In March of 1949, Bellarmine High School journalists were given the opportunity to put their classroom education into practice by the Tacoma Times. In 1949, the journalism students in each of the area high schools worked as interns for the Tacoma Times for several weeks. Standing are (l to r): Mr. Neill R. Meany, S.J., advisor to the students, Tom Kornell, Dick Jensen, Harvey Beauchamp, Jim McGuigan, Jack Baker, Jim Loonan; Seated: Jay Merrick and John Harbottle. (T.Times, 2/13/1949, p.29) TPL-8573

Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Church schools--Tacoma; Tacoma Times Publishing Co. (Tacoma); Meany, Neill; Kornell, Tom;

Layout on Beaux Arts Ball, Times, Mrs. MacDonald. A quartet of young men are performing at the ball wearing white shirts, white vests, big bow ties, straw hats, and matching, checked masks. They each hold a cane over their left arms. Two of the men are wearing obviously fake mustaches. The costume ball was hosted by the art honorary fraternity, Alpha Rho Tau.

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Costumes; Masquerades--Tacoma--1940-1950; Barbershop quartets;

Tacoma Philharmonic at Tacoma Schools. Students sit two to a seat listening to recorded music as a preview to the second young people's concert of the season that was held February 16, 1949, at Temple Theater. Pupils from 4th through 9th grades in public and parochial schools attended. Ann Deyo, a fifth grader in Miss Hilda Meisner's class at Lowell School is about to play a recording of "Die Fledermaus" overture by Johann Strauss which they would hear performed at the matinee concert sponsored by the Tacoma Philharmonic and Meadowsweet Dairies, Inc. (TNT, 2/14/1949, p.2)

Lowell Elementary School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Deyo, Ann; Classrooms--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pianos; Music education--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Philharmonic Association (Tacoma);

Three men speakers and students who arranged assembly at Mason Junior High, Times, Dick Yost. Mason Junior High School held a round table discussion at a student assembly as a climax to Brotherhood Week, with the five persons seated here: L-R, Dr. Harold B. Long, of Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Rabbi Bernard D. Rosenberg of Temple Beth Israel, Roy Wright, Mason School moderator, Father Henry Buchman of St. Patrick's Church, and Sumner Bennett, Mason student speaker. The group was photographed on February 25, 1949. (T.Times, 2/28/1949, p.5)

Mason Junior High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Discussion; Long, Harold B; Rosenberg, Bernard D.; Wright, Roy; Buckman, Henry; Bennett, Sumner; Teenagers--1940-1950; Rabbis--Tacoma; Priests--Tacoma--1940-1950;

This aerial photograph of part of the northwest section of the Stadium District was taken in August of 1948. The large Tudor Gothic design building at the bottom is Annie Wright Seminary, 827 Tacoma Avenue North, which opened at this address in 1924. Immediately above Annie Wright are the courts and clubhouse of the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club, 502 Borough Road. The large area of trees to the left is the "top" end of Garfield Park. TPL-9494

Private schools--Tacoma; Neighborhoods--Tacoma; Aerial photographs; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--Buildings;

Stadium High School was built in 1891, it was built in the French Chateau style and originally designed by architect A. B. Hewitt, architect Frederick Heath remodeled the building and changed it into the school. Stadium Bowl was built in 1909, it has been remodeled many times because of mudslides and weather damage. Aerial view of Stadium High School and Stadium Bowl.

Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma; Waterfronts; Cities & towns--Tacoma; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma);

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.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Festivals--Tacoma--1950-1960; Group portraits; School children--Tacoma--1950-1960;

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)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Festivals--Tacoma--1950-1960; Lombard, Erin; Wotton, Marilyn; Walker, Eleanor;

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)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Festivals--Tacoma--1950-1960; May poles--Tacoma; Children dancing--Tacoma--1950-1960;

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.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Group portraits; Children performing in theatrical productions--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Several couples dance under a ceiling draped with crepe paper and balloons at the hop presented by the freshmen and sophomores annually for the upper grades at Annie Wright Seminary. This year's theme was an "Evening in Paris". Some of the girls have their dance cards strapped around their wrists.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Teenagers--Tacoma--1950-1960; Couples--Tacoma--1950-1960; Ballroom dancing--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Charles Wright School students are building a snow man and having a snowball fight at Annie Wright Seminary in January of 1952. The newly fallen snow has outlined the branches of trees and covered the ground. The Charles Wright School had been added as an annex to Annie Wright two years prior so that brothers of Annie Wright pupils could have a place to attend after the 1949 earthquake severely damaged Lowell School. There were seventeen boys in the Charles Wright class in 1952. In 1957 the Charles Wright Academy would be created on a 127-acre site near University Place. (1952 Shield)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Charles Wright Academy (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Boys--Tacoma--1950-1960; Children playing in snow--Tacoma;

School children are enjoying using the library at Jennie Reed School. The new school was opened in 1951 and an addition was completed in 1952.

Jennie Reed Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Libraries--Tacoma;

Portable classrooms were in use at Franklin School. Seventeen students are working at their desks while the teacher and six more children are in a circle at the front of the room. One of the boys near the center of the photogrpah is wearing a cub scout uniform. An addition was built at Franklin School in 1953.

Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Franklin School (Tacoma); Baby boom generation--Tacoma; School overcrowding--Tacoma;

Eleven men have gathered in the basement of the school next to Visitation. Ordered by N.W. Progress.

School of the Visitation (Tacoma);

The chapel in Pacific Lutheran College's new chapel-music-speech building would seat 75 people. A rose window is seen at the front of the chapel with an altar below it.

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Chapels--Parkland; Stained glass--Tacoma; Windows--Tacoma;

The exterior of the chapel in Pacific Lutheran College's new chapel-music-speech building. A rose window decorates the facade over the main entrance to the building. The spire rises high above the roofline. Designed by architect John Richards, the building with its brick exterior blended well with the other college buildings.

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--Buildings; Stained glass--Tacoma; Windows--Tacoma;

The presentation of 1952 May Queen Marilyn Earley to her court. Marilyn was a senior at Annie Wright where she was active in theatre, music and sports.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Festivals--Tacoma--1950-1960; Earley, Marilyn;

Robert Gray Junior High School, 9th grade graduating class. Five rows of students in front of school building, designed by Emanual J. Bresemann, Architect in 1925. Ordered by Mr. Paine.

Public schools--Tacoma; Gray Junior High School (Tacoma);

On July 19, 1951, workmen were cutting and installing one-inch blankets of insulation in the band room at the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. The J-M system of sound isolation was being used to control sound waves which are transmitted by structural vibration. Light weight and specially constructed floors, walls and ceilings were entirely divorced from the building structure by means of felted isolators. The floating interior had no rigid contact with the outer solid structure of the building. The felt cushioned isolators took up the sound impulses which otherwise would be transmitted throughout the structure. (TNT, 7/22/1951, p.C-12)

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

Annie Wright Seminary. Mr. Karl Weiss is pictured with two girls in the school library in November of 1951. He is explaining illustrations of Christ and Mary shown in a portfolio. Mr. Weiss taught civic and music classes at Annie Wright. The 1952 school yearbook, the "Shield," was dedicated to him in appreciation for all he had given to the students both spiritually and scholastically.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Weiss, Karl; Teachers--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Annie Wright Seminary. Swim class. Ten girls in swimming pool learn life saving techniques from instructor at poolside in this photograph dated November 17, 1951.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Swimming pools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Swimming--Tacoma--1950-1960; Floating; Lifesaving--Tacoma;

Gathered around Tacoma's historic totem pole at 10th and A St. in this picture from November of 1951 are several of the principals in the fifth annual "Totem Bowl" football game which brings together the College of Puget Sound (UPS) and Pacific Lutheran College (PLU) teams Saturday November 10th in the Lincoln Bowl. Left to right are Co-Captains Don Murdock and Bob Demko of the Puget Sound squad; Eileen McArthur, C.P.S. yell queen; Bob Nielsen, P.L.C. Captain, and Jack Enochs, P.L.C. yell king. Miss McArthur and Enochs led student body groups from the two schools in a joint pep rally at the totem pole on Friday Nov. 9th. The Logger and Lute squads will be competing for the Tacoma Young Men's Business club "Totem Pole" trophy, an exact replica of the pole at 10th and A.

College Football--Tacoma--1950-1960; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Murdock, Don; Demko, Bob; McArthur, Eileen; Nielsen, Bob; Enochs, Jack; Totem poles--Tacoma; Tacoma totem pole (Tacoma)

Interior view of a Fawcett Elementary School classroom. Large class sizes were not unusual in the 1950's public schools; there appear to be over thirty students present in a November, 1951, photograph. Students are shown writing at their desks while one child is hanging up her coat in a closet with sliding doors and another is searching for a site on a globe. Photograph ordered by Tom Sias, Douglas Fir Plywood Association who provided the plywood used in the classroom walls. TPL-9368

Fawcett Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Classrooms--Tacoma--1950-1960; School children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

Jefferson School originally opened in a portable at North 12th and Stevens Streets. In 1908 the school was built at 4302 North 13th. Improvements were made in 1913, 1919, 1950, 1957 and 1971. The school was named for Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States. Ordered by Washington Stove Works, Everett, Washington. (For the Record, Winnifred L. Olsen) TPL-7185

Jefferson Elementary School (Tacoma)--Buildings; Jefferson Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Washington Stove Works (Everett);

A new electric stove, an "Alaska Range", has been installed in the kitchen at Jefferson School. During a one week period in December of 1951, new stoves were also installed at several other elementary schools including Lowell, Park and Reed. Ordered by Washington Stove Works, Everett, Washington. TPL-7186

Jefferson Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Washington Stove Works (Everett); Kitchens--Tacoma--1950-1960; Stoves--Tacoma;

A new electric stove has been installed in the kitchen at Lowell School. Ordered by Washington Stove Works, Everett, Washington.

Lowell Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Washington Stove Works (Everett); Kitchens--Tacoma--1950-1960; Stoves--Tacoma;

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.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Pianos; Choirs (Music); Weiss, Dorothea;

Lincoln High School Class of 1952 commencement exercises in gym.

Education - Schools - School Buildings - Public Schools - High Schools - Tacoma - Lincoln High School

Close up of new organ at Pacific Lutheran College Music Building, showing keys, footpedals, etc.

Musical Instruments - Organs Education - Colleges and Universities - Pierce County - Parkland - Pacific Lutheran University