ca. 1934. Play presented by the Dramatic Art Department at the College of Puget Sound, circa 1934. The Department's motto was "Development of Personality through Drama." The department gave more than 150 students the chance to appear before an audience in a wide variety of plays. (WSHS) ( 1934 Tamanawas)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Actresses; Theatrical productions--Tacoma; Actors;

ca. 1934. Jason Lee School baseball team, circa 1934. (WSHS)

Public Schools--Tacoma; Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Chi Pi Sigma, 1934 portrait for the school yearbook, The Tamanawas. Chi Pi Sigma was a national professional chemical fraternity, for those students whose major interest lay in the field of chemistry. The College had organized the Gamma chapter of the fraternity in 1934. Front row: Claude Steeves, Robert Carlyle, Prof. Henry, Foster Allen. Back row: Hartford Thune, Lloyd Searing, Gerald Freeman, Richard Rich, Iver Belsvig. (names are as listed in yearbook, they do not match the photo exactly) (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas, pg. 75)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1930-1940; Chi Pi Sigma (Tacoma);

ca. 1934. Freshman Jane Ramsby, left, represented the College of Puget Sound as their 1934 singles champion in the Northwest Tennis Tournament held in Salem Oregon. She won this position over 19 other young coeds. Lorraine Hanson, center, and Dorothy Floydstead entered as the doubles' team. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Ramsby, Jane; Hanson, Lorraine; Floydstead, Dorothy; Tennis players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tennis rackets;

ca. 1934. Coached ably by Lou Grant, the 1934 College of Puget Sound tennis team won seven matches and lost only three. Joe Rawlings, left, played in the number four position. Govnor "Gov" Teats, right, played his last year on the squad in the number one position. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Tennis players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tennis rackets; Rawlings, Joe; Teats, Govnor;

ca. 1934. Brennen King, College of Puget Sound football player. Mr. King played right end position on the 1934-35 CPS team. The 6 '2" King was a graduate of Garfield High in Seattle. He was widely recognized for his ability in blocking and in intercepting passes. (1935 CPS yearbook "Tamanawas"; T. Times 9/27/1934, pg. 1)

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

ca. 1934. General view of Jason Lee Intermediate School, circa 1934, with trolley wire in foreground. The Gothic Revival school designed by Roland Borhek opened in 1924. It was the first and largest of six new intermediate schools built from the proceeds of a 1923 bond issue. As more education became essential, the high schools were overcrowded. In 1920, the 6-3-3 elementary, intermediate, high school plan was designed to relieve overcrowding and a 2.4 million bond issue passed to build the 6 new schools. Originally named West Intermediate school, the name was soon changed to Jason Lee to honor an early Northwest missionary pioneer. The school is built on the site of the old College of Puget Sound campus at Sixth and No. Sprague. In 1928, the name was changed to Jason Lee Junior High, and later to middle school. ("For the record" by Winnifred L. Olsen)

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

The Adelphian Choral Society of the College of Puget Sound poses beside their motor coach prior to leaving on March 21, 1935 for a 19 day singing trip to Eastern Washington. The group will sing in 22 Northwest cities. (T. Times 3/22/1935, pg. 1)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Choirs (Music); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Buses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Adelphian Choral Society (Tacoma);

Annie Wright Seminary May Day activities, May 1, 1935. Processional with Queen leading. School building in background. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day--Tacoma;

Annie Wright Seminary May Day activities, May 1, 1935. Processional; group headed by flag bearers, then two lines of women in white dresses overlaid with cap and gowns, followed by girls of a variety of ages in white dresses and head veils. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day--Tacoma; Private schools--Tacoma;

Annie Wright Seminary May Day activities, May 1, 1935. Girls in ethnic (?) costumes on lawn behind building. Loudspeaker above their heads. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day--Tacoma;

Annie Wright Seminary May Day activities, May 1, 1935. Processional, many girls in dresses on lawn, audience in folding chairs. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day--Tacoma;

Annie Wright Seminary May Day activities, May 1, 1935. Little girls in short dresses dancing on lawn. The dance is a modern one, utilizing white scarves.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day--Tacoma;

The culmination of the festivities on May day at Annie Wright School, located at 827 Tacoma Avenue North, is the winding of the May Pole. In this photograph from 1935 the school's younger pupils dance around the pole to the approving gaze of upper classmen, friends and relatives. Originally known as Field Day, the May Day celebration included music, dance, sports and the crowning of the May Queen; it is one of the most treasured traditions of the school. In 1935 Marian Guyles was crowned May Queen.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day--Tacoma; May poles--Tacoma;

Annie Wright Seminary May Day activities, May 1, 1935. Processional, many girls in dresses, building in background and May Pole tied with ribbons in foreground. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day--Tacoma;

Annie Wright Seminary May Day activities, May 1, 1935. Processional, two rows of little girls in short dresses flanking Royal Court in long gowns and hats. School building in background. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day--Tacoma;

Annie Wright Seminary May Day activities, May 1, 1935. Little Girls in short dresses dancing on lawn. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day--Tacoma;

Annie Wright Seminary May Day activities, May 01, 1935. Barefoot girls in long dresses dancing on lawn. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day --Tacoma;

Annie Wright Seminary Field Day, also known as May Day, Mary 1, 1935. Girls playing Field Hockey. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Field hockey--Tacoma;Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Annie Wright Seminary. Faculty standing on school steps.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940;

Annie Wright Seminary Field Day, also known as May Day, May 1, 1935. Girls playing Field Hockey. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Field hockey--Tacoma;Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Close-up view of Annie Wright Seminary. Building by Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, Architects, 1924. Photograph taken for the T. Times in conjunction with the investigation into the kidnapping of George Hunt Weyerhaeuser. On May 24, 1935, George was kidnapped near noon from the grounds of Annie Wright. He had left his school, Lowell Elementary, and walked to meet his sister Ann at the seminary intending to ride home with her for lunch. The Weyerhaeusers were informed at around 3 p.m. that their son was missing. A ransom note, demanding $200,000 arrived around 6:30pm. that evening. (T. Times 5/26/1935, pg. 1 plus succeeding months.)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Kidnappings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Weyerhaeuser, George H.--Kidnappings;

Annie Wright Seminary Field Day, also known as May Day, 5/1/1935. Girls leaving pitch after playing Field Hockey.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Field hockey; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

A young man with a tennis racquet, tentatively identified as Weyerhaeuser acquaintance Bob Taylor, poses on a path at Annie Wright Seminary, near the area where 9 year old George Weyerhaeuser was kidnapped on May 24, 1935. The path was possibly used by the kidnappers. The Weyerhaeuser kidnapping was the second most famous in the nation and Tacoma's most sensational crime. It had everything to make newspaper headlines, a handsome grade school boy and a moneyed family desperate for his return. The retiring Weyerhaeusers however spoke only to the police and moved secretly so that publicity did not prevent George from being released. By June 1, 1935, George had been released. The first set of suspects was arrested within weeks, a former Puyallup couple named Harmon and Margaret Waley, and they identified the third suspect, William Dainard, who was arrested almost a year later. (T. Times 5/26/1935, pg. 1 plus succeeding months.)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Kidnappings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Weyerhaeuser, George H.--Kidnappings;

Steps and hedge at Annie Wright Seminary, one of the possible locations for the abduction of George Weyerhaeuser on May 24, 1935. He was kidnapped from the grounds of seminary, near the tennis courts, as he walked at noontime from Lowell Elementary to meet his sister at the seminary and travel home for lunch. The boy was held for $200,000 in ransom. (T. Times 5/26/1935, pg. 1 plus succeeding months.)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Kidnappings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Weyerhaeuser, George H.--Kidnappings;

Annie Wright Seminary annual Field Day, May of 1935. Girls play Field Hockey behind the school. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Field hockey;

The drive between the hedges at the Annie Wright Seminary. This road led downhill from Tacoma Ave. between the seminary grounds and the tennis court property. The seminary grounds were the location of the abduction of 9 year old George Weyerhaeuser on May 24, 1935. He was kidnapped near the tennis courts and whisked away in a waiting car. Between the time of his abduction on May 24th and his release on June 1st, he was held in two pre-dug pits prepared for his capture and in a rental house closet at 1509 W. 11th Ave. in Spokane. (T. Times 5/26/1935, pg. 1 plus succeeding months.)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Kidnappings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Weyerhaeuser, George H.--Kidnappings;

Hawthorne School 6A class photographed in June of 1935. Hawthorne served the east side of Tacoma as an education institution from 1885 (as East School) until its closure in 1963. (filed with Argentum)

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hawthorne School (Tacoma);

In June of 1935, some of Annie Wright Seminary's earliest alumnae returned to the campus to help celebrate the school's 50th anniversary. The girls school opened in September of 1884 at 611 Division Ave. and these ladies were some of the first students. As a part of the anniversary celebration, they took part in a seminary pageant, modeling outfits from that opening year. Pictured seated are, left to right, Mrs. W.H. Dickson (Gertrude Holt,) Mrs. Frank Allyn (Flora Long,) Mrs. Alice Rector Watson (Alice Rector) and Miss Isabel Holt. Standing are Mrs. Bassie (Maud Burr) and Mrs. Warren Brown (Jennie Forbes.) Photograph ordered by the Tacoma Times. (filed with Argentum) (T.Times 6/13/1938, pg. 10)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Dickson, Gertrude; Allyn, Flora; Watson, Alice; Holt, Isabel; Bassie, Maud; Brown, Jennie; Annie Wright Seminary--Alumni & alumnae; Private schools--Tacoma;

Lowell School 6A class and teacher, June of 1935. School building in background. (filed with Argentum)

Public Schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--1930-1940; Lowell Elementary School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940;