Tacoma Vocational School, Times, George Prescott. Two students are at work in a mechanics workshop with their instructor. Tacoma Vocational School provided classes in diesel motor repair, boat building , electrical and cosmetology. Certificates were awarded in Day Trades, Trade Extension and Apprentice Extension. (T.Times, 2/13/1949, p.30)

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Tacoma Vocational School, Times, George Prescott. Two young men are seen at work putting together electronics equipment and checking it for correct wiring. Tacoma Vocational School had approximately 500 students enrolled full-time and 1,400 in apprentice and trade extension courses. (T.Times, 2/13/1949, p.30)

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Several shots at vocational school, Times, George Prescott. Several students, all male, are at work in a workshop using tools and machines for electronic boards. Two of the young men work at a work table with a vice and hammers while several others work setting up and reading electronic boards with dials for readouts. Tacoma Vocational School offered programs in radio service and repair, and as electrical and engineering aides. (T.Times, 2/13/1949, p.30)

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Several shots at vocational school, Times, George Prescott. Merle Kimball conducts a class in radio broadcasting at the Tacoma Vocational School. Seven students, all male, sit at tables in a relatively small classroom in this photograph dated February 1, 1949. (T.Times, 2/13/1949, p.30)

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Tacoma Philharmonic at Tacoma Schools. One of the school orchestras of stringed instruments practices. They are seated in a semi-circle in chairs with music stands, violins players on one side, violists on the other. Two cello players are at the top of the curve with two base violin players in the back. The conductor illustrates bowing with his baton. TPL-5717

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Swimming team, Stadium High School, Metcalf, Times. A group portrait of the 1949 swim team. The 1949 Varsity Swimming Team was coached by Walter G. Streeter. Co-captains were Jerry Hopper and Dave Schweinler. The squad won the city championship and took second place at the annual state meet in Seattle. (Stadium High School Annual, 1949 Tahoma)

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Tacoma Philharmonic at Tacoma Schools. Eight students are learning to play violin at school. Their teacher is standing with a music book open. The children each hold their own violin. Music is open on a stand in front of them and a piano stands behind them. Two of the boys wear cub scout uniforms and one of the girls wears a girl scout uniform.

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1949 Stadium High School Ice Hockey Team, Times, Metcalf. The Stadium Tigers were in the runner-up spot in the City Prep Ice Hockey league. The team is shown wearing their uniforms on the ice with their hockey sticks. Names are listed in the newspaper. (T.Times, 2/20/1949, p.14)Format 5 x 14"

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The Stadium High School Reserve Swim Team of 1949 created quite a record for themselves. Led by Coach "Cam" Haslam (far rt., back row), a former Tiger swimmer, they won eight straight meets. They went unbeaten and untied, and amassed a total of 390 1/2 points against 158 1/2 for their opponents. (Stadium High School Annual, 1949 Tahoma)

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This photograph taken on January 27, 1949 shows Jerry Meyers (3rd from the left) carefully performing his duties as a school patrol officer for McKinley School. The other students are (l to r) Bobby Booth, Donna Fay Lechner, Patricia May Johnston, Billy McDougal, Carroll Barret, and Randy Norton. The Tacoma schools patrol service received national recognition in 1949 for completing 20 years of service, through all kinds of weather, with not one fatality at any school. During the 20 years, nearly 10,000 youngsters had served as patrol officers in Tacoma. (T.Times, 2/6/1949, p.28) TPL-8196

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Tacoma Philharmonic at Tacoma Schools. Students sit two to a seat listening to recorded music as a preview to the second young people's concert of the season that was held February 16, 1949, at Temple Theater. Pupils from 4th through 9th grades in public and parochial schools attended. Ann Deyo, a fifth grader in Miss Hilda Meisner's class at Lowell School is about to play a recording of "Die Fledermaus" overture by Johann Strauss which they would hear performed at the matinee concert sponsored by the Tacoma Philharmonic and Meadowsweet Dairies, Inc. (TNT, 2/14/1949, p.2)

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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)

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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)

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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.

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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)

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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)

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In February of 1949, two groups of young hoop players known as Mead's Little Devils and the Tillicum Pee-Wee's posed for the Tacoma Times photographer in the Stadium High School Gym. The junior basketball teams were composed of boys all weighing 80 pounds or less. In the back row were Coaches Russ Meade and Art Spencer. Pictured in the back row, left to right, were Bill Fleming, Charles Woodke, Art Kirishian, Bill Keeton, John Fassett, Pete Swan, Michael Lemmon and Gary Paulson. Middle row- Tom Lizzote, Bruce Presszler, Jim Buckland, John Bush, Don Smith and David Hart. Front Row- Gary Fritschman, Allan Gibon, Kenneth Mohovic, Jim Hayes and Noel Carstens. Mead's Little Devils were scheduled to play at Mason Junior High School on February 25, 1949. (T.Times, 2/25/1949, p.21) Photograph ordered by Dick Lyall of the Tacoma Times. Note: names in Times caption do not match the number of boys.

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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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On February 12, 1949, the art honorary fraternity of the College of Puget Sound, Alpha Rho Tau, threw their very first Beaux Arts Ball. The party was given in honor of the College's foreign students and drew students dressed in all sorts of lavish, exotic and creative costumes. A masked couple glided by in fanciful dress; she a column of black and white ruffles and he a rectangular knight. Other couples looked on from tables near a wall decorated with modern drawings. All of the revelers were unidentified with the exception of the woman directly left of the female dancer. She was Maxine Lister, the winner of the first prize for most original costume. She was dressed as a representation of Picasso's painting "Girl looking in Mirror." Photograph ordered by Mrs. MacDonald at the Times. (T. Times 2/20/1949, pg. 21)

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Layout on Beaux Arts Ball, Times, Mrs. MacDonald. Five persons are dressed the same in black-face, long johns, big feet, mop wigs and clocks hung on chains around their necks. They are chained together and carry brown paper bags. One of them holds an opened umbrella over her (?) head. Other people attending the ball are seen in the background in various costumes.

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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

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Pacific Lutheran College dedicated their new $200,000 Science Hall October 1947. Architectural studies, ordered by Lea, Pearson & Richards, Charles Pearson.

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An exterior view of the Student Union Building at Pacific Lutheran College. The building was designed by architects Lea, Pearson and Richards, cost about $150,000 to build and was dedicated in October of 1947. Architectural studies, ordered by Lea, Pearson & Richards, Charles Pearson. TPL-9328

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An exterior view of Mont Downing Elementary School designed by Lea, Pearson and Richards, Architects. The school was named after Mont Downing, a Tacoma educator who had been an elementary school principal 13 years and district assistant superintendent 11 years. The building had eight classrooms, an auditorium/lunchroom and a large basement playing area; the building cost was $350,000. (TNT, 8/19/1949, p.10) TPL-1558.

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On February 6, 1950, Pacific Lutheran College students gaily tossed their shoes off at the door to enjoy the Stocking Shuffle Dance in the gymnasium. Rhoda Young (right), head of the women's physical education department, was on hand to judge most holey, colorful and biggest pairs of socks. Among the finalists in the competition were Walter Masters, Raymond Green and Florence Brandstetter. The prize for the winners was, appropriately, three new pairs of socks. Ordered by the Tribune, Barbara Dana. (TNT, 2/9/1950, p.C-6)

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Students at Annie Wright Seminary watch a slide presentation shown by one of their teachers. The teacher handles the slide projector from a table in the middle of the class. A movie projector stands at the back of the room. Sound panels have been attached to the back wall.

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Activities at Annie Wright Seminary. Ten members of the Seminary Athletic Council at Annie Wright Seminary pose with a plaque with a figure of the headless, winged victory. Several smaller, individual, engraved plaques hang from the bottom of the larger plaque. The council was one of the governing bodies at the seminary and planned athletic actiities, Dad's Day, Initiation, and the May Day Banquet. The girls wear one of their uniforms, dark skirts, white blouses with peter pan collars, a scarf at the collar opening and dark v-neck sweaters with the Annie Wright emblem on the left breast. (The Shield, 1950)

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Activities at Annie Wright Seminary, a group portrait of the Blue Team. Four students in the front wear letter sweaters with "B" on them and beanies with "Blue" written on them. They also wear white shorts and saddle shoes. The other students in the photograph are wearing one of the Annie Wright uniforms of dark skirts, white blouses with peter pan collars, a scarf at the opening of the collar and a dark, v-neck sweater with the Annie Wright emblem on the left breast. (The Shield, 1950)

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