ca. 1955. Framed here in a darkened arch, the combination chapel/music/speech building was the religious and cultural center of the Pacific Lutheran College in Parkland. The groundbreaking for the $750,000 structure was in 1949 and the building was dedicated in May of 1952. Dr. S.C. Eastvold was President of the College. The three story building was built of concrete faced with brick, designed by Lea, Pearson and Richards to harmonize with the new library, science and Student Union buildings. It lay to the west of Old Main, forming a quadrangle with the Science Hall, library and Old Main. It held a large chapel/auditorium that seated 1200 with a oversize stage of 36 x 72 ft., a smaller devotional chapel directly under the 150 ft. spire that held 75, radio and speech studios, 17 piano and 2 organ practice rooms, several music studios, a music library and a small stage. In 1967, it was renamed Eastvold Chapel in honor of the retiring President who oversaw much of the growth of PLC. TPL-8607
Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--Buildings; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960;
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.
Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--Buildings; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960;
ca. 1953. Artist's rendering of the Everell S. Collins Memorial Library, College of Puget Sound campus. The building was designed by Silas E. Nelsen and constructed by Bona Fide Builders. It was dedicated in May of 1954.
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings; Silas E. Nelsen Architects (Tacoma); Architectural drawings;
Production crew at work. In 1960 Pacific Lutheran celebrated its 70th year of existence along with a change to university status. Now known as Pacific Lutheran University, the school maintained its well-known music and theatrical departments. Students and staff are shown backstage in this April, 1960, photograph preparing for an upcoming event. Props and scenery are being put into place. This may be the Curtain Call Club which furnished the assistant directors and back-stage crews for many campus plays. Membership in the club was open to all students interested in any phase of the theater, from directing to make-up and costume design. (1961 SAGA yearbook, p. 151)
Pacific Lutheran University students pay close attention to their professor in this April, 1960, photograph. Gordon O. Gilbertson was an associate professor of music and director of the P.L.U. band. These musicians probably make up the woodwind and brass sections of the school band.
Pacific Lutheran University (Parkland)--1960-1970; Universities & colleges--Parkland; Students--Parkland--1960-1970; Musicians--Parkland--1960-1970
Professor Gunnar J. Malmin, Director of Music at Pacific Lutheran College. Malmin was a music professor at Pacific Lutheran College for 32 years, starting in 1937. He directed the Choir of the West for 26 years and also taught Latin and Norwegian. Known for his dedication, he never missed a concert. He also directed Tacoma's Normanna Male Chorus from 1946 to 1961. He was intensely proud of his Norwegian descent and was a member of the Sons of Norway. He spent a year in Norway and Europe on a Fulbright scholarship in music education in 1952. He and his first wife Dorothy wrote compositions for choirs in both English and Scandinavian languages. He died July 23, 2000 at the age of 97 of natural causes. (TNT 08/11/2000)
Conductors; Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Malmin, Gunnar J.; Composers; Portrait photographs;
Close-up of splashing fountain in new science complex at the University of Puget Sound. The circular fountain, 74-feet in diameter, was in the middle of the U-shaped, three story Gothic-Tudor Thompson Hall. The $4,000,000 project was dedicated on April 21, 1968. In 2005 the university decided to build a new 51,000 sq.foot science building linking the north and south wings of Thompson Hall, thereby displacing the fountain and a large sequoia tree. The school hoped to build a new highly visible water feature on the west side of campus. (www.ups.edu)
University of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Fountains--Tacoma;
Pipe organ at University of Puget Sound. Organ and piano pictured above on February 3, 1964, were located in the university's conservatory of music which was built in 1953. The new two-manual pipe organ had recently been installed in the recital hall. The console is just below the stage apron and the boxed pipes are mounted against the back wall of the stage. The organ would be dedicated on February 13, 1964, in memory of the late Ella France Donovan of Tacoma. Dr. R. Franklin Thompson, school president, would accept the organ on behalf of the university. (TNT 2-9-64, D-12)
Organs; Pianos; University of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1960-1970;
The 42-member University of Puget Sound Adelphian Choir pose before the stage at Jacobsen Recital Hall on January 5, 1972. This is the same photograph as A161331, image 2, but the background in this particular photograph has not been retouched. Chairs on stage, lights, organs and audience seating all are visible. Photograph ordered by the University of Puget Sound, School of Music.
Adelphian Choral Society (Tacoma); Choirs (Music); Students--Tacoma--1970-1980; University of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1970-1980;
36 members of the Adelphian Choir posed for a group portrait on January 9, 1974, in the University of Puget Sound's recital room inside Jacobson Hall. The choral group, founded in 1932, was composed of students from the University of Puget Sound. Each year the Adelphians would perform locally and often tour. Various Adelphian Choirs have performed in the United States, Canada and Europe. The current choir would be the guest singers at the free Tacoma Symphony Orchestra concert on February 13, 1974 at the Temple Theater. Photograph ordered by the University of Puget Sound School of Music.
Adelphian Choral Society (Tacoma); Choirs (Music); Students--Tacoma--1970-1980; University of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1970-1980;
Twelve members of the Y.W. C.A. cabinet posed on the porch steps of the College of Puget Sound's main building on November 10, 1922. At that time, C.P.S. was located at 602 North Sprague Avenue (now the site of Jason Lee Middle School). The annual Y.W.C.A. advisory board tea was held on November 23, 1922, to honor C.P.S. girls. Many of the school's female students were interested in the college Y.W.C.A. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 11-5-22, 4-D-article on tea)
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Young Womens Christian Association (Tacoma);
Almost 1,000 individuals gathered to see the cornerstone laying ceremony on February 22, 1924 at Jones Hall, the first building to be constructed on the new campus of the College of Puget Sound at 1500 No. Warner St. At this time the college was located at 602 No. Sprague Ave. (now the site of Jason Lee Middle School.) To the extreme left is philanthropist Franke M. Tobey Jones, who was the donor of the building. It was dedicated to her late husband Charles H. Jones, one of the founders of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. To the left of the flag is D.D. Brown, presiding Elder at the time the first cornerstone was laid at the college's original location, and to the right is Dr.(Rev.) David G. LeSourd, one of the college's trustees and original planners. (TNT 2/23/1924, pg. 3) G67.1-035
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma); Jones Hall (Tacoma); Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Cornerstone laying--Tacoma--1920-1930; Jones, Franke M. Tobey; LeSourd, David G.; Brown, D.D.;
ca. 1921. Pacific Luthern College's (later University) first building dominates the landscape in 1921. Designed by architect August Heide, the cornerstone was laid in 1891, one year after the college was founded. Known first as "Old Main," the landmark structure was renamed Harstad Hall for the school's first president, the Rev. B. A. Harstad. (B5709)
Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1920-1930; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--Buildings--1920-1930;
This arched entranceway leads to the auditorium on the new campus of the College of Puget Sound, 1500 North Warner St., in October of 1924. A large lobby with two framed paintings precedes the entranceway. The campus had relocated to the North Warner location from 602 No. Sprague Ave. (now site of Jason Lee Middle School). G67.1-012
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Auditoriums--Tacoma--1920-1930; Lobbies--Tacoma--1920-1930;
Mr. Eiselen conducted a Bible seminar at the College of Puget Sound's Religious Education summer school in 1922. The students, mostly male, posed on the steps of the school, then located at 602 No. Sprague Ave. (now the site of Jason Lee Middle School) . The man in the top row, far left next to the column, has been identified as Tom Swayze who would become Tacoma's City Controller and later state Director of Licenses. TPL-6688; G67.1-020
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Swayze, Tom;
Rear of Jones Hall, on the campus of the College of Puget Sound, as pictured on May 12, 1929. Jones Hall was the first of many buildings constructed at the school's new north end location of 15th & Warner. It was built in 1924, the year the school relocated there from its former permanent campus at 602 North Sprague (now Jason Lee Middle School). G67.1-007
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings; Jones Hall (Tacoma); Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930;
ca. 1891. The faculty and pupils of Washington College pose on the wide steps of their secondary school, located on Tacoma Avenue South at the present site of Central School, ca. 1891. Washington College opened as a boys school on September 2, 1886, with a $50,000 endowment by Charles B. Wright. It started with 65 pupils, half of them day students. According to a letter from John Kirtland, a former teacher at the school, the college was headed by a Mr. Pulford at the time of this photograph. Mr. Kirtland was not in this particular picture but he indicated the presence of other faculty: Mr. Dudley, Mr. Ayrault, and Mr. Reed. The school closed in 1892 as the Great Depression of 1892 caused many of the pupils to leave school to find work. Its endowment was then transferred to Annie Wright Seminary.
Washington College (Tacoma); Private schools--Tacoma;
This is the Science Building at the College of Puget Sound as viewed in April of 1931. The $175,000 structure was designed by architects Sutton, Whitney & Dugan and constructed by J.E. Bonnell & Sons. In 1932 the building was re-dedicated to the memory of Leonard Howarth. G67.1-006
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1930-1940;
The College of Puget Sound (now University of Puget Sound) Yell Leaders of 1930-31 fanned the flames of school spirit and athletic competition to a white heat. The Loggers, however, faired poorly in both the football and basketball seasons. Left to right: Glenn Helmer, Art Robbins, and Emery Baker at College of Puget Sound. TPL-6162; G7.1-040 (1931 Tamanawas yearbook, p. 65)
Cheerleading--Tacoma--1930-1940; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1930-1940; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Helmer, Glenn; Robbins, Art; Baker, Emery; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;
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)
ca. 1934. Group portrait in front of Jones Hall, College of Puget Sound faculty, circa 1934. Front Row: James Rodenberg Slater (Biology), Lyle Ford Drushel (Dean of Women), Rowena Clement Lung (Drawing & Painting), Raymond S. Seward (Physics), Carol Angst (Secretary to the Bursar), Warren Tomlinson. Back row: Battin, Arthur W. Martin (Mathematics), Edgar C. Wheeler (Religious education), Walter Scott Davis (History & Political Science head.) (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Teachers--1930-1940;
On the College of Puget Sound campus in 1934, Kappa Sigma Theta sorority was one of the largest social groups for women, having 41 members on the roll. Dorothy Foxwell was the fall president and Genevieve Grimes served in this role in the spring. The group won the Blanche W. Stevens Scholarship Cup for the highest grade point average. Members came from all four grade levels at the college. (WSHS) (taken for the 1934 Tamanawas, but not used)
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Kappa Sigma Theta (Tacoma); Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. This portrait of the five woman 1934 College of Puget Sound swim team was taken for the Tamanawas but not used. The woman in the dress is believed to be the coach or faculty advisor. The coeds on the team, in no particular order, were Hardman, Thomas, Fulton, Lois Evanson, and Anderson. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Swimmers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Swimming--Tacoma--1930-1940; Swimming pools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. One of the highlights of Campus Day at the College of Puget Sound was the annual freshman-sophomore tug-of-war. In 1934, the battle was won by the sophomore class of '36, who managed to drag the freshmen into the cold stream of water from the fire hose. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Tug of war;
March, 1936, portrait of Dr. Edward H. and Mrs. Florence Todd in their home at 1604 No. Alder. Dr. Todd served as president of the College of Puget Sound for 29 years, from 1913 to 1942. Prior to becoming associated with educational work of the Methodist Church, Dr. Todd was a minister of that denomination for 19 years. The men's dormitory at the college was named after Dr. Todd when it was built in 1948. (T. Times 3/28/1936, pg. 7)
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1930-1940; Todd, Edward H., 1863-1951; College presidents--Tacoma; Todd, Florence;
College of Puget Sound Girls' Quartet who will be singing with Sibelians. These "Sibeliettes" would perform two modern arrangements in Fred Waring style on May 14, 1940 at the First Baptist Church during the Sibelians annual spring concert. From left to right in front of a flowering dogwood tree are: Evelyn Hopkins, Dorothy Shaw, Marian Brush and Frances Tarr. (T. Times 4-26-1940, p. 13-alt. photo)
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Singers; Evening gowns; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hopkins, Evelyn; Shaw, Dorothy; Brush, Marian; Tarr, Frances; Dogwoods--Tacoma;
Although threatened with both humiliation and physical harm by his fraternity brothers, Herman Kleiner survived "Hell Night" at the College of Puget Sound and became a member of Delta Kappa Phi. In this photograph from December of 1939, Johnnie Esthen (left) and Norman Burke force young Mr. Kleiner to board a Tacoma bus dressed in little more then a barrel. Kleiner went on to graduate from CPS in 1943 with a major in Sociology.
Universities & Colleges--Tacoma--1930-1940; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma); Hazing; Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1930-1940; Buses--Tacoma--1930-1940;
