1926 exterior view of the Allen C. Mason Intermediate School. Named after a Tacoma pioneer, lawyer, real estate developer and former school principal, Mason Intermediate (later renamed Mason Junior High and Mason Middle School) opened for classes on February 1, 1926. It was also the opening day for the new Captain Robert Gray and Franklin B. Gault Intermediate Schools. Mason Intermediate was the fifth of the six intermediate schools built with funds from a 1923 bond issue. Students were drawn from several north end elementary schools including Washington, Jefferson, Lowell and Point Defiance. Portables were deemed necessary within four years of the school's opening due to the burgeoning enrollment. The school underwent additions and improvements over the years until a new Mason School was constructed in 2003 at 3901 N. 28th. G47.1-055; BU-11, 426 (Olsen: For The Record, p. 133-34)

Mason Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

During the assembly for bookweek at Mason Junior High School in November, 1948, seven groups of students presented skits based on favorite children's books. Four students, Roy Wright as the Tin Man, Gwen Collier as the Scarecrow, Phyllis Carman as Dorothy, and Warren Brown as the Cowardly Lion, represented "The Wizard of Oz". Students dress as characters from six other books including "Tom Sawyer", "The Yearling", and "Little Women".(T. Times, 11/19/48, p. 7).

Children's theater--Tacoma; Costumes; School children--Tacoma; Public schools--Tacoma; Reading--Tacoma; Wizard of Oz; Mason Junior High School (Tacoma); Oz (imaginary place);

Tacoma schools had international students from all over the world. These students, photographed on January 8, 1949, were from Canton, China and Stavanger, Norway. Bernice Hawley, a junior high teacher, was teaching the students English; possibly one of the school district's first English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers. Left to right, Fan Eng (age 12), Turid (age 8), Bodil (age 6), and Bernice Hawley (background), holding an English reading book in Mason Junior High library. Students are wearing their traditional native clothing (T. Times, 1/16/49, p. 31).

International students--Tacoma;Teachers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hawley, Bernice; English language--Studying & teaching--Tacoma; School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Mason Junior High School (Tacoma); Costumes;

In May of 1939, students from Zetta Dalton's Mason School boys 8A history class pose with their gaily colored 5 x 10 foot map of the United States of 1789. The students are, left to right, Alan McLean, Jimmie Davis, Robert (Bob) Winskill, and Kenny Burrows.The map, with its marginal decorations describing the life of the people of that period, will form a background for three pageants celebrating the 150th anniversary of the establishment of our national government and the Washington State Golden Jubilee. (T. Times, 5/12/1939, p. 5)

Public schools--Tacoma;--1930-1940 Mason Junior High School (Tacoma); Washington State Golden Jubilee, 1939--Tacoma; McLean, Alan; Davis, Jimmie; Winskill, Robert; Burrows, Kenny; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Maps;

Allen C. Mason Intermediate School, general view of building, Hill and Mock, Architects; 1925. (T.Times, Spring Editon)

Public schools--Tacoma; Mason Junior High School (Tacoma);

Mason Junior High Band with instruments and with conductor Delwin Jones. (filed with Argentum)

Bands--Tacoma--1930-1940; Youth bands--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mason Junior High School (Tacoma);

Mason School graduation class 9A on stage of school. (filed with Argentum)

Public schools--Tacoma; Mason Junior High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Graduating class of Mason Junior High in front of school. (filed with Argentum)

Public schools--Tacoma; Mason Junior High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Dorothy Bernard's sixth period literature class at Mason Junior High was sponsoring an assembly for the "I Am an American" program. They were posting posters throughout the school to advertise their upcoming event. The class would be putting on a play and quiz program for the school. View of Mason Junior High students doing research for their "I Am an American" program, names appear in newspaper (T. Times, 5/21/48, p. 2).

Theatrical productions--Tacoma; Drama clubs--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma; Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Mason Junior High School (Tacoma);

Five fetching, young ballet students, dressed in "peasant" costumes danced at Mason Junior High for the PTA sponsored "Talent Night" on March 30, 1950. They performed a Slavonic dance to music from the "Nutcracker Suite" played by Anita Seastrom. The ballerinas are: (l to r)Gail Baden, Carolyn Solberg, Jilleen Cormier, Kaydene Anderson, and Mary Lee Thompson. (TNT 3/26/1950 p.C-12)

Hats--1950-1960; Girls--Tacoma--1950-1960; Costumes; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Children dancing--Tacoma--1950-1960; Baden, Gail; Solberg, Carolyn; Cornier, Jileen; Anderson, Kaydene; Thompson, Mary Lee;

Three men speakers and students who arranged assembly at Mason Junior High, Times, Dick Yost. Mason Junior High School held a round table discussion at a student assembly as a climax to Brotherhood Week, with the five persons seated here: L-R, Dr. Harold B. Long, of Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Rabbi Bernard D. Rosenberg of Temple Beth Israel, Roy Wright, Mason School moderator, Father Henry Buchman of St. Patrick's Church, and Sumner Bennett, Mason student speaker. The group was photographed on February 25, 1949. (T.Times, 2/28/1949, p.5)

Mason Junior High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Discussion; Long, Harold B; Rosenberg, Bernard D.; Wright, Roy; Buckman, Henry; Bennett, Sumner; Teenagers--1940-1950; Rabbis--Tacoma; Priests--Tacoma--1940-1950;