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MISS RUTH JENKINS, L.H.D. We, the Class of 1959, dedicate our anniversary Shield to you, who have given of yourself fully and selflessly to this school. Your faith and thoughtful guidance have developed in us a spirit which has influenced our lives here, a spirit by which we can measure ourselves as responsible adults in the future.
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FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH In the spring of 1881, the Right Reverend John Adams Paddock and his family traveled to the Pacific Northwest from Brooklyn, New York. After his establishment as leader of the newly created Missionary District of Washington Territory, the Bishop spoke of his hopes to supplement the educational facilities of the area. When Charles B. Wricht of Philadelphia, President of the Northern Pacific Railroad and of the Tacoma Land Company, heard of Bishop Paddock ' s plan to found a school, he offered three land tracts in Tacoma and fifty thousand dollars. Bishop Paddock raised a necessary twenty-five thousand more by contacting many of his friends in the East. Construction of a building on the outskirts of Tacoma at the corner of Tacoma and Division Avenues began in the late spring of 1884. That summer Bishop Paddock, Mr. Wright, and his daughter, Annie, in whose honor the Seminary was named, were present for the laying of the cornerstone. Soon the Reverend and Mrs. Lemuel H. Wells arrived, she to be the principal of the Annie Wright Seminary and he to become rector of St. Luke s Church, which was built at the same time. Included on the new faculty was Mrs. Amanda Whittlesley Raynor, beloved vice-principal of the school for twenty-three years. In the fall of 1884 the doors were opened to ninety-three girls from Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia, and to one who had spent nearly a month coming by wagon train from Alaska. They came, according to the first catalogue, to have not only the intellect but also the character, manners, and morals of the pupil developed. This catalogue also extolled the virtues of the English, French, German, Latin, Music and Drawing facilities, and it stated that the Art Department gives a rare opportunity to persons wishing to study . . . decoration on china, plush, and velvet. The tuition for the year was three hundred dollars for each boarding student plus thirty dollars for modern language study. The years passed, but the ideals of the Seminary remained constant. To the Right Reverend Frederic W. Keator, Bishop of Olympia, 1902-1924, the school seemed to be a real home where [the girls] would make lasting friendships and learn truths that would help them to build characters of real worth. The Board of Trustees realized in 1924 that if the Seminary were to fulfill its ideals and continue to give the best opportunities to the students, a larger building was necessary. Bishop Keator and Miss Adelaide B. Preston, headmistress of the time, led the drive for money to erect a new building a few blocks west on Tacoma Avenue. In September, 1924, the enlarged Annie Wright Seminary, including Raynor Chapel, named in memory of the first vice- principal, opened. Its ten-acre grounds furnished space for a hockey held, tennis courts, and extensive lawns. The Seminary, 1884
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