General view of buildings at the College of Puget Sound, taken in connection with the 1940 Commencement. The photograph spotlights the ivy covered exterior of Jones Hall (center), designed by Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, architects. (filed with Argentum)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings; Jones Hall (Tacoma); Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Boys Glee Club in 1939 Christmas program at Jason Lee School. 34 boys on stage in pants, shirts, and jackets, half on either side of an altar with cross. (filed with Argentum)

Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Choirs (Music); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Music education--Tacoma--1930-1940;

General exterior view of Jason Lee Intermediate School taken in January of 1940. The school designed by Roland Borhek, Architect, opened for classes in September of 1924. (T. Times) (filed with Argentum)

Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma;

All City Orchestra on stage at Jason Lee School. The All City Junior High School Orchestra represented six junior high schools as they prepared for the upcoming All City Music Festival to occur on May 3, 1940 at Jason Lee. The orchestra would be one of the major attractions of the festival which also included the All City Elementary School Orchestra and various glee and choral groups. Names of the young musicians in the Junior High Orchestra were listed in the Tacoma Times 5-3-1940 edition. (T.Times 5-3-1940, p. 11- alt. photo)

Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Stringed instruments; Musicians--Tacoma--1940-1950; Orchestras--Tacoma--1940-1950; Youth orchestras--Tacoma--1940-1950; All City Orchestra (Tacoma);

Annie Wright Seminary May Day 1940 activities. Mary Kent Hewitt, Queen, in bamboo chair with her Court in garden beside building. (filed with Argentum)

Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Holidays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hewitt, Mary Kent; May Day--Tacoma; Rites & Ceremonies--Tacoma; Festivals--Tacoma;

General Morton M. McCarver Intermediate School, Hill and Mock, Architects; 1925. General view of building taken in January of 1940. (T. Times, Spring Edition) (filed with Argentum)

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

Band in uniform in front of entrance to Puyallup High School from photograph dated May 7, 1940. This is believed to be the Puyallup High School band directed by Verne Jennings. The band had recently received a superior rating, highest possible, at district while competing with fourteen other bands. A photograph with band members seated, and names listed, appeared in the May 10, 1940 News Tribune. (filed with Argentum) (TNT 5-10-1940, p. 11)

Puyallup High School (Puyallup); Bands--Puyallup--1940-1950; Youth bands--Puyallup--1940-1950; Band uniforms--Puyallup; Students--Puyallup--1940-1950;

A group of students pose at Stanley School in January of 1940. The mostly male group is dressed formally, boys in ties and the three girls in dresses. Stanley School was built and opened in 1925.

School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Group portraits; Stanley Elementary School (Tacoma);

Washington School 6A graduating class, photographed outside the school on January 10, 1940.

School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Washington School (Tacoma);

Washington School 6A June 1940 graduating class, photographed outside the school May 13, 1940. Building by Frederick Heath, Architect, 1906. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Washington School (Tacoma);

St. Leo's Glee Club. 75 choral group members in pastel colored-evening gowns stood in front of the garden scene backdrop in the school auditorium on April 24, 1940. These girls would be appearing in St. Leo's spring music festival to be held on April 30th. Their names were printed in the T.Times's April 26th edition. (filed with Argentum) (T.Times 4-26-1940, p. 13)

St. Leo's Parochial School (Tacoma); Religious education--Tacoma; Stages (Platforms); Singers; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950;

In January 1941, the music activities at Central School, 601 So. 8th Street, included this class for learning guitar, ukulele, and banjo. Joseph Lento is teaching: (l to r) front row - Ruth St. Clair, Eleanor Nelson, Betty Lou Fyke, and Jean Perella; middle row - Beverly Chistopherson, Jimmie Hutton, David Mottley, Kenneth Kennett, and Jane Maddon; back row - Billy Crom, Rosamond Fraser, Kay Fraser, Euleen Isaacson. Every Monday morning at 8:30 am the "pick string" students met in the school's basement playroom for an informal concert. At Central School they endeavored to provide every child an opportunity to learn to play some instrument or to sing. Instruction was given in singing, sight reading, piano and virtually all the band and orchestra instruments. The "pick string" instruments were those that did not use a bow, such as the banjo, guitar, mandolin and ukelele.(T. Times 1/17/1941 p. 13)

Central School (Tacoma); Music education--Tacoma--1940-1950; Guitars; Ukuleles;

Cheerleaders (l to r) Garnet Miller, Dorothy Witt, Merton Lee (Teen) Johnson and Bebe Long leap for the sky in support of the 1941 Clover Park High School "Warriors." They had a lot to cheer about. In 1941, the Clover Park football team had five victories on the gridiron, and their varsity basketball team went 11 wins to 3 losses to take second place in the county. This photograph was taken for the 1941 "Klahowya." TPL6595 (1941 Klahowya, pg. 41)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; Cheerleading--Lakewood;

In 1941, the flying fingers of these hardworking journalists and typists helped ensure that the Clover Park High School paper, "The Clover Leaves," was always ready for the presses. For the 1940-41 school year the paper had made several improvements including expanding the features section and adding a junior high section written by the junior high students. Upholding its traditions, the "Clover Leaves" took first class honors in the National Scholastic Press Association competition. At their typewriters are: (back row, l to r) Iris Eberhart, Susan Bailey, Dona McFarland, and (front row, l to r) Margaret Gaul, Lorraine Triplett, Kay Perry. (For the 1941 "Klahowya", Clover Park High School yearbook pg. 32)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; Students--Lakewood--1940-1950; Eberhart, Iris; Bailey, Susan; McFarland, Dona; Gaul, Margaret; Triplett, Lorraine; Perry, Kay; Typewriters;

It's that wacky time again, time for the 12th annual Freshman Stunt Night at the College of Puget Sound, presented under the supervision of the Department of Dramatic Art. History will never be the same after September 20, 1940 when the Freshmen take aim at George Washington, Helen, Paris and the Trojan Horse, among others. Pictured left to right are Norma Gagliardi, Walter Ebbett, Aldo Benedetti (kneeling), Kay Copeland, Beverly Birdsall and Jack Miller. The four skits to be presented to students and the public are "George Washington's Life Story, Sort of Chopped Up by the Little Hatchet with which He Carved Out the United States," "Paris, This is It" (the love story of Helen, Paris and the Trojan Horse), a Baby Contest and "Spot Cash," the story of a fifty dollar bill as it changes hands. (T. Times 9/19/1940, pg. 11) TPL-9703

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Gagliardi, Norma; Ebbett, Walter; Benedetti, Aldo; Copeland, Kay; Birdsall, Beverly; Miller, Jack; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1940-1950;

College of Puget Sound - female fencers; Patricia Keene, left, Margurita Irle, right. From 1941 C.P.S. annual, Tamanawas.

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Keene, Patricia; Irle, Margurita; Fencing--Tacoma; Fencers--Tacoma;

On November 8, 1940, the freshmen presented Booth Tarkington's comedy "The Travelers" before a student assembly. The cast included Art Sheets, Ruth Hanawalt, Roberta Humble, Ed Ercegovic, George Victor, Dorothea Federico, Bob Albertson, Gordon Soder, Everett Lowther, Patricia Hanson and Frank Hicks. (photograph used in the 1941 CPS yearbook Tamanawas)

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

College of Puget Sound Girls Archery team. For 1941 C.P.S.annual, Tamanawas (not used).

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma; Clubs--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Archery; Bows (Archery);

Bill McLaughlin, College of Puget Sound track athlete. Mr. McLaughlin competed for the college in the shot put. In 1941, he won his three year sweater for his years of competition for the school. The 1941 track team was one of the strongest and best balanced in recent years. (1941 CPS yearbook Tamanawas)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma; Clubs--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Track athletics; McLaughlin, Bill;

Coach Bill Vinson led the Fife High School basketball team to an 11 and 1 record in 1941. That was good enough for the League Championship. The team included: (back, l to r) Willard Ogden, Bill Haminshi, Frank Spear, Mel Rowe, Frank Evancich. (front) Yahachi Sagami, Bob Vinson, Roy Herting, Frank Dreyer, Dave Wilcox, Coach Bill Vinson. (T. Times 3/3/1941, pg. 11)

Fife High School (Fife); Basketball players--Fife; Vinson, Bill; Spear, Frank;

Fife High Basketball Team, 1941 League Champion. L to R. Back: Yahachi Sagami, Bill Haminshi, Frank Spear, Mel Rowe, Frank Evancich. Front: Willard Ogden, Bob Vinson, Roy Herting, Frank Dreyer, Dave Wilcox, and Coach Bill Vinson, marking game strategy on the floor. (T.Times, 3/3/1941, p. 11)

Fife High School (Fife); Basketball players--Fife; Vinson, Bill; Spear, Frank;

Jason Lee Intermediate School, Boys' Glee Club. Overhead view in October of 1940 of 42 uniformed boys in three columns of 14. The Glee Club is made of boys currently in vocal music classes and performs under the direction of Kathryn Bruner. They would be performing at the first fall concert for the St. Cecelia Club at the Hotel Winthrop. (T. Times 11/8/1940, pg. 13 boys' names in caption)

Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Choirs (Music); School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Music education--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Mignonette, a romantic drama presented by the St. Leo's and Bellarmine Dramatic Clubs on February 19-20, 1941 at the St. Leo's auditorium. Mrs. Christin, director. The production starred Barbara Adler as Mignonette, Buster Van Rooy as old Jonathon Mills, Howard Fisher as young Jonathon and Shirley Riley as Rose Mills. (T. Times 2/17/1941, pg. 14)

St. Leos Parochial School (Tacoma); Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1940-1950;

One hundred and ten Tacoma public school music students posed for a group portrait in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Winthrop before setting off for Spokane to perform at the Music Educator's National Conference of Region #1, opening March 29th, 1941. In Spokane they met and competed against 45,000 music students from Washington, Oregon and Montana. Included in the photograph are members of local middle and high school bands, orchestras, choruses and Stadium High School's 60 member Girls Glee Club. Donna Mae Jaden, who became the movie actress Janis Paige, is third from the right in the second row. (T. Times 3/21/1941 p.13, names in caption under photograph)

Stadium High School (Tacoma); Actresses; Paige, Janis; Jaden, Donna Mae; Music education--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Large crowd of students with a sprinkling of adults assembled in a field during the Northwest Washington School Music Competition Festival in March of 1941.

Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Music festivals--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Two hundred and fifty soldiers from the 41st Division graduated on May 8, 1941 from Clover Park High School. Unable to finish high school before their National Guard unit was called up, the young men learned to soldier during the day and completed their high school classes at night. This program would allow them to graduate with their class. (T. Times 5/8/1941, pg. 8)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; Washington National Guard (Lakewood); Education; Military education--Lakewood--1940-1950; Military personnel--Lakewood--1940-1950; Graduation ceremonies--Lakewood;

An unidentified young man, possibly Jim Ladd, senior class president, cuts the ribbon on the newly completed addition to Clover Park High School while supporting himself with a crutch. The area shown is the new main entrance to the school. The addition, designed by Charles and Clarence Rueger, Architects, was completed in May of 1941 at a cost of $97,213. An open house for the public was held on Sunday, May 11. (T. Times May 7, 1941 p.3)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood; Ribbon-cutting ceremonies;

Elevated view of College of Puget Sound students watching the Adelphian Choral Society perform on the lawn during the "Bricks-krieg" to raise funds for Student Union Building. For 1941 C.P.S. annual, Tamanawas (not used).

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Choirs (Music); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Adelphian Choral Society (Tacoma);

College of Puget Sound. Group of girls from Adelphian Choral Society previous to Spring Tour. (T.Times) [Also dated 05-05-1941]

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Choirs (Music); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Adelphian Choral Society (Tacoma);

This group of serious young soldiers, standing in front of the Robert Gray Junior High School, 3109 South 60th Street, represented France in their school's "Musical Travelogue" presented on May 9, 1941. At the far left is the captain of the detail of soldiers, LeRoy Adams, and on the right is Napoleon, played by Paul Allison. Standing at attention in the front row are: (l to r) Julian Snope, Claude Falk, Robert Belland, Richard Chiarovano and Dan Mulholland. In the back row are: (l to r) Bob Lones, Lee Hurst, Ronald Wamburg, Al McKechnie and Malvin Thorsen. (T. Times 5/9/1941, pg. 6)

Gray Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Adams, LeRoy; Allison, Paul;