Unidentified dancers swung their partners "do-si-do" as part of the festivities held in the Pacific Lutheran College's gymnasium for May Day 1951. The men wore plaid shirts and jeans while the women wore floor-length print dresses that twirled in the air as they spun. The American square dance was part of a performance of folk dances during the 18th annual holiday celebration. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 5-6-51, A-8-article on festivities)
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Marjorie Anderson, the 1951 May Queen at Pacific Lutheran College, poses for her portrait carrying a small bouquet of roses. Marjorie, a senior from Tacoma, was chosen by vote of the student body at the college. (TNT, 5/3/1951, p.D-3)
Marjorie Anderson was the 1951 May Queen at Pacific Lutheran College. She poses for her portrait by a floral arch with the Queen's train spread out behind her. She is wearing a floral crown and carried a small bouquet of roses. (TNT, 5/3/1951, p.D-3)
Laying the cornerstone at Pacific Lutheran College for the $625,000 chapel-music-speech building were, L-R, Dr. Seth C. Eastvold, president of the college; Dr. Henry F. Schuh (with trowel) of Columbus, Ohio; Dr. H.L. Foss of Seattle, chairman of the college board and president of the Pacific District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church; Dr. Carl A.V. Lund of Gresham, Oregon, president of the Columbia Conference of the Augustana Lutheran Church; and Dr. S.C. Siefkes of Portland, president of the Northwestern District of the American Lutheran Church. (TNT, 6/9/1951, p.21)
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Students are seated in chairs with writing arms on risers in of one of the classrooms in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. The instructor stands near the opening of the semi-circular steps up into the seating area.
1952 May Day Festival at Pacific Lutheran College. Unidentified young woman wearing floral crown, holding bouquet of roses, and sitting outdoors in royal chair.
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Mrs. John Richards and her three sons, Phillip, age 8, Thomas, age 14, and John, age 16, walk down the sidewalk in front of the chapel/music/speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. Ordered by the Tacoma News Tribune for their fall fashion issue. (TNT, 9/11/1952, p.C-14)
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Pacific Lutheran College's 1952 Homecoming Queen, Inga Astrup, and her two attendants, Princess Darlene DeJardine and Princess Helen Enger, reigned over Homecoming weekend with the coronation ceremony, the football game against Eastern, the Powder Puff Bowl and various teas. Inga was a junior from Grenora, North Dakota. Darlene was a junior from Tacoma and Helen was a senior from Everett. All three co-eds were majoring in education. (TNT, 11/6/1952, p.13)
ca. 1954. This large brick Tudor/Gothic structure is believed to be the library on the campus of Pacific Lutheran College in Parkland. Two students are perched reading on the low brick wall next to the front steps. Pacific Lutheran had undergone great expansion of both facilities and student enrollment in the late forties and early fifties.
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Two Pacific Lutheran College students and Professor Robert C. Olsen appear to be observing a chemistry experiment in a May 30, 1954, photograph. An elements chart is placed above the blackboard on the wall behind the students.
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Pacific Lutheran College's noted Choir of the West sings at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new library building on October 23, 1937. P.L.C. choir director leads the college choir composed of men and women students. (T. Times 10/25/1937, pg. 3)
The cornerstone laying ceremony of the new library building at Pacific Lutheran College occurred on October 23, 1937. A crowd gathers near the partially constructed building to listen to a public address. Other college and town buildings are visible in the background. (T. Times 10/25/1937, pg. 3)
Pacific Lutheran College President O.A. Tingelstad poses with the Swedish granite cornerstone for the new library building at the October 23, 1937 cornerstone laying ceremony. The cornerstone reads in Latin : "Verbum Dei Manet in Aeternum MCMXXXVII." The Latin phrase translates as "The word of God remains in Eternity 1937." The building was designed by Emanuel J. Bresemann and Heath, Gove & Bell, Architects. The library has been remodeled and is now known as Xavier Hall. (T. Times 10/25/1937, pg. 3)
The cornerstone laying for the new library structure at Pacific Lutheran College on October 23, 1937. A group of 20 notables pose for a portrait beside the building on the speakers' platform. Building design by Emanuel J. Bresemann, Architect, and the architectural firm of Heath, Gove and Bell. It was built for $104,000 debt free and was dedicated in 1939. Soon outgrown by the expanding student body, the building was remodeled and is now known as Xavier Hall. (T. Times 10/25/1937, pg. 3, see photograph caption in paper for names.)
The cornerstone laying ceremony of the new library building on the Pacific Lutheran College campus took place on Saturday, October 23, 1937. A crowd gathered around the partially completed brick building to listen to the college's "Choir of the West." At this time, the school had an enrollment of 700 and was a Christian Junior College and Normal School headed by Dr. O.A. Tingelstad. This building was replaced in 1967 by the Mortvedt Library; it was remodeled and is now known as Xavier Hall. (T.Times 10/25/1937, pg. 3)
ca. 1955. The lovely Miss Marion Gabrielson of Eugene, Oregon, will be crowned 1955 May Queen at Pacific Lutheran College. Her coronation would take place during a program on May 4, 1955, in the college gym. She was a senior nursing education student. She poses here on the campus grounds in front of what is probably the Science Hall. She is dressed formally in an evening gown and holds a bouquet of spring daffodils and forsythia. (TNT 5/1/1955, pg. D-1, 5/5/1955, pg. A-8)
ca. 1955. Pacific Lutheran College's "Old Main," renamed Harstad Hall in honor of school founder Rev. Bjug Harstad in 1960. PLC was founded in 1890 by Rev. Harstad. Construction on Old Main began in 1891 and the building was opened for use in 1894. At that time, tuition was $1.00 a week and the six story building on the Parkland prairie 40 minutes from Tacoma (by street car or railroad) was the whole school. It housed dormitories, classrooms, library, chapel, offices and the dining hall and kitchen. Over the years, the building has undergone changes. Its famous ivy was removed in 1950 because it was damaging the building. The cafeteria was moved in 1955 to the Student Union and the offices and classrooms moved in 1960 to the new administration building. The entire building was converted to men's dormitory rooms.
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