Stadium High School - Tahoma Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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I0 ko 2 mr' H?i - ,-1 eplq t b t p 5-3 Q-I rl-wr -I ?q '---v may-3 D Constructed as a ratlroad tourtst hotel, When He Vlllard an employee of the Northern P8ClflC Raxlroggl V1Slt8d Tacoma IH 1887 he realized the ractlcabrhty of building a tourist hotel near the soon to bmlt rallroad tenmnal His dream was one of regal elegance to create a bmldmg as fine as the Empress of Vxctona the Del Monte of Monterey or the San Fran cxsco Palace ID Califolrtta The Olym ic Hotel as it was called was designed by Hewitt an I-Iewltt of Phxladel h1a as a seven story French chateau Constructlon, w ich began in 1891 was hampered by the depression and pamc of 1893 and the hotel- was boarded up in unfxmshed condntmon On October 11 a flre which could be seen from Clgcmpma to Seattle broke out ln the bmldmg from un known causes As the ongmal sponsors of the bulldxn ,lppcared to have lost interest in the project a ous o aooma cxtmzens agreed to buy the and and ml mg for 3 needed hlgh school Frederick Heath who later campaigned for the constructxon of the bowl was chosen to draw the design for the school Constructxon was at last completed ln 1906 at a total cost of S300 788 I8 To lmprove Stadium s wayside property Mr C Cut ter presented to the people of Tacoma the idea of build mg the Stadium bowl The stadium to be bullt in Old Womans Gulch was planned by the schools architect Mr Heath and when it was finished ID 1910 the struc ture of solid concrete had cost S159 638 46 These funds were raised by selling subscn tions at S10 each These subscriptlons permitted the ho der to attend all functions held in the bowl for a tive year period This outdoor amphxtheater as it was known held a maximum of 40 000 onlookers who watched annual s rmg pageants opera smgers noted bands statesmen lplo mats and foreign personages Special guests such as Marshall Foch of France the orator Wilham Ienmn s Bryan and President Harding were welcomed eager y by Tacoma citizens In add1t1on to suffenng from natural deterioration through the years the bow was also severely damaged by an earthquake in 1949 As a result of this the bowl was condemned Nevertheless dear memories of it are held by those who remember the bowl m all its glory f' A v . 5 Q 6 + 4 a-A I T af- --.--rv .-. .., '- Ti-x- S 6 6 n-. .,-, 0 1 V QF T F F 1 PM l 1 Q A - tb 4 - g. il I 1 M I . - , - ,- J-gi ' 2 ' 'fg , K Y 7 ' -gf' f :S - H r- W , ' -...--- -- - 'iv' - -f-f--- - .--.. -qty ' 1 fr ' ' fp 4 r-- ' ' 1 0 i I ' T ' 9 l v Q 5' . 1 - Q 1,,, I -, V, W -F .V ,- - .. - - t V' , ,t ' t , , Q fi R rl, Vw ' v s' I - . , . l n f .',... . ' . , ' V, , ' ' ' ' . ' ' f if V u ' A 'e -f- . f ,-3'-t .l--i.--A V. - ,,,- ' , l...........i. 1 , ,ing V - il, ' . . ,... , l 1- I . ,Ugg . J - ,. ...L ,. 4 l -ff is b - ,., 1 U It lun. -4- A 2. V 'Q 'f,' L ' , Y A -T is .. Th a ue at he ase of the righ lam post was erected in memory of the eleven boys from Stadium who gave their lives in XY'nrld NY'ar l. As :i living 'morial to these students, trees were planted in the parking strip and each Memorial ay are decorated with wreaths by gracluaririg senior girls. ' . - . . , . I l I , I I 7 . . - 0 v 0 , I ' ' , - - . . . . . u E ' 1 ' ' ' ' , ,I , I - I D I I , , I I T ' , , - , 9 . 1 ' , . . . E f D 3 Q 1 n 1? ' 1 1 9 9 ' , Y 9 ' Q . ' 9 ? . Q , a , E . . . . . . . . . . i I , , v , . . l . . I . . . . .

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