On November 17, 1927, Mrs. A.B. Smith was photographed with bottles of soda pop for sale at a charity benefit. Signs advertising ice cold Coca-Cola and Muscadine (5 cent) punch are attached to the wall. She was monitoring one of the booths at the Bellarmine College Fair, held at St. Leo's high school gym, from November 17-27, 1927. The gym was converted into many old California missions staffed by Catholic women and girls. Money raised during the Fair would support the new Bellarmine College to be built shortly. G34.1-146 (TNT 11-19-27, p. 14)

Smith, A.B.--Family; Fund raising--Tacoma--1920-1930; Signs (Notices); Carbonated beverages;

The first graduation of Bellarmine scholars occurred in June of 1929. The nineteen young graduates posed with church dignitaries under the banner "Ad Omnia Paratus, " ( "Prepared for All Things" ) in the St. Leo's school auditorium. Right Rev. Edward J. O'Dea, Bishop of Seattle, presided over the exercises. Others in attendance on stage included Tacoma Mayor James Newbegin and principal speaker, Camille Pessemier. The Catholic high school for boys, then called Bellarmine College, was founded in 1928 with an enrollment of 150. (www.bellarmineprep.org; TDL 6-5-29, p. 12-article with graduates' names; TNT 6-7-29, p. 21)

Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1920-1930;