College of Puget Sound. Collegiate Gothic-style building with people on steps and sidewalks. This picture of the ivy covered facade of Jones Hall was used on Table of Contents page of the 1941 C.P.S. annual, Tamanawas.

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College of Puget Sound, Central Board President Lyall Jamieson, and Secretary Annabel Miller. The Central Board is composed of class and activity representatives and directs the funds and activities of the student body. From 1941 C.P.S. annual Tamanawas.

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Elevated view of College of Puget Sound students on lawn, forming the letters "CPS". Used across bottom of foreword and dedication pages of 1941 C.P.S. annual, Tamanawas.

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On November 8, 1940, the freshmen presented Booth Tarkington's comedy "The Travelers" before a student assembly. The cast included Art Sheets, Ruth Hanawalt, Roberta Humble, Ed Ercegovic, George Victor, Dorothea Federico, Bob Albertson, Gordon Soder, Everett Lowther, Patricia Hanson and Frank Hicks. (photograph used in the 1941 CPS yearbook Tamanawas)

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College of Puget Sound Debate Club. Back row: Felicie Dahl, Marilyn Gilstrap, Margarita Irle, Lawrence Henderson, Norman Schut, Bob Elliott, Don Stephenson. Second row: Russell Alsgaard, Floyd La Fleur, Bill Koivisto, Van Slyke, Norman Breckner, Helen Hite, Mary Elizabeth Morton, Waichi Oyanagi. Front row: Ruth Sonneman, Miss Meridith, Yoshiteru Kawano, Dr. Charles T. Battin, Justine De Wolfe, Ed Winskill, Sam Batt. From 1941 C.P.S.annual, Tamanawas.

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Staff of Trails, College of Puget Sound student newspaper. L to R: Muriel Kazda, Bev Berlie, Dorothy Seldon, Marijane Lewis, Mary Hager, Paul Raymond, Jane Ness, Ed Hungerford, Mr. Howard Oiseth. From 1941 C.P.S. annual, Tamanawas.

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Kazda, Muriel; Berlie, Bev; Seldon, Dorothy; Lewis, Marijane; Hager, Mary; Raymond, Paul; Ness, Jane; Hungerford, Ed; Oiseth, Howard; Journalism;

It's that wacky time again, time for the 12th annual Freshman Stunt Night at the College of Puget Sound, presented under the supervision of the Department of Dramatic Art. History will never be the same after September 20, 1940 when the Freshmen take aim at George Washington, Helen, Paris and the Trojan Horse, among others. Pictured left to right are Norma Gagliardi, Walter Ebbett, Aldo Benedetti (kneeling), Kay Copeland, Beverly Birdsall and Jack Miller. The four skits to be presented to students and the public are "George Washington's Life Story, Sort of Chopped Up by the Little Hatchet with which He Carved Out the United States," "Paris, This is It" (the love story of Helen, Paris and the Trojan Horse), a Baby Contest and "Spot Cash," the story of a fifty dollar bill as it changes hands. (T. Times 9/19/1940, pg. 11) TPL-9703

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General view of buildings at the College of Puget Sound, taken in connection with the 1940 Commencement. To the right on the mostly empty campus is Jones Hall.

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General view of buildings at the College of Puget Sound, taken in connection with the 1940 Commencement. The photograph spotlights the ivy covered exterior of Jones Hall (center), designed by Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, architects. (filed with Argentum)

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Junior Orchestra sponsored by Rhodes Brothers, playing at College of Puget Sound. (T. Times) (filed with Argentum)

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General view of buildings at the College of Puget Sound, taken in connection with the 1940 Commencement. The photograph spotlights the ivy covered exterior of Jones Hall, designed by Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, architects.

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Junior Orchestra sponsored by Rhodes Brothers, taken at College of Puget Sound. (T. Times) (filed with Argentum)

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Govenor Clarence D. Martin shakes hands with President Edward H. Todd of the College of Puget Sound during the school's 50th annual convocation. Sponsored by Judge O.G. Ellis, Governor Martin received an honorary doctor of laws degree. Douglas Stanley of New York and Professor Trevor Kincaid of the University of Washington also were awarded honorary degrees. The college observed ten days of celebration for the school's golden jubilee. (T.Times, 3-17-38, p. 1) ALBUM 10.

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College of Puget Sound 50th anniversary ceremonies. Eight men wearing scholar's robes on the steps of college building. Governor Clarence Martin is second from left in front row. (T.Times, 3/17/1938, p.1).

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College of Puget Sound, 50th anniversary ceremonies. Visitors are honored at the institution's Golden Jubilee as announcements are made from the stage of the music/drama building. (T.Times, 3/17/1938, p.1).

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College of Puget Sound graduation exercises. Three men dressed in caps and gowns stand on the steps of one of the college buildings on graduation day. The man in the center is Dr. Edward Todd, college president. The college was celebrating its 50th anniversary and beginning a capital improvement campaign, geared at enlarging the campus.

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College of Puget Sound graduation exercises. Three students adjust their caps and gowns for 1938's pending ceremony held in Jones Hall. The college was celebrating its 50th anniversary. Eighty seven degrees would be awarded at the graduation ceremony. (T. Times 6/6/1938, pg. 1)

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College of Puget Sound 1938 graduation exercises. Students and families are seated in the auditorium during graduation ceremonies at Jones Hall. The college would be giving 87 degrees at its 50th graduation exercise. The college had stated earlier that pressing business conditions would make it hard for 1938 graduates to find steady employment. Those going into teaching would have the easiest time finding positions; chemistry majors would have the hardest. The college itself was embarking on a 50th anniversary capital improvement program; asking for endowments and enlarging the campus. (T.Times 6/2/1938, pg. 11; 6/6/1938, pg. 1)

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College of Puget Sound graduation exercises. Three students read "The Courier" newspaper while waiting for graduation ceremonies to begin. Declining business conditions in 1938 would make it hard for some graduates to find steady employment immediately on graduation. Of the 82 bachelor's degree candidates, 34 would continue on in graduate studies. (T. Times 6/2/1938, pg. 11; 6/6/1938, pg. 1)

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First meal in new womens' residence hall, College of Puget Sound. Nine of 40 women to live in new quarters gather at table with Carolyn Schneider, housemother, and Dr. and Mrs. Edward Todd, college president. The new hall, named Anderson Hall, was built for $75,000. It would be formally dedicated on February 15, 1939. Names of students are listed in the Tacoma Times article dated February 2, 1939. (T. Times, 2/2/1939, p. 10).

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College of Puget Sound Homecoming play "Night of January 16th" by Ayn Rand. Popular play with a "hook"; the jury was selected from the audience before each performance and asked to find the accused guilty or not guilty of murder at the end of the staged trial.

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ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound's Spurs, circa 1927, " Woman's National Pep Organization, Puget Sound Chapter." Eleven girls in sweaters with a spur logo and knee length skirts plus their sponsor pose on the steps of a campus building. Spurs, a non profit service club, had been on the campus since 1925. The organization's name was an acronym for Service, Patriotism, Understanding, Responsibility and Sacrifice. Top Row: F. Martin, Wilson, sponsor Helen Geiger, Jones, M. Martin. Bottom Row: Rosmond, Walton, Crail, Coffman, Day, Calahan, Jensen. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas, " pg. 72.) (WSHS)

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ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Women's Quartet, 1927. Four young women wearing white dresses and dark ties stand on the right and another young woman accompanies them at a piano on the left. The 1927 yearbook Tamanawas lists the names of the quartet as Alice Rockhill, Frances Martin, Genevieve Bitney and Mary Van Sickle and their accompanist as Helen Ohlsen. (WSHS)

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ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound "Knights of the Log." Fourteen boys, eleven in white blazers with C.P.S. logo on breast, three in formals on steps of a campus building. Top row: Rumball, Mace. Middle row: Anderson, Stark, Dyment, Crosby, Wilson, Thomas. Bottom row: Gysin, Harding, Henry, King, Josselyn, Farmer. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas," PG. 72) (WSHS)

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ca. 1952. The cornerstone was laid in February, 1924, for Jones Hall on the College of Puget Sound campus. The building was designed by architects Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, who later designed several other campus structures. View of ivy-covered Jones Hall showing exterior and main entrance, the first building constructed on the college's North 15th and Warner site. The campus was opened in September, 1924. The school was known as the College of Puget Sound until 1960 when it was renamed the University of Puget Sound. TPL-8185

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In 1948 College of Puget Sound had the Memorial Fieldhouse built, this building was dedicated in 1949 to those CPS students who died while serving in World War II. In 1949 the President's Residence would be constructed; Dugan, Mock and Morrison were the architects. Aerial view of the College of Puget Sound, Union Avenue and main administration building, in center of photograph.

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Publicity for Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae Contest, Times, Burt McMurtrie. Marrying Sam is seen with several of the Daisy Mae contestants and a young man in a suit. A young girl is seated on the floor in a sack. A sign announces, "Marriages Arranged, Available Jones". The Sadie Hawkins Day Dance was to be held at the College of Puget Sound on November 20, 1948.

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CPS. The College of Puget Sound 1948 football team. Coach John Heinrick is standing of the far right. John Heinrick was also Athletic Director of the college.

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Several interiors at CPS, Murtough Supply, Frank Murtough. Murtough Supply Company, owned by Frank J. Murtough, handled cleaning supplies and equipment and were distributors of Franklin's R.G. Products, Clarke & Finnell Floor Machines and Multi-Clean Vacuums. They were located at 706 Pacific Avenue. This interior view features an open hallway with seating, an elaborately carved side table, a portrait of a man wearing academic robes, and a grandfather clock. Draperies are closed over the windows. Banisters for the stairways are also shown.

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Several interiors at CPS, Murtough Supply, Frank Murtough. A view of the stage in the Jones Hall auditorium from the upper balcony. A grand piano is positioned in the middle of the stage, an upright piano sits to the left of the stage and an organ is seen on the right. The box in the lower right corner states, "Federal floor finishes used throughout auditorium, Jones Hall, College of Puget Sound, supplied by Murtough Supply Company, Tacoma, Washington".

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Jones Hall (Tacoma); Stages (Platforms); Auditoriums--Tacoma--1940-1950; Balconies--Tacoma; Pianos; Organs;