Student Body, May 1926

Slightly elevated view of the North face of Foster Hall, looking due south. There is ambient sunlight. In the foreground, students form a 'W' on a lawn, presumably to signify Westminster College. Several people in the back and center are holding balloons, and a few others hold up banners and signs that, from left to right, read "29 FRESHMEN" (with a symbol of a W imposed over a C, again signifying Westminster College), "28", "27", "26", "FRE[…]", and "[…]LLEGE SOPHS 26". Behind them, a woman stands under a May Pole. There are tables arranged around the May Pole. To the left of the May Pole, another group is shown sitting, and to the right, a person leans up against a small tree. More people stand on balconies and in a doorway. To the far right, three black Ford Model T cars are parked in a parking lot, and in the distance on both sides there are some houses, some telephone polls, and some scattered bare trees.Original Photo. Some bending and tears into the margins of the corners, but over-all good condition. On the back glue is still present from where it was pulled off of something, and it has some reddish finger mark stains along the bottom. A stamp, in purple ink, says "SHIPLERS[,] COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS[,] SALT LAKE CITY. Another stamp creates lines of a form from the Salt Lake Tribune, filled out in pencil. Above that, in black ink, is written: "Student Body, 1926". Erected in 1926 during President Herbert W. Reherd's administration, Foster Hall was built initially as a men's dormitory. Forster Hall was named after an old classmate of Reherd's from his college days, Robert Hubie Foster. Most contributions came from his family in Ottumwa, Iowa. The four story hall housed over a hundred students and for over thirty years it served as the men's dormitory until the erection of Hogle Hall in 1959 and Carleson Hall in 1962. With introduction of the new dormitories Foster was primaril