school year had ended.

The first nickname of the School was the Beavers and the first mascot was a defused practice bomb painted the school colors.

Please see "The Bomber, The Bomb and the Bombers: Myth, History, and Traditions" by Keith Maupin. This is a very well researched article with many verifiable reference sources completely setting out the facts of the school's history, it's mascot and nicknames.TCHT (talk) 00:02, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The current mascot is, i believe, not the bomb but rather just the mushroom cloud. I'm currently attending and that's what all the teachers and administrators tell us. 06:17, 15 December 2015 (UTC) VenusCallipyge (talk) 06:17, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Request edit 21-MAY-2018[edit]

 – .spintendo  17:31, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"col hi cat house" Richland, WA Columbia High School

Please review sentence in Name Change Paragraph that says, "opposition to the bond issue which paid for construction of Hanford School through the proceeds of Col cat house." Don't believe Col Cat house is accurate. You may want to review this information.

Stevemarquiss (talk) 14:56, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reply 21-MAY-2018[edit]

 Resolved The immediate issue concerning the cat was resolved. However, the larger maintenance issues still suffered by this article remain unresolved. .spintendo  20:10, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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