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.

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Students--Parkland--1950-1960; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--Buildings;

The Choir of the West at Pacific Lutheran College in 1953 had over sixty members. They face directly toward the camera with the conductor, Frederick L. Newnham, in the foreground. Choir members are wearing black gowns with monogrammed stoles. The choir provided music for many radio programs and special school services in addition to their many concerts. Their two week annual tour included performing in North Dakota. Photograph ordered by Professor Newnham. (1953 Saga, p. 96)

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500 women attended the Evangelical Lutheran Church convention from the Pacific District in early June, 1953. A large number of them posed for this group portrait in front of the new music/chapel/speech building at Pacific Lutheran College on June 9, 1953. Perhaps some of the meetings may have occurred in the new building as the auditorium was designed to hold over 1,000 people. Mrs. Harold J. Leraas was the local convention chairman for the conference that occurred on June 8-10, 1953. Photograph ordered by Mrs. A.W. Rumstad. (TNT 6-5-53, p. 24)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Religious meetings; Group portraits;

Practice rooms in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. The door to one of the rooms is open showing a piano ready for use. A few special tiles with musical notes have been added among the other tiles used in the floor in the hallway. Photograph was taken in March of 1952.

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A view from the wings onto the stage in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College.

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Exposure of Easter Sunrise service at the College of Puget Sound fieldhouse. A large choir of children and teens stands ready to sing. Services held with the rising of the sun to celebrate Easter were city wide events and well attended.

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Easter--Tacoma; Children--Tacoma--1950-1960;

May Day Festival at Pacific Lutheran College. Couple dressed in traditional costume perform their country's folk dance on college gymnasium floor.

The 1951 May Queen, Marjorie Anderson, and her court are shown at one end of the gymnasium during the festivities at Pacific Lutheran College for May Day 1951. The senior attendants to the queen were LaWanna Wellsandt and Amy Knutson. Junior attendants were Patricia Kilmer and Margaret Lucas. Naomi Roe and Charlotte Brandt were the sophomore attendants and Darlene Dejardine and Inga Astrup represented the freshmen. (TNT, 5/3/1951, p.D-3)

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Three couples are shown dancing during the festivities at Pacific Lutheran College for May Day 1951. Two Lithuanian folk games were presented, accompanied by Jurgis Bendikas on the accordian. Six other games, Scandinavian, Spanish and western were performed by Inara Dermanis and Eugene Shaw, Doris and Lloyd Harvey, Gloria and Carl Larson, Lois Swanson and Robert Brass, Carolyn Johnson and Robert Knutson, Hazel Johnson and Philip Thorleifson. (TNT, 5/3/1951, p.D-3)

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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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Dr. Seth C. Eastvold, president of Pacific Lutheran College (on the right) and Vernie Reed, representing the Tacoma Central Labor Council (on the left) present scholarships for $1,000 each to James Traynor, senior at Lincoln High School, and John Kvamme, senior at Stadium High School. The awards, in the amount of $250 per year for four years, were given jointly by the Tacoma Central Labor Council and the college. Basis for the choices for the scholarships were academic achievement, financial need and potential leadership qualities. Ordered by Pacific Lutheran College, Mr. Nesvig. (TNT, 6/8/1951, p.B-1)

Universities & colleges--Parkland; College presidents--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Eastvold, Seth C.; Kvamme, John; Traynor, James; Reed, Vernie; Central Labor Council (Tacoma);

Dr. Seth C. Eastvold, president of Pacific Lutheran College, shakes hands with another man.

Universities & colleges--Parkland; College presidents--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Eastvold, Seth C.;

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)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Universities & colleges--Parkland--1950-1960; Students--Parkland--1950-1960; Astrup, Inga; DeJardine, Darlene; Enger, Helen;

A variety of photographs were taken of the Pacific Lutheran University campus in early October, 1960, by the Richards Studio, showing new facilities and improvements. The photograph above shows the Jacob Samuelson Chapel in the new Administration Building, a multipurpose room used for devotional meetings, closed circuit TV lectures, and recitals. It utilized an innovative notion--multiple television sets mounted on walls to provide students with a clearer view of professorial lectures broadcast from the school's own new studio. The chapel was a gift from Mr. Samuelson's estate. (TNT 10-13-60, C-6)

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New science complex at the University of Puget Sound. After more than two years of construction, the new science building, named in honor of longtime U.P.S. president R. Franklin Thompson, was dedicated in April, 1968. The $4,000,000 science complex was the largest building project in the school's (then) 80-year history. It was designed by Nelson, Karona & Zeigler, architects, and built by McDonald Bldg. Co. View of U-shaped, three story Thompson Hall facing Union Ave., shows off the Tudor-Gothic brick architecture. A circular fountain, 74-feet in diameter, lay in the middle of the complex. The fountain would become the scene in the coming years of much illicit wading, dunkings and pranks. Photograph ordered by the News Tribune. (TNT 4-14-68, B-12)

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Circulation clerical assistant Mrs. Olga S. Fisher assists a young man at the Pacific Lutheran University library on January 16, 1963. There are shelves of reference books beside her; use of these books was limited to one-hour. (1963 Saga Annual, p. 36)

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An unidentified Pacific Lutheran University student receives one-to-one instruction from a chemistry professor believed to be Dr. Laurence D. Huestis on January 16, 1963. Dr. Huestis had joined the faculty at PLU in 1961 after receiving his Ph.D from the University of California. (1963 Saga Annual, p. 21)

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A complex mathematical formula is being figured out on the blackboard by a Pacific Lutheran University instructor believed to be E. Robert Newell on January 16, 1963. Mr. Newell graduated with a B.A. from the Western Washington College of Education in 1956 and was involved in graduate study at the University of Washington. (1963 Saga Annual, p. 22)

Pacific Lutheran University (Parkland)--1960-1970; Teachers--Parkland; Blackboards;

In 1963 Pacific Lutheran University celebrated the 30th anniversary of May Festival. In this May 3, 1963, photograph, a dashing young dancer is the object of several admiring gazes. Ronald Miller appears to have his pick of four young ladies for a Lithuanian folk dance; from left to right are : Dani Saxton, Rhoda Pappajohn, Jean Andrews and Dallas Schuler. Students practiced an entire year to bring the two-night folk dance festival to fruition. (TNT 5-5-63, D-14)

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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)

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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;

ca. 1935. College of Puget Sound Graduates filing into building. (filed with Argentum)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1930-1940;

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;

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 (Parkland)--1930-1940; Cornerstone laying--Parkland--1930-1940; Universities & colleges--Parkland; Rites & ceremonies--Parkland--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. College of Puget Sound football team on the line. Brick buildings on campus in background. (1935 CPS yearbook "Tamanawas") (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Football--Tacoma--1930-1940; Football players--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Eleven football players from the 1934-35 College of Puget Sound squad line up in this circa 1934 photograph. The team included two African American players, Brennen King and Jess Brooks, unusual for the time. Jess Brooks was a 1932 graduate of Lincoln High School, where he was the first African American student to win the coveted Richard Graff award, for high scholastic achievement and athletic prowess. He is in the back row, second to the left. Brennen King is at the far left, front row. (1935 CPS yearbook "Tamanawas") TPL-9556 (Additional identification provided by a reader)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Football--Tacoma--1930-1940; Football players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brooks, Jess; King, Brennen;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Baseball Team, circa 1927. Seventeen players and Coach Clyde W. Hubbard, bats and mitts, gloves, arranged in foreground. The CPS baseball team had been a formidable opponent in 1926, but lost three of its players to graduation, including the pitcher. The team was rebuilding in 1927. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas" pg. 64) (WSHS/Argentum)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Baseball players--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Lettermen's Club, ca. 1927. Eighteen boys, seventeen in letter sweaters, in front of bleachers. The young men in this picture had earned letters in less publicized sports or as reserves to the major sports teams. This included tennis, wrestling and the football and basketball reserve teams. Top Row: Brear, Johnson, Bankhead, Norton, Gardner, Carruthers, Fassett, Smith, Darrow. Bottom Row: Coach Hubbard, Parker, Thorniley, Tatum, Miller, Wilson, Kepka, Garnero and Samuelson. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas," pg. 68.) (WSHS)

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