Central Washington University - Hyakem / Kooltuo Yearbook (Ellensburg, WA)

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Gifts to the School from Senior Classes j8 94 —Picture of B. F. Barge, presented by Villa Steiner; accepted by J. H. Morgan. 1898 . —Bust ' of Froebel, presented by Ross Meyer; accepted In Ralph Kauffman. 18 99 . Bust of Venus, presented by William Montgomery; accepted by Clyde V. Warner. . . , 1900. Bust of Apollo, presented by R. C. Morse; accepted by ( l de V. Warner. 1901. —Bust of Diana of Versailles, presented by May Maynan; aecpted by E. E. Wager. ]902—Portion of tiie Partbenon Frieze, presented by George Mc¬ Kenzie; accepted by E. E. ager. . 1903 —Bust of President William McKinley, presented by William McClure; accepted by Staunton Warburton. 1901 . Portion of Parthenon Frieze, presented by Eloise Kingston; accepted by Staunton Warburton. 1905—Water Nymph from the Fountain of the Innocents, presented hv Lucie Peterson; accepted by l)r. J. A. Mahan. 1900 . —The Crowning of Arthur, from Frieze in Boston Public Li¬ brary, presented by Alma Bishop; accepted by H. M. Baldwin. T 1907 . Flying Mercury, presented by Charles Guibor; accepted o J. A. Mahan. t 1908 . —Discoltolus, presented by Frank Wilson; accepted by J. I. Cornett. . . 1909 . Castle of the Maidens from frieze in the Boston I ublie Li¬ brary, presented by Newton Menton; accepted by J. H. Morgan. 1910. —Vanishing Race, Curtis, presented l»v Leroy Rogers; ac¬ cepted by Dr. Ella 1. Harris. 1911. —Cicero Arraigning Cataline, by C. Maecari, presented by Lee R. McManus; accepted by E. J. Klemme. 1912 . Lincoln Memorial Tablet, presented by Chester Robinson; accepted by J. II. Morgan. 1913. —Two busts, one of Washington and one of Lincoln, presented by Edith Martin; accepted by .1. H. Morgan. 1914 . concrete lawn seat, presented by Mabel Hough; accepted by V. E. W ' ilson. 1915. —A purse of $- .10 to start a Student Loan Fund, presented by Anna Bell; accepted by W. E. Wilson. Inis fund has been increased by a donation of $12 by members ol the Baptist Church of Ellenslmrg. Page

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Vice-Principal J. H. Morgan The preceding history of the quarter century of the Washing¬ ton State Normal School of Kl- lensburg has been written bv the Vice Principal and Head of the Department of Mathematics, who will this year sever his connec¬ tion of twenty-three years with the Normal. Professor .1. H. Morgan is probably better fitted than any other to make this con¬ tribution to the Quarter Century Hook, on account of his long con¬ nection with the school and his wide knowledge of th e develop¬ ment of education in the state. •Mr. Morgan graduated with the degree of M.A. from Forman University, South Carolina. Be¬ tween his preparatory course it, i| , , a,, l l ' 8 years at the university. Mi. Morgan had taught two and a half years; and it is not strange that when in 1880, he came to Washington Territory he at once nf Wal w F ° r t !’ , ' ee - vear8 he enred the country schools school f, a V t% . WHS wo • vo,,rs P ri n«Pal of the Dayton public sdmols, four years principal of the Waitsburg schools, and for two 5ears superintendent of Walla Walla county. In 1887 he came to Ellenslmrg as principal of public schools l ut in the meantime lie had been appointed Territorial Superintendent Sin • ! C lnstl ' ' t, o“ Governor Semple. In 1890 l,c was made Superintendent of Kittitas County, and held this position alon ““th . . : li “ r ‘ l ,,f «;,«,: r vx,r that l«dv. |ll ] ti r na A ‘?? OOI ? t,on am ! active in Hie organization of labored In instih.te‘woJk ‘ 0 counties ' ’’! “ i sws zs tat of a,, ,™ Z, ” y K J. II. MORGAN P««o i«.

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Gifts from Elementary Classes 1899.—The Aurora by Guido Reni. UX 1901. —Flight of Night by Hunt. 1902. —Hebrew Prophets by Sargent 1903. —The Angelus. 1904. —The Madonna. 1905. A marble vase. Other Gifts Tlie Treble Clef of 1909 under the leadership of Miss Elsbeth S. Sabelwitz, presented the school with pictures of Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn in a triple frame. The Kooltuo staff of 1912 (Mary Ritchie, editor, and Zillah Hedger, business manager), had a surplus after paying all expenses. They invested it in a picture of Washington which was formally presented to the school at the commencement of 1913 by Mary Ritchie; accepted by ,J. II. Morgan. The W. C. T. U. of Ellensburg presented informally a picture of Francis Willard, in the early history of the school. The large Wapato head on the west wall of the lower corridor of the administration building was informally presented to the school by Hon. L. R. Grimes alsmt 1895. The mountain slice]) head also on the west wall of the lower cor¬ ridor was informally presented to the school by Hon. Howard C. Walters. Amusements Amusements other than those connected with athletics have con¬ sisted of picnics to the various adjacent canyons and along the akima River. or trips to one of the mountain lakes, or Coleman Creek Falls, the neighlwmng villages, or hikes. The Hallowe’en party, and the Colonial party at which time the minuet is always formally presented, have been features of the school for many years. Student Day has been a feature of the school for fifteen or more years. The chief interest on this day centers in the students playing faculty in which they vie with one another in exhibiting the apparent peculiarities of members of the facultv. Thev have most of the years conducted the entire work of the school for this one dnv the last day of the first semester. The planting of trees and ivy planting have from time to time been events in the life of the school. Pnge 28.