ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound's Spurs, circa 1927, " Woman's National Pep Organization, Puget Sound Chapter." Eleven girls in sweaters with a spur logo and knee length skirts plus their sponsor pose on the steps of a campus building. Spurs, a non profit service club, had been on the campus since 1925. The organization's name was an acronym for Service, Patriotism, Understanding, Responsibility and Sacrifice. Top Row: F. Martin, Wilson, sponsor Helen Geiger, Jones, M. Martin. Bottom Row: Rosmond, Walton, Crail, Coffman, Day, Calahan, Jensen. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas, " pg. 72.) (WSHS)

Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Spurs (Tacoma); Student Organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

C.P.S. students Gretchen Kunigk (later Fraser) and Herb Clark pose in front of football players at the College of Puget Sound in a September 10, 1938, fall fashion shoot for Klopfenstein's. The men were practicing at the first fall turnout for football . In 1948 Gretchen Fraser would become the first American to medal in Olympic Skiing.

Fraser, Gretchen Kunigk, 1919-1994; Clark, Herb; Fashion models--Tacoma; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Football players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound "Knights of the Log." Fourteen boys, eleven in white blazers with C.P.S. logo on breast, three in formals on steps of a campus building. Top row: Rumball, Mace. Middle row: Anderson, Stark, Dyment, Crosby, Wilson, Thomas. Bottom row: Gysin, Harding, Henry, King, Josselyn, Farmer. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas," PG. 72) (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & Colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Student Organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

College of Puget Sound's Campus Playcrafters performed Thorton Wilder's "Skin of Our Teeth" as their spring production. The play depicts man's survival through the ice age, deluge and war. The play starred: Irene Fearn, Troy Strong, Helen Strong, Shirley Milstead and William O'Connell. View of the cast of characters with Atlantic City Boardwalk scenery.

Actors--Tacoma; Stage props; Theatrical productions--Tacoma; Costumes; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

College of Puget Sound's Campus Playcrafters performed Thorton Wilder's "Skin of Our Teeth" as their spring production. The play depicts man's survival through the ice age, deluge and war. The play starred: Irene Fearn, Troy Strong, Helen Strong, Shirley Milstead and William O'Connell. View of the characters, Maggie and George Anthrobus.

Actors--Tacoma; Theatrical productions--Tacoma; Costumes; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

College of Puget Sound the Spurs at Anderson Hall. Anderson Hall was a girls' dormitory located on campus at College of Puget Sound. View of four unidentified female students standing by a column with school years 1894-1943 visible.

Obelisks--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

College of Puget Sound the Spurs at Anderson Hall. Anderson Hall was a girls' dormitory located on campus at College of Puget Sound. View of six unidentified students possibly studying for upcoming final exams.

Private libraries--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Studying--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

A contest was held in 1946 at the College of Puget Sound (now U.P.S.) to select the best look alikes for "Daisy Mae" and "Lil Abner" for the Sadie Hawkins Day dance that was held on campus on November 2. The winners of the contest were Gwen Roberts (center left) and Harold "Hal" Wolf (her dance partner), both freshmen. Sadie Hawkins Day was created by the cartoonist Al Capp and made its debut in his Lil Abner strip on November 15,1937. By 1939 over 200 colleges were holding Sadie Hawkins Day events. TPL-9200

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dancers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Roberts, Gwen; Wolf, Hal; Costumes;

College of Puget Sound Associated Students Navy social. During Homecoming week the Associated Students' Club organized many activities. Dances, baseball, football games and plays were all events to get alumni, students and community members involved. View of unidentified group of students and Navy men getting the jukebox ready for dancing.

Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Jukeboxes; Students--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

115 Boy Scout executives met at the College of Puget Sound in September, 1950, for a week long training session on administration and finance. Although the Boy Scout leaders meet annually, this was the first time they had ever met in Tacoma. Seven national leaders and Governor Arthur B. Langlie were also in attendance. (TNT 9-3-50, p. A-6)

Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Meetings--Tacoma--1950-1960; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings; Group portraits;

On January 5, 1951, three unidentified Tacoma Athletic Commission members posed with tennis stars (in white, left to right) Pancho Segura, Pauline Betz Addie, Gertrude "Gussie" Moran and Jack Kramer at the Bobby Riggs Professional Tennis Show held in the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse. TAC and the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club cosponsored the two singles and the doubles match offered in the nationally touring show. The most exciting matches were those of Kramer, who was top of the amateur field, and Segura, the flashy Latin player from Ecuador with the two handed forehand and backhand returns. "Gorgeous Gussie" Moran, consistently rated in the top 10 of this country, was better known for her fashion statements such as her ruffled tennis undies. Addie, who had worn the national women's crown for four years, was also known as a sharp dresser and the two women consistently tried to out dress each other. A portion of the evenings returns were donated to the March of Dimes. (TNT 1/5/1951, pg. 15)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Tennis players--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tennis rackets; Tacoma Athletic Commission (Tacoma); Segura, Pancho; Addie, Pauline Betz; Moran, Gertrude; Kramer, Jack;

This beautifully decorated table at Jones Hall greeted the attendees of a preview showing on February 6, 1951 of Northwest artists on exhibit at the College of Puget Sound. The Tacoma Art League sponsored the exhibition. On the table were ti leaves, candelabras in black marble stands, brass coffee urn and assorted delicacies. From left in the photograph are: painter Mrs. Helen Everett, program chairman of the Tacoma Art League Mrs. Warren Tomlinson, Helen Feek, Tom Jensen and Maxine Parker. The latter three planned the table arrangements for the coffee hour. (TNT 2-8-1951, C-6- alt. photograph)

Art exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Tacoma Art League (Tacoma); Everett, Helen; Tomlinson, Warren E.--Family; Feek, Helen; Jensen, Tom; Parker, Maxine;

Booth at the second annual Greater Tacoma Home Show featuring natural gas appliances, such as ranges, hot water heaters, and space heaters, distributed by Home Gas Co, 140th and Pacific Ave. in Tacoma. The exhibit also sponsored a natural gas cooking demonstration, using propane, on Wedgewood and Tappan ranges of "biskit mix" biscuits topped with "Marva-Lishus" raspberry syrup, with samples provided for hungry show attendees. Raspberry syrup was provided by the Farmers Union Berry Coop of Puyallup.

Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Appliances; Ovens; Radiators; Water heaters; Natural gas--Tacoma--1950-1960; Gas industry; Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma);

Booth at the second annual Greater Tacoma Home Show featuring Heatlox heatcolumn- an oil burning pressure type furnace. Heatlox Furnaces Inc. was located in Tacoma at 4320 So. Tacoma Way. A new product in 1950, the heatcolumn was advertised as " The talk of the town." The FHA approved furnace had combustion chamber housing with double wall construction, demonstrated by the cutouts in the display model. The furnace also had a Brundage blower unit with replaceable filters, Honeywell controls, ventilated air spaces and an extra heavy gauge heat exchanger for long life. It sold for $549.00 installed, with convenient monthly payments of $14.95.

Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Furnaces--Tacoma--1950-1960; Heating & ventilation industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; HVAC systems--Tacoma--1950-1960; Heatlox Furnaces, Inc. (Tacoma);

Zingler Electric Co.'s booth at the second annual Greater Tacoma Home Show, March 21-26, 1950 at the College of Puget Sound fieldhouse. Featured at the booth were America's number one refrigerator - Frigidaire. Also displayed are new ranges and an automatic washing machine.

Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Zingler Electric Co. (Tacoma); Appliances; Refrigerators; Ovens; Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Washing machines;

Tietz Construction Inc. display board from their exhibit at the second annual Greater Tacoma Home Show, March 21-26, 1950, at the College of Puget Sound fieldhouse. The sign displays pictures of some of the homes designed and built by the company. Richards Studio did the photography on most of these pictures. The construction industry was very busy in 1950, with many new housing additions being built. Most single family homes were 2-3 bedrooms and sold from $6500 - $8000.

Tietz Construction Inc. (Lakewood); Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Construction Industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma;

Layout on Beaux Arts Ball, Times, Mrs. MacDonald. Students at the College of Puget Sound enjoyed a masquerade ball given in honor of forieign students by Alpha Rho Tau, the art honorary. The event was described as spectacular. A young man wearing a cardboard cage is lying on a table while another student wearing a doctor's stethoscope evaluates his condition. Others in various costumes look on in case they are called upon to help. (T.Times, 2/20/1949, p.21)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Costumes; Masquerades--Tacoma--1940-1950; Alpha Rho Tau (Tacoma);

This photograph from November of 1948 shows James Anderson, a College of Puget Sound (UPS) student from Enumclaw, inspecting a splice he has just made in a 16 mm film. The college had just started a new visual education program to provide 16 mm films and slides for classroom presentations. They also had an opaque projector that could be used to project maps and pages from books or magazines. In the first two months of the program over 136,000 feet of film were shown on campus. (T.N.T., 11/28/48, p. A-12).

Equipment; Projectors; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Anderson, James;

The University of Washington, along with the Tacoma Art League and College of Puget Sound were presenting an art program featuring art and the role of the United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Left to right: Ethel Bowman, President of the Parent Teachers' Association, Mrs. J. Arnason Johnson, UNESCO Historian, Judge Blanche Funk Miller, Northwest Chairman for UNESCO, unidentified, unidentified, and Jeanette Tomlinson, University of Washington faculty (T. Times, 1/23/49, p. 22).

Tea parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Art; Art exhibitions--Tacoma; Receptions--Tacoma; Hats--1940-1950; Jones Hall (Tacoma); University of Washington; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; UNESCO (Tacoma);

College of Puget Sound students decide to take advantage of a warn sunny day and move their study group outside. The students review their class notes and get ready for the end of the 1946-1947 academic year. This photograph was taken for the 1947 Tamanawas, CPS' annual yearbook.

Studying--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

The College of Puget Sound, Dr. Thompson. A group of four men, one of whom rings a large bell on the campus. Dr. R. Franklin Thompson, president of the college (2nd from left), and Dr. Edward H. Todd, president emeritus (on right), are among the group of men.

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1940-1950; Thompson, R. Franklin, 1908-1999; Todd, Edward H., 1863-1951; College presidents--Tacoma; Bells;

College of Puget Sound's Natural Sciences Department remodeled their labs and installed florescent lighting this year. The chemistry department received a $3500 research grant from the Research Corporation, they are the only small college in the state to receive this honor. Dr. Raymond Sanford Seward, Ph. D. was the head of the department. View of student working on his project (Tamanawas, 1948).

Chemistry--Tacoma; Physics--Tacoma; Laboratories--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

In October of 1947, the Sigma Nu fraternity at CPS (UPS) hosted a Halloween costume party for fraternity members and their guests. The various revelers dressed up as angels, devils, ghosts and pirates. The distinguished fellow who seems to be dressed as a college professor was in fact Dr. Charles T. Battin, Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Social Studies Division. The couple behind him are Edwin G. Cook III (in sombrero) and, to the right next to ghost, Barbera Jean (Rojean) Knight. The pair married on December 31, 1947. (Tamanawas, 1948).

Costumes; Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Halloween--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sigma Nu (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Battin, Charles T.; Teachers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cook, Edwin G.;

On October 16, 1947 College of Puget Sound officials and West Disinfecting Company representatives inspected the newly refinished gym floor in the CPS Gymnasium which had originally been built in 1924. The floor had been re-done and coated with "lastincote" for durability. Left to right, A. R. Emerson, W. R. Palling, Gerard Banks, W. E. Patrick, Alice C. Bond and John Heinrick. The CPS gymnasium was now ready for indoor sports to begin.

Gymnasiums--Tacoma; Floors--Tacoma; College administrators; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; West Disinfecting Co. (Tacoma); Heinrick, John; Bond, Alice; Banks, Gerard; Palling, W.R.; Emerson, A.R.;

The College of Puget Sound experienced a huge increase in enrollment after the end of World War II as returning soldiers took advantage of the GI Bill. In order to better accommodate their students, CPS purchased U.S. Army surplus buildings, which they renovated and christened as "South Hall". Erected in 1947, the "South Hall" buildings provided badly needed classrooms until more permanent buildings could be constructed. (Tamanawas, 1948). TPL-9363

South Hall (Tacoma); Surplus government property--Tacoma; Portable buildings--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

College of Puget Sound Loggers finished fourth in football, winning four of nine games. Coach Frank Patrick finished his second season and anticipated that by next year, the Loggers would be in much better shape. Left to right view of "Pop" Throdahl, custodian, Wayne Mann and Harold McLean, equipment managers looking through the sporting equipment in the the locker room (Tamanawas, 1948, p. 93).

Sporting goods; Students--Tacoma; Sports--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Locker rooms--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

One of the most popular extracurricular organizations at the College of Puget Sound in 1947 was the workshop band under the direction of Leroy Ostransky. The band was organized in 1946 to play arrangements written by Professor Ostransky's students. Before he died in 1993 at the age of 75, Dr. Ostransky had published five books on jazz and had five major works performed by the Seattle Symphony. In 1975 he was named one of the nation's 12 outstanding university professors by People magazine.

Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bands--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brass instruments; Musicians--Tacoma--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

College of Puget Sound presented their annual Christmas Vespers in the college chapel, the vespers were open to the public. The men's and women's choirs, Campus Playcrafters, choral readers and two children were all part of the cast, which was directed by Martha Pearl Jones. View of one of the student actors with two children, the little boy presented his pennies as the angel appears and the choir sings "Why the Chimes Rang" (Tamanawas, 1948).

Students--Tacoma; Theatrical productions--Tacoma; Actors--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

College of Puget Sound officials and West Disinfecting Company representatives have just inspected the newly refinished gym floor in the CPS Gymnasium. The floor has been re-done and coated with "lastincote" for durability. The shiny new gymnasium floor is now ready for CPS indoor sports to begin.

Gymnasiums--Tacoma; Floors--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; West Disinfecting Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1948. Christie Walker points out a "favorite" child among a photograph of French orphans to interested donors; Edward J. Cooper, Bank of California executive, stands at her side. C.P.S. students opened their hearts - and wallets - in support of French orphan boys. The student body decided by ballot to "adopt" the De Bon Secours French orphanage for the rest of the winter (February-May,1948) and signed pledges totaling approximately $1000. The money raised would be sent to C.A.R.E. and the organization would send food and clothing packages. It cost about $29 to support one child per month. The orphanage was in debt due to France's post-war situation and money raised would help the orphanage through the winter months before spring crops and before Marshall Plan aid started. De Bon Secours housed 35 boys between the ages of 4-14. Their parents had either been killed during the war or sent to German concentration camps. The drive to collect funds, sponsored by the International Relations Club, began the first week of February, 1948. By February 6, the campaign neared the $1000 in pledges redeemed and a check was turned over to Edward J. Cooper, Bank of California assistant manager, who handled the C.A.R.E. gifts. The goal was then raised to $2000. (TNT 1-20-48, p. 8; TNT 2-6-48, p. 6)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Fund raising--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Walker, Christie; Cooper, Edward J.;