On May 25-26, 1939, Lincoln High School's music department presented the Gilbert and Sullivan comic one act opera "Trial by Jury." The focus of the plot line of this witty satire on the legal system is a breach of promise suit brought by a jilted bride against a bridegroom who loves another. The judge settles the case by announcing his intention to marry the bride himself. The opera's featured performers were Robert Stabbert (playing the usher), Willard Norman (defendant), Wilton Ramage (judge), Helen Breummer (plaintiff), Leonard Tessier (counsel for the defense) and Tom Galloway (foreman of the jury.) Also pictured is the chorus of bridesmaids and the jury. (T. Times 5/19/1939, pg. 3)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Operas & operettas--Tacoma--1930-1940; Singing;

A French horn quartet from Lincoln High School band sits on the steps in front of the school and reviews their music, in this photograph from June of 1939.

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bands--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brass instruments; Musicians--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Queen Vivian Lunde, the 1939 Pacific Lutheran College May Day Queen, and her court pose on a rustic bridge on the campus. They are, left to right, Ann Lassen, Dickie Svare, Carolyn Hoff, Mary Olson, Queen Vivian, Barbara de Berry, Carol Haavik, Constance Hanson and Aagot Gerde. Queen Vivian was a senior at PLC and was studying to be a teacher. (T. Times 5/2/1939, pg. 1)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1930-1940; Lunde, Vivian; Universities & colleges--Parkland--1930-1940; Rites & ceremonies--Parkland--1930-1940; Festivals--Parkland--1930-1940;

Library Building at Pacific Lutheran College, now Xavier Hall. Building designed by Tacoma Architect Emanuel J. Bresemann, firm of Heath, Gove and Bell, in 1937. The college broke ground on the building on May 1, 1937 and it was dedicated two years later. (T.Times, 5/2/1939, p. 4)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--Buildings; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1930-1940; Universities & colleges--Parkland;

The recently organized "Leoettes" girls marching group of St. Leo's High School posed in front of their school at 1323 Yakima Avenue South on March 29, 1939. Organized by Mrs. R.H. Wescott, physical director at the school, the girls were scheduled to take part in the 1939 Daffodil Parade. Showing off their new uniforms are: (front row, l to r) Filis Otto, Lorraine Harkness, Betty Walentiny, Lillian Geroux, Shirley Ann Riley, Margaret Desmond, Maxine Shaughnessy, Dorothy Kirby, Pat Piper, Geraldine Carbone, Oralee Zander; and (back row, l to r) Dorothy Blanchfield, Louise Smyth, Ethel Williams, Elaine Sullivan, Dorothy Kennedy, Evelyn Oleson, Norma Moratti, Lois Walter, Gloria LaFrambois, and Helen Eltrier.(T. Times, 3/30/1939, p. 20)

St. Leo's Parochial School (Tacoma); Church schools--Tacoma; Drill teams; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Jason Lee Junior High School, Opening Day. Assembly in auditorium. Nearly 30,000 students registered as city and county schools opened for fall quarter on September 7, 1938. (T. Times 9/7/1938, p. 1).

Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma);

Lincoln High School is being overrun by pirates. Actually they are part of the annual Music Department performance on May 20, 1938. The Boys Glee Club developed the pirate scene entirely by themselves, complete with realistic sword play and sea chanties. In this scene, Dean McPhaden and his crew of pirates discover Elton Ramage attempting to break into the treasure chest. McPhaden hits Ramage across the back with his rapier and a duel ensues. (T. Times 5/19/1938, pg. 18)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma)--Performances; Pirates; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Costumes; McPhaden, Dean; Ramage, Elton;

Annie Wright Seminary annual doll bazaar. Eight girls around table with dolls, sign "8th Grade". The exhibit theme is a school classroom. Some dolls appear to be Madame Alexander dolls. Mrs. Wilson was in charge. (T.Times Society, 12/5/1938, p. 9)

Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma; Dolls; Bazaars--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Jason Lee 1938 Orchestra posed in front of their school with their stringed instruments. The school had recently purchased violas and cellos, adding to the depth of the orchestra's sound. The three girls seated on the far right play the new violas. They are, left to right, Aura Russell, Marion Kittredge and Wanda Sanders. (T. Times 4/29/1938, pg. 8)

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children playing musical instruments--Tacoma; Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Stringed instruments; Orchestras--Tacoma--1930-1940; Violoncellos;

Group of Jason Lee pupils pose in front of their school with basses and cellos. Photograph ordered as publicity for the upcoming Spring music festival sponsored by the public schools music department. The annual festival would begin April 27, 1938 and conclude May 12th and feature a series of nine concerts at area schools. Musicians would range from elementary school to advanced high school performers.

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children playing musical instruments--Tacoma; Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Stringed instruments; Orchestras--Tacoma--1930-1940; Violoncellos;

Mason middle school heavy brass. Two young men play the trombone and one the tuba. The seated boy playing the trombone is Joe Heitman, Jr. The trombonist on the right is Arthur Warren Jr. The boy encoiled in the tuba and sporting a shiner is Bob Cole. (T. Times 5/13/1938, pg. 22)

Public Schools--Tacoma; Youth orchestras; Students; Musicians; Brass instruments; Trombones; Tubas; Heitman, Joe; Warren, Arthur; Cole, Bob;

The 1938 graduation exercises for Stadium High School at the Armory. The 1938 graduating class was the largest in the school's history, 667 students. The photograph is taken from the viewpoint of parents and spectators seated in the mezzanine on either side of the graduates. (T. Times 6/10/1938, pg. 24)

Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1930-1940; State Armory (Tacoma); Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940;

1938 Stadium High School graduation at the Armory. The Class of '38 was the largest in the school's history, made up of 667 graduating seniors. Close up of graduates seated on the ground floor of the Armory; piano and floral display in front of them, backdrop on wall behind them. The girls are dressed in long formal dresses with flower corsages and the boys are dressed in suits. Parents and spectators sit on the mezzanine level on the sides, above the graduates. (T. Times 6/10/1938, pg. 24)

Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1930-1940; State Armory (Tacoma); Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Stadium High School 's 1939 undefeated Swim Team. One boy dives into swimming pool as Coach Vincent Keyes and team members watch from poolside. (T. Times, 1/30/1939, p. 11)

Stadium High School (Tacoma)--Sports; Swimmers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Swimming--Tacoma--1930-1940; Swimming pools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Diving--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Under the direction of Ethyl Shuster, a group of student tap dancers known as "Stewart Steppers" entertained parents and incoming students at the Stewart PTA program on Thursday January 19, 1939. Center, from left, Agnes Blandin, Doris May Ball, Ruth Samuelson. Physical activity class, Stewart Intermediate School. (T. Times, 1/19/1939, p. 18, names listed)

Stewart Junior High School (Tacoma); Tap dancing; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Blandin, Agnes; Ball, Doris May; Samuelson, Ruth;

Stewart Steppers welcome incoming 7th graders and mothers at an assembly. Seventeen girls in skirts, blouses, large sashes and caps. In center: from left, LaVerne Remme, Doris May Ball, Irene Sullivan. (T. Times, 1/19/39, p. 18, names listed)

Stewart Junior High School (Tacoma); Tap dancing; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Remme, LaVerne; Ball, Doris May; Sullivan, Irene;

A group of unidentified former Vashon College students gathered on August 7, 1938 beside an unidentified wooden building for a school reunion photograph. The Burton Garage and Shell Station and a church steeple are in background. The community of Burton grew up around the college that was founded there in 1892. The school provided a co-educational, Christian environment for study, without all the distractions of city life. It closed in 1912 when the main building burned to the ground and it never reopened.

Vashon College (Burton); Universities & colleges--Burton, Vashon Island; Alumni & alumnae--Burton, Vashon Island;

Visitation Villa Academy, 1938 May Day exercises. A group of young women dressed in formal attire gather on the front steps of a two-story brick building. Mary Jane Haniger reigned as Queen of the May Day festivities. (T. Times, 5/28/38, p.9).

Visitation Villa Academy (Lakewood); Private schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; May Day--Lakewood; Holidays--Lakewood--1930-1940; Festivals--Lakewood--1930-1940;

Visitation Villa Academy, 1938 May Day festivities. The royal court poses surrounded by baskets of flowers. Mary Jane Haniger reigned as May Day Queen. Standing in the back row are the Maids of Honor, left to right, Marie Eskstein, Muriel Mullin, Phebe Pierce, Susan Manley and Paula Haniger. Standing by Queen Mary Jane is Jerome Rosenberger. The front row, left to right, is composed of Sharon Ann Mazza, Leslie Haniger, Margaret Haniger and Nadine Lee Gillis. (T.Times, 5/28/1938, p. 9).

Visitation Villa Academy (Lakewood); Private schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; May Day--Lakewood; Holidays--Lakewood--1930-1940; Festivals--Lakewood--1930-1940; Haniger, Mary Jane;

Visitation Villa Academy,1938 May Day exercises. Young women dressed in formal attire holding maypole streamers. The coronation of the May Day Queen was followed by an afternoon program of drills and dances, including the traditional May pole dance, performed by Visitation students. (T. Times, 5/28/1938, p. 9).

Visitation Villa Academy (Lakewood); Private schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; May Day--Lakewood; Holidays--Lakewood--1930-1940; Festivals--Lakewood--1930-1940; May poles;

Aquinas Academy Graduation Banquet. Thirty-five girls in formals seated around formal set dining table. (filed with Argentum)

Aquinas Academy (Tacoma); Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Church schools--Tacoma; Private schools--Tacoma;

Lincoln High School Class of 1939 graduation at the Armory, held June 9th, 1939. Girl and boy at microphone, students seated, audience in foreground. Lincoln graduated 707 seniors, who listened to a total of 26 speakers at the ceremony. For Leonard Langlow, Tacoma Times. (T. Times 6/10/1939, pg. 11)

Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lincoln High School (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma);

These five novice skiers from Annie Wright Seminary are learning that most valuable lesson for all beginning skiers- how to fall. They are practicing on Mount Rainier in front of the Paradise Lodge. On January 26- 27, 1940, the AWS co-eds and chaperones made their annual trek to the mountain, staying two days at the Lodge.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Private schools--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Skiers; Skiing; Winter sports; Snow; Ski lodges;

Annie Wright Seminary Kindergarten class boarding train at Union Station. Children dressed in warm winter clothes hand their train tickets to two railroad employees. The kindergartners were studying transportation and had already built a locomotive out of blocks of wood. On Thursday, February 15, 1940 they got to ride the real thing - a Northern Pacific train to Sumner. After spending some time there, they rode home on an alternate mode of transportation: the bus. (T.Times 2-16-1940, p. 7-article)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1940-1950; School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Railroad stations--Tacoma;

On February 15, 1940, as the culmination of their study of transportation, students from a kindergarten class at Annie Wright Seminary made a tour of the Northern Pacific train station at 1717 Pacific Avenue and purchased tickets for a train ride to Sumner. Turning away from the window with her ticket firmly in hand was Nancy Mackle. Patricia Pinches stood on a box to buy her ticket from NP agent George H. Miller. Other students in line, listed right to left, were Mary Thies, Janet Schimke, Marilyn Olson and Carol Johnson. (T. Times 2/16/1940 p.7)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1940-1950; School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Railroad stations--Tacoma; Mackle, Nancy; Pinches, Patricia; Miller, George H.; Thies, Mary; Schimke, Janet; Olson, Marilyn; Johnson, Carol;

Champion 1940 Fife High School Trojan basketball team with Coach Bill Vinson on far right. In 1940, the team won its second successive Pierce County League hoop title. They had won 22 consecutive games since January 13, 1939, 11 of them in 1940. In 1939, the Fife basketball team had its first title win since 1931. The team won 13 of 14 league games to win the title. This also made Bill Vinson the most winning coach in the league, bringing home the titles in football, basketball, baseball and track in 1939. Pictured are, front row left to right, Morden Robbins, Frank Evancich, Mascot Richard Spear, Minoru Uchida and Jimmy Kubo. Back row, left to right, Pete Mello, Frank Spear, Mel Rowe, Fred Bisig, Wendell Keyes and Coach Vinson. Mello was the league's highest scorer. (T. Times 2/15/1940, pg. 14-picture, T. Times 12/29/1939; 1/2/1940, pg. 11)

Fife High School (Fife); Vinson, Bill; Basketball players--Fife--1930-1940;

Posing in front of their masterpiece, the 18 foot Magna Carta mural at Horace Mann school are Mrs. Lorraine Pike, class instructor; two unidentified students, Don Booth, Ardith Toth and Jean Shiplett. Sixteen artists from the 6-A Art and History Classes took three months to create the mural depicting the acceptance of the Magna Carta by King John of England. It will permanently hang in the school's upper hall. (T. Times, 6/6/1940)

Horace Mann School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pike, Lorraine; Murals; Pike, Lorraine; Booth, Don; Toth, Ardith; Shiplett, Jean; Teachers--Tacoma--1940-1950; School children--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Lincoln High School. Lincoln Park High School opened August 31, 1914, built from a design by Heath and Gove, Architects. It was built of local Wilkeson stone and precision brick. In 1917, the school became Lincoln High School. (T. Times)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Public schools--1940-1950;

Big Buddy Day at Marymount Military Academy. Two young men shooting rifles from ground position at rifle range. Group of men and boys crowd under wooden shelter to observe activity. Big Buddy Day was an annual event at the school. As military school students, the boys were expected to develop as marksmen and athletes. School enrollment fluctuated over the years, but the school was designed to accomodate no more than 150 students from ages 6-16. The school closed in 1976, a victim of declining enrollment and increased costs.

Marymount Military Academy (Spanaway); Private schools--Spanaway; Military education--Spanaway;

College of Puget Sound drama class plays out a scene in "The Fool" in honor of the college's 50th Anniversary. (filed with Argentum)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Actresses; Theatrical productions--Tacoma; Actors;