Rhythm class at College of Puget Sound. D. Robert Smith, instructor. Students are equipped with drumsticks and sheet music. D. Robert Smith was the organ instructor at C.P.S. and also the organist-director at First Methodist Church. He is at the extreme right of the photograph's foreground. Professor Smith is leading his students in an exercise developed by Louis Wersen consisting of a sight singing course. In the front row are: Lola Duval, Bette Brock, Hatsuye Kurose, Grace McLean, Gertrude Soinila and Betty Piatt. In the second row are: Marguerite Rath, Julian Macpherson, John Carter, Florence Schwan, Janixe Green, Marvelle Jenson and Charles Trombley. Photograph was taken on October 26, 1939. (T. Times, 10-27-1939, p. 11-alt. photo)

Music education--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Smith, D. Robert; Teachers--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Charles A. Robbins, College of Puget Sound bursar, declared college trustee Norton Clapp the winner of the shoveling contest during the ground breaking ceremony for the school's new Student Union Building on October 16, 1940. From left to right in the front are: Tacoma Chamber of Commerce president Everett T. Smith, Student Body President Lyle Jamieson, Charles A. Robbins, Norton Clapp and Mayor Harry P. Cain. The young C.P.S. student president came in second in the contest. (T. Times, 10-17-40, p. 10)

Clapp, Norton, 1906-1995; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Robbins, Charles A.; Smith, Everett T.; Jamieson, Lyle; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ground breaking ceremonies--Tacoma;

College of Puget Sound summer band camp group posed on the campus. For the first time, the music department of CPS would be offering a program combining music study with vacation and recreation. The camp would be open to high school students receiving a superior rating in solo and ensemble playing, who exhibit scholarship and good character. The students would live at the college and be given a private lesson each week as well as instruction in harmony and arranging. In addition, the group would perform several concerts throughout the summer. Sixty five students participated in the first month long camp. (T. Times 6/6/41, pg. 8; 6/13/41, pg. 7; 6/27/1941, pg. 7- picture with names in caption)

Students--Tacoma; Bands--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brass instruments; Musicians--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

Former State Senator and College of Puget Sound history professor Walter Davis, for alumni magazine. Hat in hand, Sen. Davis poses on the brick steps leading to Jones Hall on the campus of the College of Puget Sound. He represented the people of the 27th District in the State Legislature for eight consecutive terms from 1913-1929. All the while he remained a college professor, having come to CPS in 1907 to teach history and political science. He was a member of the Board of Curators of the Historical Society since 1914, a member of the Tacoma Park Board from 1927-32 and a director of Central Bank since the bank's founding. Sen. Davis would be honored with a testimonial dinner on May 27, 1943, as he planned to retire shortly. Photograph was taken on October 17, 1941. (T.Times 5-19-43, p. 10-article on testimonial dinner)

Davis, Walter; Teachers--Tacoma--1940-1950; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

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

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Youth orchestras--Tacoma; Children playing musical instruments--Tacoma--1940-1950;

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, designed by Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, architects.

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings; Jones Hall (Tacoma); Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1940-1950;

General view of buildings at the College of Puget Sound, taken in connection with the 1940 Commencement. To the right on the mostly empty campus is Jones Hall.

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings; Jones Hall (Tacoma); Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1940-1950; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma);

The second Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament was sponsored by the Tacoma Athletic Commission and was held at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse. Teams entered from Seattle, West Seattle, Portland, Everett, Bremerton and Vancouver, B.C. Fort Lewis made formidable entries in all the weights from the fly-poundage to the heavyweights. McChord Air Force Base and Madigan Hospital likewise entered competitors. Ordered by Mr. Metcalf. (TNT, 1/22/1950, p.B-7)

Tacoma Athletic Commission (Tacoma); Boxers (Sports)--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Booth at second annual Greater Tacoma Home Show for Lo Heet stainless steel cookware. The Home Show took place March 21-26, 1950 at the College of Puget Sound fieldhouse. The signs emphasized the need for every new bride to add Lo Heet cookware to her hope chest.

Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Pots & pans; Cooking utensils;

Washington Gas and Electric Company's home show display booth in May of 1949 featured modern gas and electric appliances and information that would help consumers decide which type of appliances and energy would better suit their lifestyles. Three unidentified people are ready to help Tacoma home owners and future home owners with their gas and electricity questions.

Exhibitions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Signs (Notices); Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Appliances; Washington Gas & Electric Co. (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings;

College of Puget Sound's Campus Playcrafters were performing their annual spring play in the Jones Hall auditorium. Student thespians were performing "If I Were King", this performance was open to the public. Leading roles were being portrayed by: Barbara Rowe, Dale Nelson, Harold Simonson, Robert D. Peterson and Gretchen Swayze. View of students on stage at Jones Hall (T.N.T., 4/27/49, p. 8).

Actors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stage props; Stages (Platforms); Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

Tucker and Sons was a hardware store located at 4633-37 Pacific Avenue; the business was owned by Orson R., Howard W. and Roy E. Tucker. View of display booth featuring products available at Tucker and Sons hardware store. The first annual home show was held at College of Puget Sound and was considered a great success.

Exhibitions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Signs (Notices); Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Hardware; Tucker & Sons (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings;

Heatlox Furnaces Incorporated manufactured three different types of furnaces and heating systems: conventional controls, modulated controls and multiple zone systems. The company also offered a complete line of "Minneapolis-Honeywell" controls and "Moduflow". View of exhibit booth on display at Tacoma's first annual home show, featuring some of their products manufactured in Tacoma.

Exhibitions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Signs (Notices); Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Heatlox Furnaces, Inc. (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings;

View of Tacoma City Light display featuring information about power and your utility bill. The booth also has efficient electric ranges; statistics about Tacoma's population and energy being used in the area; Pierce County map; and photographs of the power plants and their locations. This booth was displayed at College of Puget Sound's Fieldhouse for the 1st annual home show.

Exhibitions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Signs (Notices); Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Tacoma Dept. of Public Utilities, Light Division (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings;

Exterior view of the home that Wollander Farwest Homes and Wollander Better Builder Plans designed and built for Tacoma's first annual home show; this house was on display at College of Puget Sound's new Memorial Fieldhouse gymnasium. This house was designed and built in about three weeks, people who attended the home show could register to win this home and landscaped yard, which was valued at $8,500 (T.N.T., 4/26/49, p. 26).

Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Construction industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Building construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Contests--Tacoma--1940-1950; Wollander Better Builder Plans (Tacoma); Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma);

Finished floor being applied over plywood sub floor at CPS Fieldhouse, DFPA. The floor was to be made of solid maple and measured 16,000 square feet. This building was dedicated in 1949 to those CPS students who died while serving in World War II. Bleachers are set above the floor on a concrete substructure.

Memorial Field House (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

College of Puget Sound Tamanawas group. The Tamanawas group was in charge of publishing the annual yearbook, they selected photos that represented the school years activities, as well as included general student body photos. This portrait of Lois Lynch, feature editor of the school newspaper, the Puget Sound Trail, was used in the 1946 Tamanawas yearbook. (1946 Tamanawas, p. 49)

Lynch, Lois; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Portraits; Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1940-1950; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

The Workshop Band, organized and directed by Leroy Ostransky, is one of the newest additions to College of Puget Sound's extracurricular organizations. The band members play the arrangements written by the arranging classes. View of Workshop Band performing, Leroy Ostransky on left side, photo ordered for the Tamanawas, College of Puget Sound's yearbook.

Bands--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brass instruments; Stages (Platforms); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

College of Puget Sound Spurs. Fifteen members of the Spurs are wearing their uniforms, white skirts, white blouses and sweaters with the Spurs emblem. The Spurs is a college women's national honorary organization. Members are elected during the spring term of their freshman year by fellow students and initiated into Spurs during fall term of their sophomore year. They are chosen based on personality, scholarship, leadership and activity in college affairs and comprise one of the main women's service organizations on the campus. This is the Puget Sound chapter. (T.Times, 10/30/1946, p.3)

Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Spurs (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

College of Puget Sound's Campus Playcrafters performed Thorton Wilder's "Skin of Our Teeth" as their spring production. The play depicts man's survival through the ice age, deluge and war. The play starred: Irene Fearn, Troy Strong, Helen Strong, Shirley Milstead and William O'Connell. View of the character, Maggie Anthrobus with pet dinosaur and woolly mammoth.

Actresses; Theatrical productions--Tacoma; Costumes; Masks--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

College of Puget Sound's Campus Playcrafters performed Thorton Wilder's "Skin of Our Teeth" as their spring production. The play depicts man's survival through the ice age, deluge and war. The play starred: Irene Fearn, Troy Strong, Helen Strong, Shirley Milstead and William O'Connell. View of the Fortune Teller.

Actresses; Theatrical productions--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Costumes; Benches--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

Frank W. Patrick was named athletic director and head coach of the CPS Loggers football team at the College of Puget Sound in 1946. He was a former University of Pittsburgh and National Pro All-American football star. He played with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Professional League in 1938 and 1939. At the 1937 Rose Bowl game, playing for the Univ. of Pittsburg, he carried the ball for two touchdowns and helped defeat the Huskies 21-0. Coach Patrick turned in his resignation after CPS's 1948 losing season. (Tamanawas, 1946)

Football--Tacoma--1940-1950; Coaching (Athletics)--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Patrick, Frank W.

Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States, at the College of Puget Sound (now UPS) to receive a honorary Doctorate of Laws. Jones Hall, the Main campus building, is in the background. He appears to be deep in conversation with State Supreme Court Justice William J. Millard. Between them is Dr. Paul R. Fossum. After lunching at Kittredge Hall, Lord Halifax and his party were scheduled to visit the British American War Relief work center on So. 11th St., and then speed on to the Boeing plant. (TNT 7-21-43, p. 1, TNT 7-22-43, p. 1) ALBUM 3.

Visits of state--Tacoma; Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of; Nobility--England; Millard, William J.; Fossum, Paul R.;

Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States, Lady Halifax and son, Lt. Richard Wood, are greeted at the College of Puget Sound in July of 1943. Lt. Wood lost both legs at battle of El Alamein in Egypt, where his older brother was killed.

Visits of state--Tacoma; Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of; Wood, Richard Frederick; Nobility--England; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

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;

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;

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'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;