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

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01 Mutton h B D 8 Pa North t r» College. Columbia UnhXu v Mr . Wh,,ney Tralnl “S School Librarian; A. B. Beloit College. Ida Colling . Teacher „» r Cla . Dubuque. Iowa. Grmi“ afe A N p G ; ' “ dua,e Normal , W;,; Student University ol NehXtl’ Palmer School, Cedar ver lty of Nebraska Training Rapids. -Nicholas E. Hlnch. Head of n,„ » tex r as versify and Columbia irnivera.ty ' VerSlty « Chicago, HarVard Uni Te »«hcrs ea Colleg °cXmbia VnivenHy 1 ™ VniY y, W. E. Wilson, President Emeritus. Angeline Smith. Registrar Sf i. — S ' -fiS? £» SSS SLSl Missouri; i«

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.. . h vc Swot man. Director « t the Graded Tra ' lnlng School. l h. Hamilton CoUepp: A - M - Teachers College, t o- lunil ia University. Etta Tregloan, Teacher In Fourth Grade. Graduate of Washington State Normal School. Ellensburg, Washington. Alice Wilmarth, Head of the Department Of Physical Education. Graduate Chicago School of Physical Education and Ex¬ pression; Student University of Wis¬ consin and Iowa State University. 15

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The Washington State Normal School TK MM. «» I “ ' .CS Normal School «» Ch Hller school. Governor Elisha P. P. »••»«—• »• t • N ' ‘ n ' 1 - ». •«».. »u« [ Ki« ib “» -- ssfgsss on the second rloor. On September 7, 1891. the Normal School opened with the flowing establish a thirteen this first year eleven were graduated front out or a Cl»w. f thirteen ' avin outlined Tor Normal students ' 0 There were enrolled during the first year eighty-six studentB. representing twenty-five counties of the state, ranging in age trom six- “fifty-eight, the average age of the graduating class be.ng about twenty-three. The enrollment during the second year was one hundred and thirty- nine, and twenty-three were graduated that year. The legislature of 1893 appropriated 125,000 for the maintenance of the school for the biennium, April, 1893, to April. 1895, and a so ap¬ propriated 560,000 for the erection of a building. During this yea enrollment was 117. and 24 were graduated. At the end of l £‘ B Principal llarge resigned and was succeeded by P. A. Getz, who came from the Oregon State Normal at Monmouth. At the beginning of the fourth year, September. U ® 4 ’ 4h building was occupied. The land bounded by i- hth.D, Ninth a nd 1. streets had been donated to the state by the clt of Ellensburg. Principal Getz was head or the school for four years or until the summer of 1898. During that time the school grew and develop • kindergarten was established, and the training school WM lncreaaed until it included the first eight grades and was independent or the city aystei . A library was being slowly built up. apparatus was Pureh«md « « . ed. and a museum was started. The dormitory and dining-hall were lo¬ cated on Firth street between Pine and Ruby m , k 0 the tlnued for one year. Then a move was made to the Nash block on the corner of Main and Fifth. This building was used as a dormitory for fifteen years, or until the present dorm ' tory was built in 1911. During Principal Getz’s administration more stress was placed on the professional side of the preparation and less on the acaden In the summer of 1898 Mr. William E. Wilson, for several years prln- 17