ca. 1943. College of Puget Sound students selling war stamps outside the John M. Kittredge Hall, the school's student union building, circa 1943. Two co-eds in small booth with sign "Spur Stamp Sale." Six students gathered around booth. Spurs were a service-oriented campus organization composed then of sophomore women. Puget Sound's chapter was the fifth formed nationally in 1925.

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Community service--Tacoma--1940-1950; War bonds & funds; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects of war--Tacoma;

Members of the advanced choral reading group at the College of Puget Sound presented "An Evening of Poetry" on February 23, 1945 at Jones Hall. Highlights of the varied program included a stirring word picture of an Atlantic sea wind, the adventures of prowling witches and leering goblins on a mystic night, and the battling love life of the "Gingham Dog and Calico Cat". Gunnar Larsen cowers in front of (l to r) Murden Woods, Dixie Bullard, Carol Todd, Sheila Lamar, Doris Nelson, Ruth Ann Dodsworth, Mary Mladinov, Bonny Jean Steele, Noreen Inveen, and Priscilla Newschwander, the group leader. (T. Times, 2/23/45, p. 5).

Pointing fingers; Theatrical productions--Tacoma; Stages (Platforms); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

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 couple dancing on hardwood floors surrounded by interested onlookers.

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

Booth featuring Tappan ranges for Alvin Bravender Co. at the 1952 Home Show at the College of Puget Sound fieldhouse. The fourth annual Home Show was held on April 3-6, 1952 and was sponsored by the Tacoma Master Builders Association. It boasted a carnival spirit with the addition of balloons, music and hot dogs for show goers. It included the commercial exhibits, a seven room model home built at the rear of the fieldhouse, working demonstrations by Tacoma Vocational students, spinning and weaving demos by the Tacoma Weavers' Guild and booths by the Orthopedic Guilds and Tacoma Day Nursery.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Appliances; Tappan Ranges (Portland);

The model home at the 1952 Tacoma Home Show, the "Tacoman," was a one-story rambler with lots of windows. The siding under the windows on the left portion of the home has been set at an angle for a decorative effect while white clapboards complete the right portion of the house and along the right side. The model home is seen outside the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse where the home show was staged. The model home had a 380-square foot living area, a family room, three bedrooms, a kitchen and bathroom. (TNT, 4/2/1952, p.28)

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Model houses--Tacoma;

The dining room of the "Tacoman," the model home built adjoining the College of Puget Sound fieldhouse for the fourth annual Tacoma Home Show. The dining area opens off of the living room, but is separated from the kitchen with folding "Modernfold" accordion doors. The wings on the dining room table can be raised up to make a larger table. Built in cabinets of hemlock provide neccessary storage. A large window provides a view while dining. The ranch style model home had seven rooms and was built by Jardeen Brothers.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Dining rooms--Tacoma--1950-1960; Dining tables;

Model kitchen on display in 1952 Tacoma Home Show booth by Kitcheneers of Tacoma, makers of kitchen equipment. The booth displays the company's built-in ranges, ovens and cabinets. The curved fifties shelves protrude from the end of the cabinet and banquette seating occupies the left hand side of the picture.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Appliances; Kitchens--Tacoma--1950-1960; Kitcheneers of Tacoma (Tacoma);

Duratile booth at the 1952 Tacoma Home Show. The company is advertising its "modernfold" doors, the extremely popular folding accordion doors that were replacing swinging doors in the fifties. The accordion doors gave the homeowner the option to leave them open for a great room feel, or close them as privacy is needed. Also shown are Duratile original steel wall tile in variegated colors. A folding staircase for use in attics is shown to the left. A modern kitchen, with bent chrome chairs and a standing ashtray, can be seen to the right. Duratile was located at 3869 Steilacoom Blvd.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Duratile (Lakewood); Folding doors--Tacoma--1950-1960; Kitchens--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Booth by Sammons Heat Engineering at the 1952 Tacoma Home Show featuring the Superflex modulating automatic Furnace, by Perfection Stove Co. Sammons was owned by John E. Sammons and was located at 709 So Yakima Ave. Approximately 13,480 people attended the Home Show sponsored by the Tacoma Master Builders at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse to view the latest in innovations for the fifties home.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Sammons Heat Engineering (Tacoma); Furnaces--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Three women students at the College of Puget Sound wear the most recent classics in co-ed fashion. L-R, Anita Roberts models a two-way belted raincoat with a matching hat, Delores Jordahl chose a gray flannel boxy jacket and washable, wooly orlon plaid skirt, and Jo Ann Wood is wearing a knit suit by Jantzen. Ordered by the Tacoma News Tribune for their fall fashion section. (TNT, 9/11/1952, p.C-10)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Roberts, Anita; Jordahl, Delores; Wood, Jo Ann; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Ward Smith, Inc., realtors, booth at the 1951 home show at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse. Information about homes in the Skyline Terrace housing development is featured on a display at the back of the booth. Ordered by Ward Smith, Inc., Del Belfoy.

Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Ward Smith, Inc. (Tacoma); Real estate business--Tacoma;

Tietz Construction Company's booth at the 1951 home show at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse. A wall of photographs shows many of the options available for new homes with large, thermopane windows, dishwashers and disposals for the kitchen, living room-dining room combinations, and built-in wardrobes and wall-to-wall carpeting in the bedrooms. The Richards Studio took many of the photographs inclulded in the display. Ordered by Harry Rinker.

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

H. A. Briggs Construction's booth at the 1951 home show at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse. The display includes advertising for Dura-Homes, Westmoreland Terrace and Wollander. A three-bedroom home could be sold to a veteran for $542.89 down, and $57.33 per month. Ordered by Mr. H.A. Griggs.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Briggs Construction Co. (Tacoma); Construction industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Duratile's booth at the 1951 home show at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse featured Duratile steel wall tile for exterior and interior uses and modernfold doors. Samples of the tile in place on a wall or around a sink are included and room has been provided to try the folding doors. Ordered by Bob Cowden.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Duratile (Lakewood);

College of Puget Sound's Field House is constructed with reinforced steel concrete, its floor will be made of solid maple and measure 16,000 square feet. Memorial Field House will be dedicated to the many men from the Army specialized training unit who studied at College of Puget Sound and were killed in "The Battle of the Bulge". View of building progress on College of Puget Sound's new Memorial Field House, laborers are working on building trusses (T. Times, 11/15/48, p. 1).

Building construction--Tacoma; Trusses--Tacoma; Structural frames--Tacoma; Construction workers--Tacoma; Memorial Field House (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

Publicity for Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae Contest, Times, Burt McMurtrie. Marrying Sam is seen with several of the Daisy Mae contestants and a young man in a suit. A young girl is seated on the floor in a sack. A sign announces, "Marriages Arranged, Available Jones". The Sadie Hawkins Day Dance was to be held at the College of Puget Sound on November 20, 1948.

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Contests--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950;

University of Washington faculty member, Jeanette Tomlinson, would be presenting a lecture on "Art, Peace and UNESCO." Mrs. Tomlinson would speak about UNESCO and its place in the world of arts; and would define the organization's aim at promoting peace through art. Jeanette Tomlinson was married to CPS professor, Dr. Warren Tomlinson. View of Jeanette Tomlinson at College of Puget Sound's Jones Hall (T. Times, 1/23/49, p. 22).

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

The roof trusses for the College of Puget Sound's Memorial Field House were erected in December 1948. The roof supporting trusses were made of Douglas Fir, weighed 12 tons each, and were 168 feet long and 23 feet high. At the time the field house was built, its trusses were the longest single wood spans in one section ever to be erected, according to Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. The trusses were manufactured in Weyerhaeuser's Longview Mill. The trusses were 60 feet from the ground, and supported 90,000 feet of roof decking. (T. Times, 12/10/48, p. 1).

Roof trusses--Tacoma; Structural frames--Tacoma; Gymnasiums--Tacoma; Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Memorial Field House (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings;

Layout on Beaux Arts Ball, Times, Mrs. MacDonald. A party named after the School of Fine Arts in Paris was held at Jones Hall at the College of Puget Sound. It was hosted by the art honorary fraternity, Alpha Rho Tau (Greek letters for ART), in honor of the college's foreign students. Party goers are shown blowing up balloons while wearing their costumes and masks. (T.Times, 2/20/1949, p.21)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Table settings & decorations; Costumes; Masquerades--Tacoma--1940-1950;

On February 12, 1949, the art honorary fraternity of the College of Puget Sound, Alpha Rho Tau, threw their very first Beaux Arts Ball. The party was given in honor of the College's foreign students and drew students dressed in all sorts of lavish, exotic and creative costumes. A masked couple glided by in fanciful dress; she a column of black and white ruffles and he a rectangular knight. Other couples looked on from tables near a wall decorated with modern drawings. All of the revelers were unidentified with the exception of the woman directly left of the female dancer. She was Maxine Lister, the winner of the first prize for most original costume. She was dressed as a representation of Picasso's painting "Girl looking in Mirror." Photograph ordered by Mrs. MacDonald at the Times. (T. Times 2/20/1949, pg. 21)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Table settings & decorations; Costumes; Masquerades--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ballroom dancing--Tacoma--1940-1950;

College of Puget Sound had a ground breaking ceremony for their new building, the CPS Memorial Field House. The Memorial Field House will be dedicated to the 138 men from CPS who died in World War II. The Field House will be located on the south side of campus, it will have a steel reinforced concrete foundation, the building will be 200 feet by 168 feet and 36 feet from the floor to the overhead beams; it will accommodate more than 5,000 people. View of Mock & Morrison architectural drawing (T. Times, 8/4/48, p. 1).

Architectural drawings; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Architecture--Tacoma; Architects--Tacoma; Memorial Field House (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings; Mock & Morrison (Tacoma);

CPS. Marcello Mochi, center, was the Italian vice consul stationed in Seattle. He came to Tacoma to meet with the World Affairs Council October 5, 1948, at the College of Puget Sound. He told about the Italian struggle and some of the war-torn areas where he served during the Ethopian conflict and World War II. Shown with Mr. Mochi are Ray W. Thompson, president of the Tacoma World Affairs Council on the left and Dr. R. Franklin Thompson, president of the College of Puget Sound. (TNT, 10/7/1948, p.25)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Thompson, R. Franklin, 1908-1999; Tacoma World Affairs Council (Tacoma); Thompson, Ray W.; Mochi, Marcello; Italian Consulate (Seattle); College presidents--Tacoma;

In 1947, Harvey Wegner was a senior at College of Puget Sound where he was majoring in Physics and Mathematics. Harvey was a member of the Intercollegiate Knights, Mu Sigma Delta and the American Chemical Society. Harvey, along with another student and a professor at CPS, helped create a "rain making machine." View of Harvey Wegner working on a project at the CPS lab (Tamanawas, 1948).

Chemistry--Tacoma; Physics--Tacoma; Physicists--Tacoma; Laboratories--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Wegner, Harvey E.;

In 1947 Dr. Robert Sprenger, an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the College of Puget Sound, and one of his students developed an invention for seeding clouds. The machine they built would produce rain by introducing a fine invisible smoke of silver iodide particles into the clouds. Left to right, C. L. "Chip" Chipman, Prosser Pilot who would fly the airplane, Dr. Robert Sprenger, and Harvey E. Wegner, College of Puget Sound student, are going over some details prior to the testing. (T. Times, 12/5/47, p. 2).

Inventors; Inventions; Rain making--Tacoma; Machinery; Equipment; Students--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Prosser Pilots (Tacoma);

College of Puget Sound remodeled the third floor attic in Jones Hall and refurbished it as their new art studio. Lynn Wentworth, head of the art department, instituted the expansion project. The completion of the new art studio was celebrated with a tea at a "studio-warming" gathering. View of Howard Hitchcock, student artist, working on a painting in the new studio (Tamanawas, 1948).

Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Paintings; Palettes; Galleries (Rooms & spaces)--Tacoma; Artists' studios--Tacoma; Artists--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Hitchcock, Howard;

College of Puget Sound provided their students with first hand training in using modern business equipment. The Department of Social Studies offered classes in economics, typing, business administration, business law, sociology, history and political science. Dr. Charles T. Battin, Ph. D. was the head of the department, view of accounting students using comptometers and other business machines (Tamanawas, 1948).

Students--Tacoma; Business education--Tacoma; Office equipment & supplies; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

Todd Hall, College of Puget Sound's men's dormitory, was designed by architects, Sutton, Whitney & Dugan and Mock & Morrison. The ground breaking ceremony was held in July 1946. The cornerstone was laid by Dr. Edward H. Todd, CPS's previous president, the building was named in his honor for his many years of service to the institution. Exterior view of Todd Hall (Tamanawas, 1948).

Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Dormitories--Tacoma; Todd Hall (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings;

Students at the College of Puget Sound, Marjorie Ventor, Ray Crick, Jeanne Moore Juanita Baumbartner and Janette Blake learn about human anatomy from Dr. Burton A. Brown. A skeleton hangs near Dr. Brown and other bones lie on the table. A chart hangs behind the students who are taking notes in this photograph dated January 15, 1948. (CPS Tamanawas Yearbook 1948, p.29)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1940-1950; Classrooms--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brown, Burton A.; Bones; Skeletons;

College of Puget Sound. A view of the bursar's office about the time tuition is due and payable in January of 1948. Students are seen through the openings receiving assistance from the staff. Inside the office staff are seated at desks and one woman reviews listings in a book. A large clock hangs on the wall at the back. (CPS Tamanawas Yearbook 1948, p.22)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Offices--Tacoma--1940-1950; Office workers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Recording & registration--Tacoma--1940-1950;

College of Puget Sound. Harvey Wegner, Carol Kilgore, Jane Hill and Ed LaChapelle listen while Dr. Martin Nelson discusses an experiment in a physics class. Carol Kilgore is holding an instrument while Dr. Martin Nelson touches it with a cylindrical rod. She is wearing head phones and the instrument is connected to a readout. Formulas are written on the blackboard and a sample of a slide rule is hung over the board. A chart of the typical stellar spectra hangs on the wall. (CPS Tamanawas Yearbook 1948, p.31)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Classrooms--Tacoma--1940-1950; Physics--Tacoma--1940-1950; Experiments--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nelson, Martin;