March, 1936, portrait of Dr. Edward H. and Mrs. Florence Todd in their home at 1604 No. Alder. Dr. Todd served as president of the College of Puget Sound for 29 years, from 1913 to 1942. Prior to becoming associated with educational work of the Methodist Church, Dr. Todd was a minister of that denomination for 19 years. The men's dormitory at the college was named after Dr. Todd when it was built in 1948. (T. Times 3/28/1936, pg. 7)

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Dr. Edward H. Todd, College of Puget Sound president, points out a spot on the globe to his wife Florence in this March, 1936, photograph. The Todds resided near the school at 1604 No. Alder. Dr. Todd was president at C.P.S. for 29 years before being succeeded by Dr. R. Franklin Thompson. He was instrumental in raising funds for the relocation of the school to the No. 15th & Warner present address.

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College of Puget Sound Adelphian Choral Society leaving on trip. Seven women and one man inside and in front of bus. (T. Times)

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Longtime president of the College of Puget Sound, Dr. Edward H. Todd and his wife Florence pose for a March, 1936, photograph in front of packed bookcases located in their No. Alder Street home. Dr. Todd, a minister and scholar, became president in 1913. He succeeded in a campaign that raised one million dollars and laid the grounds for the school's permanent home at No. 15th & Warner. (History of Pierce County, Vol. 1)

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ca. 1935. College of Puget Sound Graduates filing into building. (filed with Argentum)

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College of Puget Sound Summer Class, July 1935. Portland Area School of Ministerial Training. (WSHS)

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ca. 1936. College of Puget Sound Choral Society leaving on bus tour of the state. Large group of boys and girls in and beside Washington Motor Coach System double-decker bus. (filed with Argentum)

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ca. 1936. College of Puget Sound Choral Society leaving on bus tour of the state. Large group of boys and girls in and beside Washington Motor Coach System bus marked "Special" on front. (filed with Argentum.)

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College of Puget Sound Adelphian Male Ensemble. Nineteen men standing in line with hands made into fists with thumbs pointing backwards, possibly trying to hitch a ride to their next concert. Arched walkway behind them. (filed with Argentum)

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ca. 1934. This portrait of the five woman 1934 College of Puget Sound swim team was taken for the Tamanawas but not used. The woman in the dress is believed to be the coach or faculty advisor. The coeds on the team, in no particular order, were Hardman, Thomas, Fulton, Lois Evanson, and Anderson. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)

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ca. 1934. One of the highlights of Campus Day at the College of Puget Sound was the annual freshman-sophomore tug-of-war. In 1934, the battle was won by the sophomore class of '36, who managed to drag the freshmen into the cold stream of water from the fire hose. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)

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ca. 1934. Freshman Jane Ramsby, left, represented the College of Puget Sound as their 1934 singles champion in the Northwest Tennis Tournament held in Salem Oregon. She won this position over 19 other young coeds. Lorraine Hanson, center, and Dorothy Floydstead entered as the doubles' team. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)

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ca. 1934. Coached ably by Lou Grant, the 1934 College of Puget Sound tennis team won seven matches and lost only three. Joe Rawlings, left, played in the number four position. Govnor "Gov" Teats, right, played his last year on the squad in the number one position. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)

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ca. 1934. Staff of the 1934 "Tamanawas," group portrait in front of Jones Hall, College of Puget Sound. Front row: Dorothy Foxwell, Phyllis Swanson, Gertrude Davis, Annabel Biggle, Eunice Perkins, Maurine Henderson and Harriet Rosenzweig. Back row: Howard Clifford, Carl Faulk, Jack Slatter, Fred Stockbridge, Richard Poole, Woodard. Not pictured are editor Delmore Martin and Business Manager Richard Zehnder. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)

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ca. 1934. Campus Day 1934 at the College of Puget Sound. Campus Day is the time set aside for the annual general spring campus cleanup. Pictured are a group of student workers enjoying the free lunch served by the Spurs in Howarth Hall after the annual frosh-soph tug-of-war contest. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)

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ca. 1934. Girls freshman baseball nine won the annual baseball tournament in 1934, defeating the sophomores 18 to 9. Front row: Perkins, Davis, Ida Larson (captain), Hagberg. Back row: Fulton, Giske, Beerbohm, Hanson, Ramsby. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)

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ca. 1934. Group portrait in front of Jones Hall, College of Puget Sound faculty, circa 1934. Front Row: James Rodenberg Slater (Biology), Lyle Ford Drushel (Dean of Women), Rowena Clement Lung (Drawing & Painting), Raymond S. Seward (Physics), Carol Angst (Secretary to the Bursar), Warren Tomlinson. Back row: Battin, Arthur W. Martin (Mathematics), Edgar C. Wheeler (Religious education), Walter Scott Davis (History & Political Science head.) (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)

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On the College of Puget Sound campus in 1934, Kappa Sigma Theta sorority was one of the largest social groups for women, having 41 members on the roll. Dorothy Foxwell was the fall president and Genevieve Grimes served in this role in the spring. The group won the Blanche W. Stevens Scholarship Cup for the highest grade point average. Members came from all four grade levels at the college. (WSHS) (taken for the 1934 Tamanawas, but not used)

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ca. 1934. Faculty group portrait in front of Jones Hall, College of Puget Sound. Front row: Leonard C. Jacobsen (Piano), James Rodenberg Slater (Biology), Frank G. Williston (History & Political Science), Frederick A. McMillin (Chemistry & Geology), Ellery Capen (Business Administration.) Back row: John Paul Bennett (Music), Walter A. Eichinger (Music theory and Pipe Organ),Christian Miller (Registrar), John I. Chickanzeff (Violin.) (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)

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ca. 1934. Play presented by the Dramatic Art Department at the College of Puget Sound, circa 1934. The Department's motto was "Development of Personality through Drama." The department gave more than 150 students the chance to appear before an audience in a wide variety of plays. (WSHS) ( 1934 Tamanawas)

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The annual archery tournament was held at the College of Puget Sound May 21,23 & 25, 1934. Contestants shot 12 arrows apiece from 30, 40 & 50 yard distances. Pictured are contestants, left to right, Loretta Altman, Geneva Kenway, Harriet Giske, Berenice Hanson, Sylvia Asp, June Shinkle, Brunhilde Wislicenus. Not pictured is overall winner Vonne Prather. The intermural meet was won by the Junior team. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)

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ca. 1934. Chi Pi Sigma, 1934 portrait for the school yearbook, The Tamanawas. Chi Pi Sigma was a national professional chemical fraternity, for those students whose major interest lay in the field of chemistry. The College had organized the Gamma chapter of the fraternity in 1934. Front row: Claude Steeves, Robert Carlyle, Prof. Henry, Foster Allen. Back row: Hartford Thune, Lloyd Searing, Gerald Freeman, Richard Rich, Iver Belsvig. (names are as listed in yearbook, they do not match the photo exactly) (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas, pg. 75)

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

May Day festivities at Pacific Lutheran College, Pacific Lutheran College, Miss Helen Hedine. May Queen Catherine Breum leads the recessional at the close of May Day festivities at Pacific Lutheran College.

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May Day festivities at Pacific Lutheran College, Pacific Lutheran College, Miss Helen Hedine. Catherine Breum of East Stanwood was crowned May Queen at ceremonies May 6, 1949. Two members of her royal court, train bearer Anne Malmin Berg and crown bearer Tom Tommervik, stand by her as she is crowned. She is wearing a floor-length, white eyelet gown. (TNT, 5/5/1949, p.1) (Additional identification provided by a reader)

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May Day festivities at Pacific Lutheran College, Pacific Lutheran College, Miss Helen Hedine. Four sets of four young women each perform a folk dance wearing dark skirts and white blouses during the May Day festivities at Pacific Lutheran College in 1949. Queen Catherine Breum, seated on her throne on a dais, and her court watch from one end of the gymnasium.

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May Day festivities in 1949 at Pacific Lutheran College, Pacific Lutheran College, Miss Helen Hedine. May Queen Catherine Breum and her court are shown on the dais at one end of the qymnasium. The young women and girls are dressed in floor-length, light-colored gowns and the crown bearer, Tom Tommervik, also wears a light-colored shirt and slacks. The two seated flower girls have been identified as Margaret Ronning and Judy Leraas, daughters of PLC professors. The little girl standing next to Queen Catherine has been identified as Anne Malmin Berg. The dais has been decorated with potted palms and blooming boughs. (Additional identification provided by a reader)

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Layout on Beaux Arts Ball, Times, Mrs. MacDonald. A quartet of young men are performing at the ball wearing white shirts, white vests, big bow ties, straw hats, and matching, checked masks. They each hold a cane over their left arms. Two of the men are wearing obviously fake mustaches. The costume ball was hosted by the art honorary fraternity, Alpha Rho Tau.

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Layout on Beaux Arts Ball, Times, Mrs. MacDonald. Students at the College of Puget Sound enjoyed a masquerade ball given in honor of forieign students by Alpha Rho Tau, the art honorary. The event was described as spectacular. A young man wearing a cardboard cage is lying on a table while another student wearing a doctor's stethoscope evaluates his condition. Others in various costumes look on in case they are called upon to help. (T.Times, 2/20/1949, p.21)

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Layout on Beaux Arts Ball, Times, Mrs. MacDonald. A party named after the School of Fine Arts in Paris was held at Jones Hall at the College of Puget Sound. It was hosted by the art honorary fraternity, Alpha Rho Tau (Greek letters for ART), in honor of the college's foreign students. Party goers are shown blowing up balloons while wearing their costumes and masks. (T.Times, 2/20/1949, p.21)

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