The exterior of the chapel in Pacific Lutheran College's new chapel-music-speech building. A rose window decorates the facade over the main entrance to the building. The spire rises high above the roofline. Designed by architect John Richards, the building with its brick exterior blended well with the other college buildings.

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--Buildings; Stained glass--Tacoma; Windows--Tacoma;

Practice rooms in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. The door to one of the rooms is open showing a piano ready for use. A few special tiles with musical notes have been added among the other tiles used in the floor in the hallway. Photograph was taken in March of 1952.

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Pianos;

A view from the wings onto the stage in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College.

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Stages (Platforms);

ca. 1952. Music room with four different heights of raised platforms for musicians in a semi-circle. Wood flooring. Photograph taken circa 1952 at Pacific Lutheran College.

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Music stands;

A practice room in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College as photographed in March of 1952. Some of the larger instruments for an orchestra have been left in the room behind the chairs and music stands: timpani, snare drums, chimes, sousaphones, and a bass violin. A piano stands on the floor below three steps for the other musicians to perform.

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Drums; Pianos; Music stands; Percussion instruments; Violins;

The interior of one of the classrooms in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. The student chairs have writing arms and are permanently affixed to the floor. A table and lectern sitting on top stand at the front of the classroom. Venetian blinds cover the windows.

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Lecture halls--Parkland;

A crowd filled the lower level of Chapel Auditorium in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. Dr. Seth C. Eastvold, president of the college, is speaking from a podium on the stage (lower left). A Casavant pipe organ would be installed later in the year in two large chambers on either side of the chapel stage with the console below on a stage level. (TNT, 8/23/1952, p.14) TPL-9319

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Stages (Platforms); Auditoriums--Parkland; Eastvold, Seth C.;

ca. 1952. Interior exposure in Pacific Lutheran College music department's new music building, circa 1952. Room with tile floor, oriental carpet, chair by door and grand piano with cover.

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Pianos; Rugs;

Pacific Lutheran College was proud of the new combination chapel/music/speech building that would be the religious and cultural center of the campus. At a cost of $625,000, it contained a 1,238 seat auditorium, music facilities, and a radio studio. A small devotional chapel, seating 75 people, was on the third floor.

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--Buildings; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960;

A student reads from a podium on a practice stage in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. Another student sits on the edge of the stage while several more students sit on the floor below on folding chairs. Two more students follow the progress of the reading from a sound room behind glass on the left. The Campus Radio Workshop Theater was recorded here since the facilities had been expanded with electronic equipment. (1952 SAGA yearbook)

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Lecture halls--Parkland;

Eleven men have gathered in the basement of the school next to Visitation. Ordered by N.W. Progress.

School of the Visitation (Tacoma);

On March 24, 1952 dignitaries celebrated the ground breaking for the new addition to be built at Franklin Elementary School. From left to right: Mr. Everett Jensen, President of the Tacoma School Board, Mr. M. L. Larson, Chairman of the Tacoma Public School Building Committee, Dr. A. H. Blankenship, Superintendent of Tacoma Schools, Mrs. George Whitver, Vice President of Franklin P.T.A, Mr. L. P. Rosch, Principal of Franklin School, Mr. Nelson J. Morrison, Architect of Franklin School and Mr. C. W. Campbell, Anderson Construction co. A big scoop stands behind them to begin the larger excavation for the addition that would open in 1953.

Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Franklin School (Tacoma); School overcrowding--Tacoma; Ground breaking ceremonies--Tacoma--1950-1960; Excavation--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Students are seated in chairs with writing arms on risers in of one of the classrooms in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. The instructor stands near the opening of the semi-circular steps up into the seating area.

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Lecture halls--Parkland; Students--Parkland--1950-1960; Teachers--Parkland;

The four women who are the Horace Mann PTA Committee for the school's upcoming Mexican Carnival are dressed in white blouses with ruffles and embroidery and skirts with bold patterns. They hold fans and baskets to match the Mexican theme.

Horace Mann School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Costumes; Parent-Teacher Association (Tacoma); Committees--Tacoma--1950-1960;

School children are enjoying using the library at Jennie Reed School. The new school was opened in 1951 and an addition was completed in 1952.

Jennie Reed Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Libraries--Tacoma;

Portable classrooms were in use at Franklin School. Seventeen students are working at their desks while the teacher and six more children are in a circle at the front of the room. One of the boys near the center of the photogrpah is wearing a cub scout uniform. An addition was built at Franklin School in 1953.

Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Franklin School (Tacoma); Baby boom generation--Tacoma; School overcrowding--Tacoma;

Views of Franklin, Fawcett and Park Avenue Schools to show the use of portables for the school millage committee. J.L. Boze, a Tacoma public school board member spoke at a dad's night meeting of the P.T.A. on behalf of school propositions on the election ballot March 11. With enrollments estimated to increase 1,000 pupils per year it would take 10 to 15 years to provide needed classrooms. In 1952 there were 23,000 pupils in Tacoma public schools. Enrollment for 1960 was predicted to be 31,000. (TNT, 1/30/1952, p.11)

Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; School children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Baby boom generation--Tacoma; School overcrowding--Tacoma;

Workmen are completing a large, open activity room at the new Brown's Point School. Clerestory lighting has been provided on both sides of the open-beamed ceiling. Controvery over whether or not to have a separate school at Brown's Point had continued over the years since a school first opened in a portable in 1918. That school was closed in 1924 but reopened again that same year for grades one through five. In 1938 the school was closed and remained closed 13 years until this new facility was built. The school reopened for the 1952-53 school year. (For the Record, Winnifred L Olsen)

Public Schools--Tacoma; Browns Point School (Tacoma);

Interior of new activity room at Browns Point School. Glue-lam beams, concrete floor, high windows, workmen with lumber and equipment.

Public Schools--Tacoma; Browns Point 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;

In February of 1952 Franklin School at 3202 South 12th Street was full to over flowing as the post war "baby boom" generation filled Tacoma's schools. Tacoma found a temporary solution to its student space problem by building temporary classrooms, the first of which were built at Franklin in the summer of 1949. In an appeal to voters in 1952 to vote "Yes" on school propositions, it was announced that 50 portables were in operation in Tacoma. A new permanent addition was completed at Franklin School in 1953; by then it had an enrollment of some 800 children. A completely new Franklin School opened in 1998. (For the Record, Winnifred L. Olsen; TNT, 2/21/1952, p.A-3)

Public schools--Tacoma; Franklin School (Tacoma); Baby boom generation--Tacoma; School overcrowding--Tacoma;

Workmen are finishing the interior of one of the classrooms at the new Edison School. The April 1949 earthquake severely damaged the earlier school and it was condemned as unsafe and ordered closed in 1950 (along with Whitman and Willard). (For the Record, Winnifred L. Olsen)

Edison Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma;

Several couples dance under a ceiling draped with crepe paper and balloons at the hop presented by the freshmen and sophomores annually for the upper grades at Annie Wright Seminary. This year's theme was an "Evening in Paris". Some of the girls have their dance cards strapped around their wrists.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Teenagers--Tacoma--1950-1960; Couples--Tacoma--1950-1960; Ballroom dancing--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Charles Wright School students are building a snow man and having a snowball fight at Annie Wright Seminary in January of 1952. The newly fallen snow has outlined the branches of trees and covered the ground. The Charles Wright School had been added as an annex to Annie Wright two years prior so that brothers of Annie Wright pupils could have a place to attend after the 1949 earthquake severely damaged Lowell School. There were seventeen boys in the Charles Wright class in 1952. In 1957 the Charles Wright Academy would be created on a 127-acre site near University Place. (1952 Shield)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Charles Wright Academy (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Boys--Tacoma--1950-1960; Children playing in snow--Tacoma;

Six students from Annie Wright's Freshman and Sophomore classes serve punch and cookies during the dance they presented for the upper grades at the seminary on January 26, 1952. The theme was an "Evening in Paris."

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The twenty-two girls from the freshmen class at Annie Wright in 1952 are almost all aboard a pickup truck for an outing. Many are wearing beanies with the numbers '55 on them. Saddle shoes and jeans, rolled up, are "in" this year. They helped present the Freshman-Sophomore Hop, "Evening in Paris", in January 1952. Ordered by Annie Wright Seminary for the school annual. (The Shield, 1952)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Chevrolet trucks;

Annie Wright Seminary's Masque Club presented "The Mad Woman of Chaillot" as their main production for the 1951-1952 school year under the direction of Miss Avalon. The play cast is seen on stage at Annie Wright Seminary. (The Shield, 1952)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Theatrical productions--Tacoma;

Group of boys from Charles Wright School playing in snow at Annie Wright Seminary.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Charles Wright Academy (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Boys--Tacoma--1950-1960; Children playing in snow--Tacoma;

Art class at Central School. Four children in classroom painting with poster paints, utilizing old milk cartons to wash out paint brushes. Easels in background. (T.N.T.).

School children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Central School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Painting--Tacoma--1950-1960; Easels;

Thirty-eight members of the Glee Club at Annie Wright Seminary are shown for the 1952 yearbook, The Shield. Dorothea Weiss is seated at the piano. Names are listed in the 1952 Shield.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Pianos; Choirs (Music); Weiss, Dorothea;