For Shield, Annie Wright Seminary, Dee Iverlie. The confirmation class for 1948 stand with Reverend Canon Arthur Bell in Raynor Chapel at Annie Wright Seminary. The stained glass window is behind them. The young women wear white shirt-waist dresses with short sleeves and white scarves over their heads. L-R: Front row: Biana Russell, Betty Lou Ervin, Erin Lonbard Susan Callahan, Jean Jenkins and Aliceon McInroe. Middle row: Jean Tudor, Rev. Bell, Nancy Davies and Kaye Young. Top row: Janet Andre, Donna Horton, Carol McArthur and Sandra Moore. (The Shield, 1948)

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Panhellenic Tea at Great Hall, Annie Wright, News Tribune, Mrs. Hosmer. The Tacoma Panhellenic honored graduating senior high school girls and their mothers at their annual tea on April 24, 1948, at the Great Hall at Annie Wright. The program consisted of talks by Miss Maxine Blake and Miss Jacquine Norback about college life from the student's view point. Lona Huseby played Chopin and Debussy on the piano. The Clover Park choir sang. This view shows four women wearing corsages in front of one of the fireplaces in the Great Hall. (T.Times, 4/22/1948, p.10)

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Twenty seven students were graduating from Annie Wright Seminary, and eighteen members of Class VIII were graduating to the High School Division in June of 1948. Commencement exercises were being held in Keator Hall and Raynor Chapel. Rt. Reverend Lane W, Barton, Bishop of Eastern Oregon, would deliver the commencement address, and Rt. Reverend Steven F. Bayne Jr., President of School Board of Trustees, would present the diplomas; music would be provided by the vested choir. View of Annie Wright graduating students (T.N.T., 6/3/48, p. 6).

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Annie Wright Seminary was having a full day of activities, including their annual banquet hosted by the Athletic Association, a theatrical production featuring many of the classes, and the crowning of the May Queen. View of Annie Wright Seminary's May Day Festival, school children are dressed as bunnies for "The King and the Piper" production. The younger children at Annie Wright would be dressed a animals and creatures (T. Times, 5/12/47, p. 6).

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Annie Wright Seminary's May Day Festival, children are dressed as the royal attendants for the 1948 May Queen. Marilyn Meyer, daughter of Fred J. and Florence Meyer, of Tacoma would be crowned the May Queen of Annie Wright Seminary. These children would present her with her scepter and her crown. The May Day festival would also have a traditional May Pole dance. From L to R: Ruth McLeod, Gretchen Collins, Barbara McBride, Jane Weyerhaeuser, Mitzie Weiss,Barbara Benson, Karen Ramsted, Robin Cunningham (T. Times, 5/12/48, p. 6).

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Annie Wright Seminary's May Day Festival was one of the most anticipated spring time events. The May Day festival included dances by the students, under the direction of Nancy Jane Bare, and a beautiful flag ceremony with the singing of the school's Alma Mater. The Athletic Association was hosting the annual banquet at Paddock Hall. View of students during the flag ceremony (T. Times, 5/12/48, p. 6).

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Main entrance at Annie Wright Seminary; four children pose against a colorful backdrop for the Christmas Carnival, photo ordered by the TNT. The carnival was held on December 3rd from 12-4 at Keator Hall on the AWS campus. The general theme of the carnival, sponsored by the Mothers Club, was "Christmas Melodies." In keeping with the theme, booths were designed to represent popular holiday songs. Christmas trinkets and decorations, made by students and parents, were sold at the booths to raise money to benefit the school's library. Students posed are, left to right, Daniel Kelley, Jenny Lind Walker, Sue Marie Lynn and Barbara Huff. (TNT 11/29/1953, pg. D-4)

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Annie Wright Seminary; classroom with teacher and girls in uniform. Miss Avalon, Annie Wright instructor of English and civilization, speaks to her upper level students. The girls sit at wooden desks and are dressed in blouses with Peter Pan collars, sweaters with the AWS emblem and saddle shoes. The classes are small, this one has only nine students.

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Annie Wright Seminary. Students and teacher in chemistry lab. Upper level students prepare to cook up an experiment with the assistance of their teacher Miss McKay. Miss McKay was the Annie Wright instructor of science and mathematics. (The Shield, 1954 issue)

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Annie Wright Seminary, group photograph around school for annual. Members of T.A.S.C. (The Athletic Service Club) for the 1954 school yearbook. The girls are dressed in white blouses with a Peter Pan collar, dark shirts and sweaters with AWS emblem and saddle shoes. They also wear a beanie on their heads. (1954 yearbook "The Shield" - see yearbook for names.)

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Annie Wright Seminary, Junior class play for the yearbook "The Shield." For their theatrical production, the AWS juniors presented Jean Cocteau's version of the Sophocles play "Antigone." "Antigone" is the story of a young girl who defies her uncle, the King, to bury the remains of her brother. The lead roles of Antigone and Ismene were played by Heather Spence and Dorthea Weiss. The play was produced on Saturday at 8:30p.m. in Keator Hall. The main characters can be seen standing in the center of what may be the curtain call, flanked by chorus members and sword carriers. (TNT 2/10/1954, pg. 3, 1954 AWS yearbook, The Shield)

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Annie Wright Seminary, Junior class play for the yearbook "The Shield." The Juniors presented French playwright Jean Cocteau's version of Sophocles play "Antigone." In the play, a headstrong and young Antigone defies her uncle, the King, to bury the remains of her brother. The lead roles were played by Heather Spence and Dorthea Weiss. (TNT 2/10/1954, pg. 3, 1954 AWS yearbook The Shield)

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Annie Wright Seminary for yearbook "The Shield." Four young boys seated at table with small bottles of milk. Three older girl students stand behind group in this photograph dated January 25, 1953.

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Annie Wright Seminary for yearbook "The Shield." Girls basketball team in play. Note: Darkness of this image illustrates damage caused to Kodak safety film by exposure to deteriorating diacetate film; it was copied as part of the library's preservation work. Photograph was taken on February 25, 1953.

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Putting their best foot forward are thirteen young students from the Annie Wright Seminary. Dressed in seemingly patriotic colors, the little girls are all holding hands as they pose on the spacious grounds of the private school. The picture was taken on May 9, 1953, the occasion of May Day festivities, so the children may have been getting ready to put on a performance in front of the Queen, her court, alumnae and other guests.

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Annie Wright Seminary senior Erin Lombard was chosen the 1953 Queen of May. She has evidently been crowned as she is already wearing her tiara. She is flanked by two beaming kindergarteners in white who were possibly herald and crown bearers. May Day festivities were well attended by alumnae, students and friends. Activities were held both on the seminary lawns and within the school buildings.

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Queen and her court. Annie Wright Seminary annually celebrated May Day festivities on the school's lawns. Erin Lombard of Yakima, seated with scepter, was the 1953 Queen of May. She and her court posed for a large group portrait on May 9, 1953. The little girls in white in the front row are from the kindergarten glass; they would act as heralds, flower girls, crown, scepter and train bearers. The older girls are members of the senior class and would serve as attendants to Queen Erin and her maid of honor, junior Marilyn Wotton of Puyallup. Sophomore Eleanor Walker of Honolulu was the flag bearer. (TNT 5-3-53, D-2, The Shield yearbook 1953, p. 45)

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Third graders move in precision as they dance around the traditional May Pole in 1953 May Day festivities outside the ivy-covered halls of the Annie Wright Seminary. The May Queen, Erin Lombard, and her court and other spectators watch the intricate weaving. It had long been the custom to have the third grade class present the May Pole dance. (The Shield yearbook, 1953, p. 45)

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Not only was a queen crowned in May Day festivities at Annie Wright Seminary, but guests and students were entertained by various musical programs. In 1953, a program of modern dance was presented under the direction of Nancy Jane Bare. These girls, dressed in costumes of America's pioneering past, may have been in the Middle School.

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Breezes cause the ribbons and train of Erin Lombard, Annie Wright Seminary's 1953 Queen of May, to ripple gently as she poses with Headmistress Ruth Jenkins on May 9, 1953. Each year a senior is honored by the Seminary at the May Day festivities. Miss Lombard hails from the Yakima area and is the daughter of the Harry Lombards, Jr. A special guest at the event was the presence of her grandmother, the former Aimee Porter, who graduated from Annie Wright sixty years before. (TNT 5-17-53, D-1)

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Annie Wright Seminary had a large Lower School in the 1950's. Most students would attend school functions such as the annual May Day festival and probably perform in some capacity. Here a group of nineteen little girls smile happily, and in some cases shyly, for the camera. They may have been dressed to participate in a program of modern dance which was presented before the Queen and her court.

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The May Queen and her court. Queen Erin Lombard is surrounded by the 26 members of her senior class, maid of honor Marilyn Wotton, flag bearer Eleanor Walker, and numerous kindergarten attendants as she reigns over the 1953 May Day festivities. Positioned on the giant steps in front of ivy-covered halls of Annie Wright Seminary, Queen Erin is seated on a flower bedecked rattan chair, her long train cascading down in front of her. The entire school would be present to honor the May Queen as well as alumnae and friends. It would be the final farewell to the school before graduation for the senior class and queen. (TNT 5-3-53, D-2, TNT 5-17-53, D-1, The Shield yearbook, 1953, p. 45)

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Although Annie Wright Seminary was a girls' school, little boys were allowed to attend the K-4 and K-5 classes. Here they participated with the girls in various pre-school and kindergarten activities like taking field trips to Point Defiance Zoo and riding the train to Olympia, building a creche for Christmas, marching in Easter and Halloween parades, and creating their own "made-up" dances and songs. The entire school would also participate in special events, such as the May Day festival, to honor the May Queen and her court. These 22 children were probably dressed to perform in a program of modern dance under the direction of Nancy Jane Bare. (The Shield yearbook, 1953, p. 31)

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Organizers of the 1953 annual Founder's Day celebration at Annie Wright Seminary view portrait of school founder Bishop John Adams Paddock. On the left is JoAnn (Mrs. Rush E.) Stouffer, who is in charge of the annual event and on the right is Jeanne (Mrs. Robert L.) Chapman, president of the AWS alumnae board. Bishop Paddock is described as an educator, fighter and pioneer. Bishop Paddock came to the Washington Territory from a parish in Brooklyn, New York, in 1881. He founded the school three years later in 1884. (TNT 10/16/1953, pg. B-2)

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Dagmar Quevli is surrounded by her nine attendants in the Great Hall of Annie Wright Seminary. She and Ensign Wayne Beale Knight were married August 31, 1952, in Raynor Chapel. Miss Eleanor Mills was maid of honor and Mrs. James Burkheimer of Seattle was matron of honor. Mirs. Kirby Torrence of Seattle lighted the candles. The six bridesmaids were Christie Scott, Elizabeth Ayrault, Donna Moore of Seattle, Joan Lein and Martha Dorsey, both of Spokane, and Jane Palmer. A reception was held following the ceremony at the Tacoma Country Club. (TNT, 9/2/1952, p.18)

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Dagmar Quevli and Ensign Wayne Beale Knight were married August 31, 1952, in an evening wedding ceremony in Raynor Chapel at Annie Wright Seminary. Dagmar Quevli radiates happiness as she poses for her bridal portrait in the Great Hall wearing a French petite brocade gown. She carried a simple bouquet of white chrysanthemums and asters. Dagmar was the daughter of Dr. Christian and Christine Quevli. Wayne was the son of Robert T. and Nettie G. Knight. (TNT, 9/2/1952, p.18)

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Thirty-eight members of the Glee Club at Annie Wright Seminary are shown for the 1952 yearbook, The Shield. Dorothea Weiss is seated at the piano. Names are listed in the 1952 Shield.

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The 1952 Blue Team at Annie Wright Seminary pose for their yearbook, The Shield. Their mascot was a penguin, seen in the middle of the gymnasium floor. Names are listed in the yearbook. (1952 yearbook, The Shield)

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The Service League at Annie Wright Seminary sponsored the financing of Miss St. John's summer trip to Tokyo, Japan, as its main project for 1952. Miss St. John taught physical education to the girls of St. Margaret's School and she was also learning the Japanese way of life to bring back to share with students. The league hoped to have made a contribution to world peace and understanding among nations. Names are listed in the school yearbook. (1952 yearbook, The Shield)

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Annie Wright Seminary's sophomore class pose for the 1952 yearbook. The sophomores were in charge of the library and red ties. The May Dag flag bearer was Jill Merrill. The students are, back row, Sandra Jacobs, Jill Merrill, Wilma Hartnack, Barbara Possehl, Sandra Cox, Paula Feddersen, and Carmen Eddins. Middle row, Marilee Powell, Judy Dean, Amy Schanno, Helen Graham, Mary Jo Benson, and Ann Williams. Front row, Virginia Richmond, Pat Lang, and Nita Rowland. Suzanne Grabs was absent from the photograph. (1952 yearbook, The Shield)

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