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Protest

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School, Tacoma Vocational-Technical Institute
Vocational School Expands

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School, Tacoma Vocational-Technical Institute
New classroom ready

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School, Tacoma Vocational-Technical Institute

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Students who live in Puyallup's South Hill area are riding their school bus to the South Hill school called Woodland Elementary.
Bruce Kellman/Photo

"Edward Hynes, Egyptologist holding statuette, 3000 yrs. Old, 11/21/1936."

"Bow & arrows made by Nisqually Lake, 1855. Mr. Bonney, Myron Johnson, A. Scharf, 10/27/1936." Students outside of brick building with large white columns.

Diverse group of schoolchildren posing next to buses in front of the First Assembly of God Church.

Mount Tahoma High School photo with female student wearing a custom sweater with Samish style folk art embroidery.

This is the original Central School, built in 1883 for $18,000 and located at 1114 S Altheimer (then S G St), now the area of Bates Technical College. It was modeled after the Euclid Avenue School of Cleveland, Ohio, by architect Joseph Sherwin of Portland. It stood out along the Tacoma skyline with its 90-foot bell tower visible for miles. The school contained twelve rooms and was considered a showplace for the city. Rapid growth made the enrollment climb to 964 by 1886, taught by a staff of 18 teachers. Remodeling and additions to the school occurred before the school moved its 1000 elementary students to a new Central School located at So. 8th & Tacoma Ave. So. in 1913. The new Central School cost $165,000, almost ten times the cost of the original school. The old Central School was demolished in 1914 and served as a hobo shelter for a few months prior to its demolition. (Olsen: For the Record, p. 47-48-various photographs) King 009, TPL 1103.

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Central school, S.W. corner of S.W. and G. St now the Bates Vocational School Tacoma, Wash.

Members of the Tacoma High School faculty and the senior class, class of 1900, posed on the porch and steps of the school then located at 714 Tacoma Avenue South. The site was the former location of the Washington College, private school for boys. Two students have been identified in the photograph: George (or Georgia) Armstrong and Roy Knapp. Roy Knapp is seated in the second row of steps, second from left, next to an unidentified female. He was the business manager in 1899-1900 for the "Tahoma," the monthly publication of the Tacoma High School students and would pass away in 1906. Two cadets sit on the step railings. They are holding their distinctive hats and appear to be wearing similar clothing, i.e. uniforms. Cadets would participate in drills and would have an armory prepared for their use. KING 012, TPL 1038.

Finishing touches were being put on the newly built Washington College building at 714 Tacoma Ave. So. Thanks to the generosity of Charles B. Wright, money had been donated to start the private school for boys, the male equivalent of Annie Wright Seminary. It opened on September 2, 1886, with an enrollment of 65 boys, half of them day students. The Depression of 1892-93 forced many students to leave and the school closed in 1892. This building later served as the Tacoma High School from 1898 to 1906 when the high school moved to the remodeled Tourist Hotel at N. 1st & E Streets. It was later demolished in the summer of 1912 to make way for the new Central School Building and the site address changed to 601 So. 8th St.

This is the original Annie Wright Seminary designed by architects Boone & Meeker as it appeared circa 1886. The private school for girls opened two years before in September of 1884, thanks to its benefactor, Charles B. Wright. The building's foundation came from Wilkeson stone and brick. Its sharp gables and turrets added to the impressive ediface. A gymnasium was added in 1899 and was the sole remaining building left when the school was razed in 1924. Due to growing enrollment, a new campus arose at 827 Tacoma Ave. N. the same year.

Asian American Fife High School football player

Yelm High School coach with "M'Loud Brothers." Likely shot on the same day as Fife High School game.

Asian American Fife High School football player

ca. 1979. Tacoma Central School, 601 So. 8th St. (Now houses administrative offices.) Central School was built in 1912 and designed by the architectural firm of Heath and Gove.

Central School (Tacoma);

An elevated view of the matriculation exercises at the College of Puget Sound. Nearly 900 freshmen were welcomed at CPS. They participated in the centuries-old tradition of matriculation by passing between their professors and then on through the color post quadrangle where they were personally welcomed by President R. Franklin Thompson into the student body. They would pass the color post again upon graduation. (T.Times, 10/10/1946, p.5)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Rites & ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Teachers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma;

PLC football players, Metcalf, Times. The football players practice blocking with the help of their coach, Marv Harshman, at Pacific Lutheran College in September of 1947. Norm Cromarty, #68, Reid Ponton, #59, and Dick Mason, #65, watch as Dick Weatherman, #80, throws the block.

Football players--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Parkland--1940-1950; Harshman, Marv; Cromarty, Norm; Ponton, Reid; Mason, Dick; Weatherman, Dick;

Stadium High School and Bellarmine High School were getting ready to battle it out for the 1947 City League Title. Both football teams had done exceptionally well during this first part of the season, a tough game was anticipated. The game would be played at Stadium Bowl in Tacoma, view of high school football players getting ready for their big game.

Football--Tacoma; Football players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Athletic fields--Tacoma; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Stadium High School (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma);

Bellarmine students at St. Leo's auditorium. A yell squad cheers from the stage.

St. Leo's Parochial School (Tacoma); Church schools--Tacoma; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Auditoriums--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cheerleading--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stages (Platforms);

Stadium girls showing different hem lengths, Times, McDonald.These co-eds will be entering college the fall of 1947. They all graduated from Stadium High School in June. Most of them are following the current fashion for lower hem lines. L-R; Myrna Juntti; Rosemary Tollefson, unnamed, Janine Eklund, Anne McCrea, Virginia McNerthney and Patricia Murphy. (T.Times, 9/6/1947, p.13)

Stadium High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Juntti, Myrna; Tollefson, Rosemary; Eklund, Janine; McCrea, Anne; McNerthney, Virginia; Murphy, Patricia; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Skirts;

Dr. Seth Eastvold (right), president of Pacific Lutheran College, along with his wife Enga and Board of Trustees chairman Dr. H.L. Foss of Seattle are gathered together to dedicate the new science hall in October of 1947. The building dedication ceremony will include many guest speakers and a performance by PLC's famous "Choir of the West." PLC had also recently dedicated their new student union building. (Saga, 1948).

College administrators; Universities & colleges--Parkland; Building dedications--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1940-1950; Eastvold, Seth C.; Eastvold, Enga; Eastvold, Seth C.--Family; Foss, H.L.; Foss, H.L.--Family;

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).

Gymnasiums--Parkland; Basketball--Parkland; Students--Parkland; Basketball players--Parkland; Sporting goods; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1940-1950;

Annie Wright Seminary. Dance class for girls. Several girls look on while the teacher and one of the dancers work on a position near a large mirror.

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

Annie Wright Seminary Dance. Four unidentified couples at the annual Freshman and Sophomore Formal. Beautiful chiffon and taffeta dresses were worn by Seminary students (TNT, 2/20/44, p. B-3).

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Ballroom dancing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Evening gowns;

College of Puget Sound Soldiers taking exam. 235 soldiers taking exams after completing a specialized training course at College of Puget Sound. Many will then be transferred to a highly mechanized combat organization for basic training. Major L. E. Darlington is commander of group.

World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

The College of Puget Sound coeds fill the counters at the student union and someone has ordered an ice cream cone.

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

Women attending welding class at Clover Park High School. The vocational program, which started a year ago for men, is now opened to women affording them an opportunity to aid in the war effort. The program offers classes 24 hours a day.

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--War work--Tacoma;

Women attending welding class at Clover Park High School. The classes had been offered to men wishing to enter the defense industry for over a year, but now for the first time the school was also training women.

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--War work--Tacoma;