the doyle owl is the unofficial mascot of reed college. it is a roughly three-foot high, 300 pound (136 kg), concrete statue of an owl that originally occupied the lawn of a portland resident. one night in 1913, the owl was stolen from the lawn by residents of the doyle dormitory, part of reed's old dorm block. the owl was promptly hoisted atop the dorm building, where it drew the attention and envy of neighboring dorms. according to the 2006–2007 student body handbook, however, the doyle owl may have originated as an ornament atop the doyle dorm, from which it was removed as a "dorm memento".