The new Pacific Lutheran College Memorial Gymnasium was dedicated at the first basketball home game of the season. The new gym has a sound proof radio booth, electric scoreboard, portable bleachers, classrooms, laundry facilities and a trophy ornament area. The $250,000 gym is considered one of the best in the West. View of Pacific Lutheran College and University of Washington basketball game (T. Times, 12/2/47, p. 9).

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Laying of Cornerstone at Pacific Lutheran College. Ceremonies were held to lay the cornerstone June 10, 1947, at Pacific Lutheran College for a new, three-story student union building. Dr. C.S. Eastvold, president of Pacific Lutheran College, was the master of ceremonies and the invocation was given by Dr. H.L. Foss, president of the board of trustees. (T.Times, 6/11/1947, p.5)

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Pacific Lutheran College. Marv Harshman, one of the two "Marvelous Marvs" (the other was Marv Tommervik, coach of football and baseball), coached the Lutes "thinclads" track team. Six young men have just taken off from the starting line in a foot race. A few other men stand along the side, one of them is holding a stop watch. A few automobiles are parked behind them.

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May Day celebration. Queen Ardys Bredvold is seated in the center of her many attendants. She was crowned queen of the May festival at Pacific Lutheran College. Queen Ardys and her attendants are shown on a raised dais decorated with spring flowers and an arch of flowers behind her.

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May Day celebration. Queen Ardys Bredvold is seen with her attendants at Pacific Lutheran College. Ardys has been crowned queen of the May festival. Her coronation took place in the new gymnasium at the college. The young women in the front hold a long ribbon that formed the edges of the walkway the queen took to reach her throne on the dais.

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Cliff Olson, center, Athletic Director at Pacific Lutheran College was retiring after 19 years of service. Cliff is reviewing this past season and giving the new co-coaches some helpful advice for next season. Left to right, Marv Harshman, new Co-coach, Elmer "Pete" Peterson, Assistant Grid Coach, Cliff Olson, Eldon Kyllo, football aide, and Marv Tommervik, new Co-Coach (TNT, 6/6/48, p. A-19).

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Pacific Lutheran College selected twelve outstanding seniors to be represented in "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges". Students chosen for Who's Who receive national recognition and are recommended for placement in the business and professional world. Students were chosen based on their scholarship, character, contributions to extra-curricular and community activities and potential marketing of their skills for future employment (Names appear in PLC's Saga, 1948).

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This aerial view of the Pacific Lutheran College campus and grounds was taken in January of 1948. Harstad Hall, "Old Main", stands proudly in the middle of the expanding campus as shown in this elevated view. Just in front of the point where the sidewalks converge is the entrance gate to Pacific Lutheran College. The Student Union is to the left of "Old Main" and the Science Hall is between and above them. The library is to the upper right. In the far, upper left is the new Memorial Gymnasium. The cornerstone of Harstad Hall was laid on October 4, 1891 and it was dedicated in October 1894. Ordered by Mrs. Nesrig (PLC Saga Yearbook 1949, p. 5 & 9)

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Pacific Lutheran College's Choir of the West was preparing for the 22nd Annual Concert Tour. The choir would be participating in a 16 day tour and performing in Seattle, Tacoma, Kent, Steilacoom, Ft. Lewis, Idaho and Montana. View of Gunnar J. Malmin, Director of Music and Choir of the West Conductor at Pacific Lutheran College. Malmin taught music at Pacific Lutheran College for 32 years, beginning in 1937. He directed the Choir of the West for 26 years. He also taught Latin and Norwegian. Malmin was well known as a musician, conductor and composer, mostly of religious choral pieces. (PLC Saga, 1949, TNT 8-11-2000).

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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.

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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.

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At the 1939 Pacific Lutheran College May Day festivities, Queen Vivian Lunde I and her court enjoy the performance of a May Pole dance. Girls in pastel gowns weave in patterns around the May Pole, holding pink and blue ribbons. (T. Times 5/2/1939, pg. 1)

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The four youngest members of the 1951 May Queen's court are shown during the festivities at Pacific Lutheran College for May Day 1951. Ingrid Rae and Iral Ann Mobroten, twin sisters, hold baskets of daisies as flower girls. Jonathan Nesvig, wearing short pants, carries a floral crown on a pillow. Cathy Harshman, left, served as train bearer for the queen. All three girls wear floor-length dresses and their hair has been curled into ringlets. (TNT, 5/3/1951, p.D-3)

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Pacific Lutheran College dedicated their new $200,000 Science Hall October 1947. Architectural studies, ordered by Lea, Pearson & Richards, Charles Pearson.

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A record 228 students graduated in the class of 1950 at Pacific Lutheran College. They pose on the steps of Old Main. Dr. Harry K Newburn, president of the University of Oregon, spoke on the subject of "The Uncommon Man". That could describe the person with a college diploma in 1950. Only slightly over 5 per cent of the nation's population 25 years of age and over had college degrees. Names were listed in the Tacoma News Tribune, 5/25/1950, p. 3. (TNT, 5/30/1950, p.1)

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An exterior view of the Science Hall at Pacific Lutheran College. The three-story building was dedicated October 1947. TPL-9331

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Three art students at Pacific Lutheran College are working on a still-life of kitchen implements.

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ca. 1956. Housemother Freda Rouze shows the "sign out" book to Nancy Iverson at Pacific Lutheran College's newest dorm, West Hall. Another coed, Katherine Almgren, checks her mail at the dorm mailboxes. West hall was completed in the fall of 1956 and housed 151 freshman and sophomore women. It had much the same plan as the college's North Hall, and offered a main lounge, kitchen for student use, study lounges on every floor and a self service laundry. (1957 "Saga" & TNT 10/19/1956, pg. B-2)

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ca. 1955. Framed here in a darkened arch, the combination chapel/music/speech building was the religious and cultural center of the Pacific Lutheran College in Parkland. The groundbreaking for the $750,000 structure was in 1949 and the building was dedicated in May of 1952. Dr. S.C. Eastvold was President of the College. The three story building was built of concrete faced with brick, designed by Lea, Pearson and Richards to harmonize with the new library, science and Student Union buildings. It lay to the west of Old Main, forming a quadrangle with the Science Hall, library and Old Main. It held a large chapel/auditorium that seated 1200 with a oversize stage of 36 x 72 ft., a smaller devotional chapel directly under the 150 ft. spire that held 75, radio and speech studios, 17 piano and 2 organ practice rooms, several music studios, a music library and a small stage. In 1967, it was renamed Eastvold Chapel in honor of the retiring President who oversaw much of the growth of PLC. TPL-8607

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ca. 1959. A geology class at Pacific Lutheran College. The college students sit at lab tables and listen intently as new Professor Jack Gaines points out a feature on a rock. A three story wing added to the Science Hall was one of the completed building projects for 1959. The addition offered more laboratory and classroom space, as well as a new science library. Total expenditure for the new building was over $250, 000. (TNT 4/7/1959, pg. C-9)

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May Day events held April 30, 1937 at Pacific Lutheran College. Four prominent Lutheran leaders, on campus for the school's new library ground breaking ceremony, posed for a portrait near the stone entry columns to the campus. The men were honored guests at the ceremony held after the crowning of the May Queen. The men are, left to right, Dr. N.M. Ylvisaker of Minneapolis, PLC president Dr. O.A. Tingelstad, Rev. Alf M. Knaabel of Portland and Dr. T.F. Gullixson of St. Paul. (T. Times 5/1/1937, pg. 7 picture and article)

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Pacific Lutheran College May Day festivities and dedication of new Library Building. Many people inspect library reading room. Ground was broken May 1, 1937 for the new library designed by E.J. Bresemann, of Heath, Gove and Bell, architects. With the construction of a new library in 1968, this building was remodeled and named Xavier Hall. (T. Times, 5/2/1939, p. 4)

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Pacific Lutheran College, officials and guests at the dedication of new Library Building on May 1, 1939. Front row: Dr. H.A. Stub of Seattle, Dr. O.A. Tingelstad- President of PLC, Rev. Mikkel Lono- vice president of the Board and Rev. Ludwig of Portland. Back row: Dr. P.O. Bersell of Minneapolis- principal speaker, Rev. Alf Kraabel of Portland, Rev. S.J. Ylvisaker of Stanwood- delivering the dedication address, Dr. S.C. Eastvold of Eau Claire, Wis.- representing the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America and later president of PLC 1943-62, Prof. J.V. Xavier and Rev. Carl A. Bengtson of Seattle. The library was remodeled in 1968 and renamed Xavier Hall. (T.Times, 5/2/1939, p. 4)

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On May 1, 1939, as the orchestra played "Pomp and Circumstance," eighteen senior girls gowned in pastel formals advanced bearing ribbons to form an aisle from Old Main to the May Queen throne. Queen Vivian Lunde, preceded by the ladies of her court, marched in procession.

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The new officers of the Pacific Lutheran Dormitory Auxiliary No. 2 pose in front of the College library. The group was formed as a fund raising body for the construction of a girl's dormitory at Pacific Lutheran College. The officers are, left to right, Thelma (Mrs. Stanley) Willis, Clarice (Mrs. R. L.) Renwick, Mrs.Gerhard Haakenson, Aileene (Mrs. E.W.) Wegner and Dorothy (Mrs. August F.) Gratzer. (T. Times 6/22/1942, pg. 6)

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May Queen Camilla Loftness and her court are shown at one end of the gymnasium during the festivities at Pacific Lutheran College for May Day 1950. Other members of the court were Jean Hesla, Marjorie Anderson, Doris Johnson, Shirley Rovang and Beth Gottwald. The back of the dais has been decorated as blooming cactus.

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May Queen Camilla Loftness and her court are shown at one end of the gymnasium during the festivities at Pacific Lutheran College for May Day 1950. Other members of the court were Jean Hesla, Marjorie Anderson, Doris Johnson, Shirley Rovang and Beth Gottwald.

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Folk dancers perform during the festivities at Pacific Lutheran College for May Day 1950. The men wear plaid shirts and jeans. The women wear long skirts with double rows of ruffles at the hem. May Queen Camilla Loftness and her court watch from the dais at one end of the gymnasium. Others watch from the bleachers.

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The interior of the women's dorm at Pacific Lutheran College showing one of the lounge areas. Several women are reading in the chairs and sofas placed around the large room. Large windows look out on the campus.

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Gaily decorated box lunches for two are auctioned off at the annual old fashioned Box Lunch Social in the main lounge of the Student Union building at Pacific Lutheran College. The event where coeds prepare elaborately designed containers with meals to be purchased by and consumed with the highest collegiate bidder was sponsored by the Lutheran Students Association with proceeds going to charity.

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