The members of Pacific Lutheran University's first faculty in 1894 are: (first row) Meyer Brandvig, Emma Sperati, and Miss Sophie Peterson; (second row) Reverend E. Ballestad, Reverend Carlo Sperati, T.C. Satra, Reverend T. Larson, Reverend N. Christiansen, W. Shahan, and Reverend B. Harstad.
The members of Pacific Lutheran University's first faculty in 1894 are: (first row) Meyer Brandvig, Mrs. Carlo Sperati, and Miss Sophie Peterson; (second row) Reverend E. Ballestad, Reverend Carlo Sperati, T.C. Satra, Reverend T. Larson, Reverend N. Christiansen, W. Shahan, and Reverend B. Harstad.
Members of the Pacific Lutheran University Band on Mount Rainer where they played "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" to celebrate that the school was finally underway.
Left to right: Professor Carlo A. Sperati, Hannah Jahr, Ludvig Larson, J. Leonard Brottem, Ettie Kraabel (Mrs. Viggo Jorgenson), Dr. J. L. rynning, Mark Wangness, Oscar Brottem, Sophie Peterson, Therese Kraabel, George Johnson.
Music professor Carlo Sperati on the left stands with members of the Pacific Lutheran University Band in Parkland. Hannah Jahr, Ludvig Larson, J. Leonard Brottem, Ettie Kraabel (Mrs. Viggo Jorgenson), Dr. J. L. rynning, Mark Wangness, Oscar Brottem, Sophie Peterson, Therese Kraabel, George Johnson. See Photo 4166.
Members of the Pacific Lutheran College band hiking up Mount Rainer.
Faculty and students on steps of Old Main in the 1910s. The man on the far left in the first row is Johan U. Xavier, university president from 1920-1921, and the man on the fourth from the left in the front row is Nils J. Hong, university president from 1898-1918.
Students and Faculty of PLA on the steps of Old Main (Harstad Hall) in the 1910s. The man on the second from the left in the first row is Nils J. Hong, university president from 1898-1918.
Students and Faculty in front of Old Main (Harstad Hall) in 1910. Nils Hong in front row, 2nd from left. Johan Xavier in front row, far right.
Students and Faculty in front of Old Main. J.U. Xavier in front row at far left. Nils Hong in front row, 4th from left.