Peter J. Bardon, the head of the Music Department of Clover Park High School, 11023 Gravelley Lake Drive S.W., conducts the school's Small Choir in March of 1948. The school's all girl group, the Nonettes, and approximately twenty selected boy's voices were combined to make up this mellow sounding, mixed group. The members of the Small Choir wore school sweaters; they did not wear choir robes until the 1950-51 school year. TPL-8796

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Choirs (Music); Singing--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Music Festival at Gray School, Studio spec., Mr. Payne. Gray Junior High School presented "Windmills of Holland" for their spring festival. Colorful Dutch settings and costumes were featured at the performance March 19, 1948. (TNT, 3/16/1948, p.5) 6" x 14" format.

Gray Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stages (Platforms); Costumes--Dutch; Stage props;

Stadium High School. Designed by A. B. Hewitt in the French chateau style and perched on a bluff overlooking Commencement Bay, Stadium High School is the rebuilt shell of what was planned as a great tourist hotel by the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. The Tacoma Land Co.'s Tourist Hotel was built on a site costing $86, 000. The 240 x 250 foot five story edifice was slow in construction due to confines in financing caused by the 1893 Depression. When near completion, the $750,000 hotel was gutted by a fire October 12, 1898. Because of the high cost of rebuilding, it was abandoned as a hotel and in 1903 was proposed as a high school. The top 2 floors were removed, it was remodeled and in 1906 opened as the new Tacoma High School. The Old Woman's Gulch adjacent to the school was converted into a stadium. The name was changed to Stadium High School in 1913. The building is on the city, state and national historical registers and has been captured on film in "Ten Things I Hate About You." TPL-8382

Stadium High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Historic buildings--Tacoma; Towers--Tacoma; Spires--Tacoma;

A view of the front entry of Stadium High School. Originally built in 1891 as a hotel, the building was never completed and was converted to a high school in 1905. The school opened September 10, 1906, as Tacoma High School, and was renamed in 1913 as Stadium High School. It was designed by architect A.B. Hewitt in the French chateau style. Frederick Heath served as architect for remodeling as a high school. Towers topped with spires add decorative appeal to the exterior of the building. The steep roof has several dormers in it providing light the the upper rooms. Buildings, churches, schools, and parks made for special edition of Times, studio. TPL-1908.

Stadium High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Historic buildings--Tacoma; Towers--Tacoma; Spires--Tacoma;

High School hockey team. Times, Metcalf. The 1948 Stadium Ice Hockey team was practicing at Lakewood Ice Arena. Dick Milford was coach, standing on right. The goalie is wearing a padded vest for some protection against a puck coming his way. Names listed. (T.Times, 3/23/1948, p.10)

Stadium High School (Tacoma); Sports; Ice hockey--Tacoma--1940-1950; Coaching (Athletics)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lakewood Ice Arena (Lakewood);

Several groups at Stewart Junior High School, Mrs. Andres, Times. Stewart Junior High School held its eight annual May festival May 7, 1948. Queen Arlee Curtice is seated on a stool raised higher than the others who are seated on stools. The other young women are her posture duchesses. They are dressed in summer play clothes including pedal pushers, shorts, and blouses, some with midriffs exposed. Helen Andres was one of the directors of the May festival for 1948. Names listed in newspaper. (T.Times, 5/6/1948, p.13)

Stewart Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Several groups at Stewart Junior High School, Mrs. Andres, Times. Eight students from Stewart Junior High School are standing on the school steps wearing full-length summer dresses.

Stewart Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Teenagers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dresses;

Lincoln High School band for the 1954 school yearbook The Lincolnian. The band, under the direction of Robert Dezell, played at basketball and football games. They played concerts at the middle schools and broadcast two performances on KMO. The highlight of their year was their "Bach to Pop" concert in March. (1954 Lincolnian- see yearbook for names)

Bands--Tacoma--1950-1960; Youth bands--Tacoma--1950-1960; Band uniforms--Tacoma; Lincoln High School (Tacoma);

Lincoln High School had a large and thriving band in the 1950's. Members, pictured performing in the school auditorium in a January, 1953, photograph, were impressively dressed in dark uniforms with gold shoulder braid. Under the direction of Robert Dezell, who also directed the school orchestra, the Lincoln band performed for each basketball and football game. They, like the school orchestra, traveled to junior high schools in the area to promote Lincoln's fine musicians. The band was honored to represent the City of Tacoma and Lincoln High School in the annual Wenatchee Apple Blossom Festival where they marched in the parade and participated in the band jamboree. Photograph was taken on behalf of the Lincolnian yearbook; copy ordered by Al Swift. (1953 Lincolnian, p. 86)

Bands--Tacoma--1950-1960; Youth bands--Tacoma--1950-1960; Band uniforms--Tacoma; Lincoln High School (Tacoma);

The remedial reading class at Lincoln High School. Students are seated in groups while the teacher stands near the front of the room. Ordered by the School Millage Committee.

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Classrooms--Tacoma;

A large group of students from McCarver Junior High School pose in front of the stage before the May Musical Festival in 1951. TPL-10575

McCarver Junior High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Music education--Tacoma; Music festivals--Tacoma;

Students from McCarver Junior High School fill the stage during the May Musical Festival in 1951. Several girls have wound streamers around the May pole in the center of the stage. A large watering can hangs against the back curtain. Several of the students wear butterfly wings while others hold large tulips, daffodils and sunflowers. A piano and the accompanist are seen in the foreground. TPL-10576

McCarver Junior High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Music education--Tacoma; Music festivals--Tacoma;

Lincoln High School 1951 graduating class. The scholarship and award winners are shown here. Their names and those of the entire class of 502 students were listed in the newspaper. Ceremonies were held at the College of Puget Sound fieldhouse. Ordered by the Tribune, Ernie Knight. (TNT, 6/1/1951, p.8; 6/7/1951, p.A-8)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Lincoln High School fielded a large football team in 1951. Coached by Norm Mayer and led by right tackle and captain, Frank Paige, the Abes were runner-ups in the 9th annual Grid-Go-Round held in September, 1951. The Stadium Tigers defended their title when they defeated Lincoln 6-0. Although the varsity only won three games during the season, the highlight probably came as they tied the perenniel powerhouse Stadium team 6-6 on a foggy Thanksgiving day. According to the Lincolnian yearbook, post-season honors were awarded to Frank Paige as all-city tackle and Warren Billingsley, guard, first team all Cross-State. (TNT 9-9-51, C-12, TNT 9-15-51, p.8)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Football players--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paige, Frank; Billingsley, Warren;

The students of Edison Elementary School stand in front of and peer out the windows of Gray Junior High's Barlow annex on March 8, 1950. Edison Elementary was badly damaged by the big 1949 earthquake, but the full extent of the damages was not realized until engineering studies were completed in February 1950. The school was condemned and ordered closed. With their school suddenly closed, the 540 Edison students had to attend classes in the Gray Jr. High annex - in double shifts. At Edison, the children had filled nineteen classrooms. In the annex building, they were squeezed into nine classrooms with half attending 8 a.m.- 12:15p.m., and the second shift attending 12:30p.m. - 4:45p.m. The children peering from the windows are about to leave, to make way for the second shift waiting outside. (TNT 3/10/1950 pg. 4)

Gray Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma; School children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Edison Elementary School (Tacoma); Earthquakes--Tacoma;

The Clover Park High small performing choir with their director Peter J. Barden. The small choir travelled and performed for various school organizations and clubs. Their sweaters display the Clover Park emblem. The choir was featured at the Easter morning sunrise service held at Mountain View Memorial Park. (TNT 4/4/1950, pg. 30 names included with picture)

Choirs (music); Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Teenagers--1950-1960; Barden, Peter J.;

Presentation of medals to members of Bellarmine High School Rifle Team. By the close of the 1940's, Europe and Asia were at peace, but the R.O.T.C. program continued to function as an important segment of the school's activities. The R.O.T.C. remained involved in the daily activities of the school: for example, a salute at the breaking of the bread, and sponorship of school dances held every year. Ordered by Tacoma Athletic Commission, E. Metcalf. (A Heritage on Bellarmine Hill, Gregory C. Rathbone)

Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Reserve Officers' Training Corps (Tacoma); Students; Military education--Tacoma; Military training--Tacoma; Cadets--Tacoma;

Members of the R.O.T.C. at Bellarmine High School march in formation and the color guard carry the R.O.T.C. and United States flags in this photograph from May of 1950. The rifle team brought considerable publicity to the private school and city by winning second place in the Sixth Army intercollegiate and interscholastic rifle matches, small bore; second place in the William Randolph Hearst rifle competition in the Army area; and sixth place in the entire United States. Bellarmine won 10 out of 11 pistol matches with other high school R.O.T.C. units against which they competed. Ordered by Tacoma Athletic Commission, E. Metcalf. (TNT, 5/12/1950, p.D-7)

Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Reserve Officers' Training Corps (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Military education--Tacoma; Military training--Tacoma; Rifles; Flags; Cadets--Tacoma;

Presentation of medals to members of Bellarmine High School Rifle Team. Members of the R.O.T.C. march in formation and the color guard carries the R.O.T.C. and United States flags. Bellarmine became the second high school in the State of Washington to secure a Junior Reserve Officer Taining Corps program in 1935. At that time the program served mainly as a vehicle to help students attend the high school. The Department of the Army detailed one officer and three enlisted men as instructors in the school's R.O.T.C. course. Ordered by Tacoma Athletic Commission, E. Metcalf. (A Heritage on Bellarmine Hill, Gregory C. Rathbone; TNT, 5/12/1050, p.D-7))

Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Reserve Officers' Training Corps (Tacoma); Students; Military education--Tacoma; Military training--Tacoma; Rifles; Flags; Cadets--Tacoma;

Eatonville High School 1950 graduation class. Fifty-three seniors received their diplomas at Eatonville High School in 1950. Names of the graduates were listed in the newspaper. Ordered by the Tribune, Mr. Knight. (TNT, 6/4/1950, p.B-9)

Eatonville High School (Eatonville); Graduation ceremonies--Eatonville; Students--Eatonville--1950-1960;

Kapowsin High School 1950 graduation class. Thirty-seven seniors received their diplomas during graduation ceremonies with Judge W.A. Richmond of Tacoma as featured speaker. Names were listed in the newspaper. Ordered by the Tribune, Mr. Knight. (TNT,6/2/1950, p.B-2)

Kapowsin High School (Kapowsin); Graduation ceremonies--Kapowsin; Students--Kapowsin--1950-1960;

Sumner High School 1950 graduation class. Eighty-eight seniors received their diplomas during graduation ceremonies in the Sumner High School gymnasium beginning with a half-hour concert by the senior band under the direction of Eric Nelson. Orville L. Brown, chairman of the board of education, presented the diplomas and Principal Arne Strand presented the special awards. Names of the students appeared in the newspaper. Ordered by the Tribune, Mr. Knight. (TNT, 6i/8/1950, p.b-2)

Sumner High School (Sumner); Graduation ceremonies--Sumner; Students--Sumner--1950-1960;

Lineup of motorcycles at Lincoln Bowl, Police Department, Howard Osage. Twenty-eight members of the Tacoma Police Department motorcycle division stand at attention. Their motorcycles are parked behind them with two in the center front. They assembled at Lincoln Bowl for a review honoring Safety Commissioner Robert S. Temme and Police Chief Robert C. Marshall (front left) and Division Chief William Cordell (center). (TNT, 7/11/1949, p.18)

Lincoln Bowl (Tacoma); Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma); Police--Tacoma--1940-1950; Motorcycles--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Lineup of motorcycles at Lincoln Bowl, Police Department, Howard Osage. Twenty-eight motorcycle police stand at attention next to their motorcycles at Lincoln Bowl. They have gathered for a review honoring Safety Commissioner Robert S. Temme, Police Chief Robert C. Marshall and Division Chief William Cordell. (TNT, 7/11/1949, p.18)

Lincoln Bowl (Tacoma); Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma); Police--Tacoma--1940-1950; Motorcycles--Tacoma--1940-1950;

In March of 1949, Bellarmine High School journalists were given the opportunity to put their classroom education into practice by the Tacoma Times. In 1949, the journalism students in each of the area high schools worked as interns for the Tacoma Times for several weeks. Standing are (l to r): Mr. Neill R. Meany, S.J., advisor to the students, Tom Kornell, Dick Jensen, Harvey Beauchamp, Jim McGuigan, Jack Baker, Jim Loonan; Seated: Jay Merrick and John Harbottle. (T.Times, 2/13/1949, p.29) TPL-8573

Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Church schools--Tacoma; Tacoma Times Publishing Co. (Tacoma); Meany, Neill; Kornell, Tom;

Three men speakers and students who arranged assembly at Mason Junior High, Times, Dick Yost. Mason Junior High School held a round table discussion at a student assembly as a climax to Brotherhood Week, with the five persons seated here: L-R, Dr. Harold B. Long, of Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Rabbi Bernard D. Rosenberg of Temple Beth Israel, Roy Wright, Mason School moderator, Father Henry Buchman of St. Patrick's Church, and Sumner Bennett, Mason student speaker. The group was photographed on February 25, 1949. (T.Times, 2/28/1949, p.5)

Mason Junior High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Discussion; Long, Harold B; Rosenberg, Bernard D.; Wright, Roy; Buckman, Henry; Bennett, Sumner; Teenagers--1940-1950; Rabbis--Tacoma; Priests--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Four couples are seen square dancing in Jason Lee Junior High School's gym in February of 1949. Beginning at left and working around the wheel are: Sandra Burrows and Jay Grimstead, Sara Lovell and Bob Lang, Pat Holmes and Billy Redfield, and Shirley Boyle and Fred Thomas. They were dancing to the music of Bob Hager's records. Folk dancing gained wider interest among Tacoma's schools during the late 1940's. This followed a national trend and clubs formed among adults as well as school-age individuals. (T.Times 2/20/1949 p.29; T. Times 2-6-49, p. 19-article on square dancing interest)

Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Square dancing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Teenagers--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Tacoma Philharmonic at Tacoma Schools. Miss Jean Winter's students at Jason Lee Junior High School sit two to a seat for voice class. Miss Winter plays the piano at the front of the classroom while one of the students directs.

Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Classrooms--Tacoma--1940-1950; Singing--Tacoma; Music education--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Philharmonic Association (Tacoma);

Boy scout rally at Jason Lee Junior High. Superior Court Judge W.A. Richmond salutes the Cub Scouts during a Boy Scout rally of the Mt. Rainier Council at the Jason Lee auditorium, where he was the principal speaker. G. Kennard and Walter Stauffacher, both scout officials, stand behind Judge Richmond. A Court of Honor was held to recognize those scouts who passed scouting ranks since the first of the year. Names are listed in the newspaper account. Photo taken for Buzz, Tacoma Times. (T.Times, 2/9/1949, p.8)

Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Richmond, W.A.; Kennard, G.; Stauffacher, Walter; Cub Scouts (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Boys--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Tacoma Philharmonic at Tacoma Schools. Miss Jean Winter's students at Jason Lee Junior High School listen to music on a phonograph player in preparation to attend the second young people's concert of the season sponsored by the Tacoma Philharmonic and Meadowsweet Dairies. (TNT, 2/14/1949, p.2)

Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Classrooms--Tacoma--1940-1950; Music education--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Philharmonic Association (Tacoma);