Fall 2014
Gallery: Ferdinand’s Murals
Murals from the old Troy Hall Ferdinand’s ice cream shoppe now grace the walls of the Food Science Building at WSU Pullman.
Ferdinand’s
Fall 2014
Posts for Fall 2014
The scoop on Ferdinand’s
We enjoyed your article “The scoop on Ferdinand’s murals” in your Summer 2014 issue.
Our recollection is that the middle name of its original manager, Rune Ferdinand Goranson ’41 of Edmonds, determined the naming of the dairy department creamery’s ice cream shop. It is likely that his middle name also contributed to a decision to decorate the shop with Disney’s Ferdinand motif.
Having been off-campus married students during the early 1950s, living on a limited budget, we have fond memories of Troy Hall. The shop’s inexpensive scraps from Cougar Gold rounds enabled us often to subsist on cheese sandwiches.
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Summer 2014
The scoop on Ferdinand’s murals
Visible clouds of breath hang about as we all look upon what remains of the original murals of the Ferdinand’s ice cream shop once located in the now deserted Troy Hall.
The first home of the dairy department, Troy is in the middle of campus and in poor condition. Roped off for safety, this 1920s brick structure has been on the University’s capital planning list for renovation for a few years now. It is currently in the design stage of what is expected to be a $40 million renovation so that it can be a suitable home for environmental sciences and chemistry.
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Winter 2004
How Cougar Gold Made the World a Better Place
Washington may not yet have reached cheese heaven. But we're now well
past the purgatory of cheese sameness. And we have the WSU Creamery,
and Cougar Gold as a delicious standard, to thank for much of this
progress. » More ...
Winter 2008
Ferdinand’s turns 60
This brief item appeared on the front page of the Daily Evergreen on Monday, October 11, 1948:
Dairy Dept. to Open Counter in Troy Hall
The department of dairy husbandry will start operating a dairy counter serving ice cream, plain and chocolate milk on the first floor of Troy hall near the north entrance.
Assistant professor L. J. Manus will be in charge, assisted by dairy manufacturing students. All products served will be made in the department, and prices will be comparable to those charged downtown.
Later on, when obsolete equipment has been replaced, milkshakes, cheese … » More …