The young men and women representing the 201-member freshman class of the College of Puget Sound posed for a group portrait on campus grounds on September 16, 1927. Despite the large number "30" chalked on the boardwalk, this would be the Class of '31. By 1927 the private school had been settled into their new campus at 15th & North Warner for three years. G67.1-034 (1928 Tamanawas, p. 36-37-alternate photograph)

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Elevated view of the College of Puget Sound campus taken during the Christmas holidays in 1929. The large three-story brick building in the center is the Science Hall, completed in 1927, and considered to be one of the finest science buildings in the Pacific Northwest at the time. It was designed by Sutton, Whitney & Dugan, architects, who had previously designed the Main building (Jones Hall) and the gymnasium. Later this building would be named Howarth Hall. BU-13,595

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A portion of the College of Puget Sound campus can be seen through the trees and vegetation in April of 1931. There are about 97 acres of landscaped campus in a quiet north end neighborhood around North 15th & Warner. G67.1-005

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On February 12, 1924, the concrete work by contractors J.E. Bonnell & Sons on Jones Hall, the first building to be constructed on the new College of Puget Sound campus, was almost complete. The red tile roof was scheduled to be done next. The building was designed by the architecture firm of Sutton, Whitney & Dugan, as was the entire original campus. The school was patterned after the English educational institution of Cambridge. When completed, Jones Hall would represent an investment of $300,000. It was built completely of reinforced concrete with brick veneer, making the building fireproof. It was scheduled to be finished in early summer, in time for the college to transfer from 602 No. Sprague (now the site of Jason Lee) to this location and open for classes in the fall. (TNT 2/14/1924, pg. 10) BU -13585, G67.1-080

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Ladies of the Splinter. These students, freshmen and sophomores at the College of Puget Sound, were members of the Ladies of the Splinter in 1925. They tried to support all activities of the school with much pep and spirit. Their aim was to serve and support the school in all endeavors. Their male counterpart was the honorary fraternity of freshman and sophomore boys called the Knights of the Log. G67.1-009

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Publicity for March of Dimes. Stepping off with their best foot forward are volunteers for the January, 1966, Mothers March (of Dimes.) Posed on the steps of Jones Hall located on the University of Puget Sound campus are four UPS students who are helping the campaign: Gay Brazas, Blake Barfuss, Steve Kneeshaw and John Gruen. They are accompanied by Mrs. Robert Hash and Mrs. Robert Strobel carrying signs marking January 27th as the date of the Mothers March. Mrs. Hash and Mrs. Strobel were the Pierce County and Tacoma Mothers March chairpersons, and were prepared to lead hundreds of volunteers on the one-day march. Photograph ordered by the March of Dimes. (TNT 1-23-66, D-1) TPL-9646

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Choral group at the University of Puget Sound. The university's Madrigal Singers posed for a group portrait in the school's Jacobsen Recital Hall on November 11, 1966. Directed by Dr. Bruce Rodgers, the Madrigal Singers were preparing to present the 15th annual Christmas program December 6-10th on campus. Names of group members were printed in the News Tribune's 12-4-66 article. (TNT 12-4-66, C-19)

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About 100 cheerleaders met at the University of Puget Sound on August 6, 1968 for a six-day cheerleading workshop. They are posed in front of the Tudor-styled brick building housing the music department. The junior high and high school pepsters were from throughout Washington and Idaho and stayed in dormitories on campus. Seated in the front row is believed to be Bob Bratton, cheerleading camp director. Photograph ordered by International Cheerleading Foundation, Kansas City, MO. (TNT 8-7-68, C-7)

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Men attending a Weyerhaeuser conference look extremely happy at the thought of an upcoming coffee break, especially when announced by two smiling college cheerleaders. Employees were listening to speakers at Thompson Hall on the campus of the University of Puget Sound on February 4, 1969. Photograph ordered by the Weyerhaeuser Co.

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A group of eighteen women model formals in a style show that was a joint fund raiser for the Orthopedic Guild and the Tacoma Day Nursery presented by one of the local department stores. A stage and runway has been built at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse for the event. This year's style show departed from the custom of previous years when they were conducted over three succeeding days following luncheons. This show took place in the evening with professional models wearing the latest in men's and women's styles. (TNT, 9/6/1952, p.20)

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ca. 1962. Copy of customer print. Aerial photograph of Tacoma's northend, specifically the University of Puget Sound campus, ca. 1962. This copy has been retouched; dark rectangular and square shapes seem to indicate where new construction will be occurring on the campus. The university planned to put in five new fraternity houses directly across the street from the campus and build two women's dorms to supplement Anderson and Harrington Halls. Photograph ordered by the North Pacific Bank Note Co.

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Madrigal Singers. The 14-member Madrigal Singers from the University of Puget Sound posed for their annual photograph on November 15, 1969 in Jacobsen Recital Hall. The group was directed by Dr. Bruce Rodgers. Each year they presented a Christmas program for students and the general public. In background L-R: Doreen Dolman, Roger Sassnett, Susan Arbury, Peter Schindler, Alfred D. McKelvy, Patricia Morgan, Stewart Hanson, Linda Smith. Front: Curtis Barber, Ronda Ghylin, Howard Fankhauser, Terry Eicher, Kathy Moles, Kathy Smith. Photograph ordered by the School of Music, University of Puget Sound. (TNT 12-7-69, D-10)

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First meal in new womens' residence hall, College of Puget Sound. Nine of 40 women to live in new quarters gather at table with Carolyn Schneider, housemother, and Dr. and Mrs. Edward Todd, college president. The new hall, named Anderson Hall, was built for $75,000. It would be formally dedicated on February 15, 1939. Names of students are listed in the Tacoma Times article dated February 2, 1939. (T. Times, 2/2/1939, p. 10).

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College of Puget Sound 1938 graduation exercises. Students and families are seated in the auditorium during graduation ceremonies at Jones Hall. The college would be giving 87 degrees at its 50th graduation exercise. The college had stated earlier that pressing business conditions would make it hard for 1938 graduates to find steady employment. Those going into teaching would have the easiest time finding positions; chemistry majors would have the hardest. The college itself was embarking on a 50th anniversary capital improvement program; asking for endowments and enlarging the campus. (T.Times 6/2/1938, pg. 11; 6/6/1938, pg. 1)

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Gretchen Kunigk (later Fraser) and Herb Clark pose in front of a College of Puget Sound building, possibly Jones Hall, in a September, 1938, fashion shoot for Klopfenstein's. She is wearing a "Rothmoor" coat of Havana brown with a tooled metal clasp. He is decked out in a Hart Schaffner & Marx rough Shagland 3-button suit in mallard green. His hat is from Dobbs, Hanley Hall. Both Herb and Gretchen are College of Puget Sound students. In 1948 Gretchen Fraser would become the first American to medal in Olympic Skiing. (See T.Times 9-13-38, p. 16, for another view of clothing) ALBUM 9.

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College of Puget Sound, 50th anniversary ceremonies. Visitors are honored at the institution's Golden Jubilee as announcements are made from the stage of the music/drama building. (T.Times, 3/17/1938, p.1).

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College of Puget Sound 50th anniversary ceremonies. Eight men wearing scholar's robes on the steps of college building. Governor Clarence Martin is second from left in front row. (T.Times, 3/17/1938, p.1).

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Govenor Clarence D. Martin shakes hands with President Edward H. Todd of the College of Puget Sound during the school's 50th annual convocation. Sponsored by Judge O.G. Ellis, Governor Martin received an honorary doctor of laws degree. Douglas Stanley of New York and Professor Trevor Kincaid of the University of Washington also were awarded honorary degrees. The college observed ten days of celebration for the school's golden jubilee. (T.Times, 3-17-38, p. 1) ALBUM 10.

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May 16th was Campus Day at College of Puget Sound in 1939. As part of the festivities, men students dug in and participated in a "tug- of-war" while being sprayed with water.

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College of Puget Sound Homecoming play "Night of January 16th" by Ayn Rand. Popular play with a "hook"; the jury was selected from the audience before each performance and asked to find the accused guilty or not guilty of murder at the end of the staged trial.

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Junior Orchestra sponsored by Rhodes Brothers, taken at College of Puget Sound. (T. Times) (filed with Argentum)

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General view of buildings at the College of Puget Sound, taken in connection with the 1940 Commencement. The photograph spotlights the ivy covered exterior of Jones Hall (center), designed by Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, architects. (filed with Argentum)

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It's that wacky time again, time for the 12th annual Freshman Stunt Night at the College of Puget Sound, presented under the supervision of the Department of Dramatic Art. History will never be the same after September 20, 1940 when the Freshmen take aim at George Washington, Helen, Paris and the Trojan Horse, among others. Pictured left to right are Norma Gagliardi, Walter Ebbett, Aldo Benedetti (kneeling), Kay Copeland, Beverly Birdsall and Jack Miller. The four skits to be presented to students and the public are "George Washington's Life Story, Sort of Chopped Up by the Little Hatchet with which He Carved Out the United States," "Paris, This is It" (the love story of Helen, Paris and the Trojan Horse), a Baby Contest and "Spot Cash," the story of a fifty dollar bill as it changes hands. (T. Times 9/19/1940, pg. 11) TPL-9703

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On November 8, 1940, the freshmen presented Booth Tarkington's comedy "The Travelers" before a student assembly. The cast included Art Sheets, Ruth Hanawalt, Roberta Humble, Ed Ercegovic, George Victor, Dorothea Federico, Bob Albertson, Gordon Soder, Everett Lowther, Patricia Hanson and Frank Hicks. (photograph used in the 1941 CPS yearbook Tamanawas)

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Ground breaking ceremonies at C.P.S. for new Student Union Building on October 16, 1940. Crowd of mostly students watching digging contest. Trustee Norton Clapp won the shoveling contest with Student Body President Lyle Jamieson coming in second. Nineteen years later in 1959, another new Student Union Building would be constructed.

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The College of Puget Sound Ski Club, for the 1941 yearbook Tamanawas. Back row: Jonas, Sheets, Argue, Button, Dr. Warren T. Tomlinson, Jones, Hill, Bellman, Larson. Middle row: Crain, Langdon, Coleman, Murnen, Hager, Siegle, Simpson. Front row: "unknown", Hatch, Woods, Bowen, Rau. The Ski Club sponsored CPS ski day at Mount Rainier, as well as a high school ski tournament. They also competed, winning the Vancouver U.B.C. meet and placing sixth in the Northwest Intercollegiate Ski Meet. Silver Skis winner at Mount Rainier was member Bill Taylor (not pictured.) The person in the front row, far left is listed in the 1941 yearbook as Hoheim. This is incorrect.

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College of Puget Sound was celebrating their 1947 homecoming with four days filled with activities and performances. Their main event for homecoming was a minstrel show, which would feature students, alumni and faculty in blackface performing "Gentlemen, Be Seated". There would be two performances, the first one was only for students, the second show would be for alumni and open to the public. Left to right view of Bud Thompson, CPS student, Richard Smith, Class of '36 and CPS Registrar, and Patrick M. Steele, Class of '34 (T. Times, 10/21/47, p. 5).

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In October of 1947, College of Puget Sound students, alumni and faculty participated in four days of festivities including two performances of an oldtime minstrel show, "Gentlemen, Be Seated," in blackface at Jones Hall. The show was directed by John O'Connor, a professor at CPS. The highlight of the show was a rendition of "Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark." Music for the show was played by the "Cottonpickers," a 35- piece orchestra under the direction of O'Connor (T. Times, 10/21/47, p. 5).

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