Father's Day, lower classes, Annie Wright Seminary, Miss Jenkins. Fathers of children in the lower classes are honored with a banquet and a performance for Fathers' Day held in the courtyard.

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Father's Day, lower classes, Annie Wright Seminary, Miss Jenkins. Fathers and their daughters are seated at the foot of a large staircase watching an entertainment in May of 1949. An ivy covered arched walkway is seen on the right of the open courtyard. Tables in the back are now empty.

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Scenic views, Annie Wright Seminary. The exterior of Raynor Chapel at Annie Wright Seminary from Tacoma Avenue North. The chapel was named for Mrs. Amanda A.H. Raynor, head of bible classes and vice principal from 1884 until 1907. The exterior of the building is thickly covered with ivy. A stained glass window is seen along the front of the building below the bell tower.

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Photographer Bob Richards joins talented dance instructor Nancy Jane Bare in a high flying leap to demonstate how strobe lights could be used to freeze action without blurs. The couple resemble marionettes as they dance across the stage at Annie Wright Seminary in May of 1949. Using strobe lights, the Richards Studio cameras could freeze action at 1/10,000th second. Nancy Jane Bare taught hundreds of students while at Annie Wright Seminary, the University of Puget Sound, and Charles Wright Academy. At the time of this May, 1949, photograph, she had been a faculty member of Annie Wright for five years.

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ca. 1950. Aerial view of Annie Wright Seminary, from Tacoma Ave. No. to Commencement Bay in the North end of Tacoma. The heavily wooded area between the school and the Stadium district is Garfield Park. Annie Wright Seminary was endowed by Northern Pacific Railroad's President C. B. Wright, with an original grant of $50,000. The school was named for his daughter Annie. It opened in 1884 with 94 students, at its original location of 611 Division Ave. It was moved to this location in 1924.

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Ordered for The Shield by Annie Wright Seminary. Members of the medical staff at Annie Wright Seminary observe one of the students: Miss Eileen Hooley, informary assistant and "baby corridor" housemother; Miss Alice H. Carey, nurse; and Dr. Joseph R. Turner, school physician. Student's name was not provided. Format 3 1/2" x 4 1/2". (1951 Shield yearbook, "Faculty" page)

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Annie Wright Seminary. Several girls from the lower school at Annie Wright Seminary are reading books in their school room. A chart on the wall lists, "Books I have read", and a list of words as well as samples of addition along the top of the blackboard. These girls are wearing the traditional sailors uniform for the lower classes.

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Annie Wright Seminary. Several girls are seen during swimming class at Annie Wright Seminary. The school provided aquatic formation and water ballet groups.

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Ordered for The Shield by Annie Wright Seminary. Members of the faculty at Annie Wright Seminary: Mrs. Martha A. Shand, assistant in 5-year kindergarten; Mrs. Gladys Foster, 3rd class; Miss Ruth N. Jackson, 7th class, english and social sturies; Mrs. Erdine W. Schwan, 5-year kindergarten; Miss Sarah B. Thompson, 6th class, mathematics and religious education; and Mrs. Jean V. Jepsen, 4-year kindergarten. (The Shield, 1951)Format 5" x 6".

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On November 15, 1949, Nancy Jane Bare gave an informal lecture on ballet in the Great Hall at Annie Wright Seminary. To help explain the various moves and positions discussed in her presentation, she used a number of her students to demonstrate including: front row (l to r) Kaydene Anderson and Frances Delano, and behind them (l to r) Carolyn Solberg and Jillean Cormier. By the end of the evening, every Tacoman who attended the free lecture knew the difference between a grand jete and an entrechat. (TNT, 11/13/1949, p.d-12)

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Tea for new members of AAUW at Annie Wright Seminary, Tribune, Barbara Dana. The Tacoma branch of American Association of University Women honored its new members with a reception in the Great Hall of Annie Wright Seminary. Mrs. E.N. Davidson, president of the Tacoma branch, opened the business meeting . A musical program was furnished by students of Annie Wright. Mrs. M.J. Frapper, social chairman, was in charge of the tea and was assisted by Mrs. W.F. Norris as junior co-chairman. (TNT, 11/13/1949, p.D-4)

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Activities at Annie Wright Seminary. Three students at Annie Wright Seminary practice their ballet movements. The students met every Monday and Friday in dance studio to practice, under the direction of Mis Nancy Jane Bare. They performed for the Christmas party, "Prince Rupert" and "Hunting for the Christmas Tree", for May Day, and a mid-year recital with "Gossip" and "Rondina". A large mirror and bars are seen against the wall behind them. (The Shield, 1950)

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Activities at Annie Wright Seminary, a group portrait of the Blue Team. Four students in the front wear letter sweaters with "B" on them and beanies with "Blue" written on them. They also wear white shorts and saddle shoes. The other students in the photograph are wearing one of the Annie Wright uniforms of dark skirts, white blouses with peter pan collars, a scarf at the opening of the collar and a dark, v-neck sweater with the Annie Wright emblem on the left breast. (The Shield, 1950)

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Activities at Annie Wright Seminary. A sign over the map says, "AWS Goes to College". Strings run between locations on the map to cards on the bulletin board with the names of colleges and names of Annie Wright students attending them.

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Annie Wright students and a faculty member pose in what appears to be the Seminary's library. These girls are busy reading from books and are wearing the traditional sailor style uniforms of the lower classes. This picture was published in the 1955 "Shield," the yearbook for Annie Wright Academy. This are the 5th & 6th classes of the lower school posed around Miss Edgerly, the school librarian. See yearbook for the student names.

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Five Annie Wright teachers are feeding a guinea pig that is sitting on the table in what appears to be one of the lower school classrooms. The teachers are, left to right, Mrs. Hatcher, 5 year old kindergarten, Mrs. Harding, 4 year old kindergarten, Mrs. Headley, 5 year old kindergarten, Miss Anderson, assistant in the lower school and Mrs. Post, Charles Wright Academy. ("The Shield," 1955 edition)

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May Day festivities, Annie Wright Seminary. Younger girls dressed in white dresses with sashes at their waists and dark ballet shoes perform a traditional Maypole dance to the delight of May Queen Becky Broughton and her court. The dancing girls are members of the school's third class. The dancers will twist the pole's streamers in an attractive pattern by going over and under the others' streamers. This largely European holiday celebrates the coming of summer. (TNT 5/20/1956, pg. D-1)

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May Day festivities, Annie Wright Seminary. One of the biggest social activities at Annie Wright was that annual rite of spring, May Day. A May Day queen would be crowned in the midst of performances and activities for parents and students. The queen was traditionally a senior and her maid of honor a junior. These girls appear to be middle school age students, dressed in matching polka dot skirts. They will possibly be performing for the festivities, using the umbrellas. (TNT 5/20/1956, pg. D-1)

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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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Dads visited their daughters' classrooms during Dads' Day at Annie Wright Seminary on May 18, 1957. They were able to observe their children at work and at play. These girls are possibly in the Lower School. Photograph ordered by Annie Wright Seminary.

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It appears that this father, although swinging mightily, is going to avoid contact with the ball during the 1957 Dads' Day baseball game at Annie Wright Seminary. The catcher has his arms extended to catch the ball. Other fathers await their turn at bat. Annie Wright annually held a Dads' Day in the spring where fathers and daughters bonded in various campus activities. Photograph ordered by Annie Wright Seminary.

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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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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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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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A smiling Kai Wonderly poses on the lawn of Annie Wright Seminary, 827 Tacoma Ave. No., as she waits to be introduced to the many parents and students during the school's 1968 May Day festival. Her long white train is being carefully tended by two young girls, members of the school's lower division. Kai, a senior at Annie Wright, is holding a ribboned bouquet of daisies. Photograph ordered by Annie Wright Seminary. (TNT 5-26-68, D10, 11)

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The timeless beauty of Tudor Gothic-style architecture is reflected in the ivy-covered columns of Annie Wright Seminary. The school was designed by the architectural firm of Sutton, Whitney & Dugan and built in 1924 by J.E. Bonnell, contractor. In 1957 Annie Wright grew to include the construction of new classrooms and a music room. It was primarily a girls' school and attracted students from as far away as Hawaii. Photograph ordered by Annie Wright Seminary.

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These little girls lounging on the grass at Annie Wright Seminary were probably part of the Lower School. They were waiting to participate in the school's annual May Day festival. It is likely that they would be performing a dance, perhaps ballet, for the enjoyment of parents and fellow students. Sepia photograph ordered by Annie Wright Seminary.

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The Annie Wright May Day Queen's train bearers smile winsomely at the camera. They are, left to right, Jean Buttorff and Nancy McGoldrick. Every year the students of Annie Wright Seminary celebrated the arrival of spring to the gray Northwest with the May Day festivities. A senior was chosen to rule over the festivities, with the younger girls as attendants. Lower school (primary) girls were chosen to serve as heralds, train bearers, flower girls, scepter bearers, crown bearers and pages.

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Mrs. William A. Merrill and Mrs. Gardner's class of sixteen young pupils at Annie Wright Seminary smile for the camera on February 19, 1966. The children's names are written on railroad cars that decorate the blackboard. This was probably a pre-kindergarten or younger-aged kindergarten class. Photograph ordered by Annie Wright Seminary. TPL-8732

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March 13, 1961, photograph of twelve small girls in classroom. Scholastic Magazines news map dated 1959-60 on blackboard wall behind them. These children, wearing school uniforms, were from the Lower School of Annie Wright Seminary.

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