Michigan State University - Red Cedar Log Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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fer ffzgfel-X .g A ik X-in 1 X' D M . y ..' 1.5 ff lv .9 A N: h Q ', 1 - A - In 1855, a canal is dug at Sault Ste. Marie. 3' ' K, ' 'M 1859 first oil well completed, Titusville, Pa. 1 xi A 1860, the Pony Express started operations. 'C 1861 the machine gun is invented. V 1861 1865 1867 1871 Confederate states formed, Civil war starts. Civil war ends, Lincoln assassinated. United States purchases Alaska from Russia. Mrs. O'Leary's cow starts great Chicago fire. Pioneer in the 1flfLUl1f'lfl7 of mind' The .ftelte college THERE WERE MUSIC and poetry. Capt. I. M. Cravath of Lansing contributed an ode: Hark! Hark! Hark! Tillers of the earth, The day of triumph is come. Science now owns thy worth And builds with thee her home. ' Q .' 1 'i '-W' 'A' Lawn tennis before Chem Fort, 1884. Addition. left, is dated 1881. 19 'J v

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if 1 Q.. 3 t2 . 'N till The greenhouse and Botanical laboratory, right, formed the setting for the memorial fountain of the Class of 1883. This 1884 photograph was taken from the site of the new 119559 library looking toward the spot where the Music building now stands. The Gunnisons elbowed their way into the room and found a spot beside a window, where they could follow the proceedings. President Williams spoke for more than an hour. Summarizing, he said: Established on no precedent, it fthe Collegej is like a pioneer in the march of men and the march of mind. Governor Bingham foresaw that in the success of this experimentv Michigan would be justly entitled to the high honor of having first established a College to teach the theory and practice of agriculture. Thus with the liveliest anticipation and the highest hopes of successf' he said, uwe welcome the Free Agricultural College among the institutions of learning of the State of Michigan, and bid it Godspeed. Long may it llourish, an honor to its founders and an honor to the state. On a sunny, summer afternoon, between 1880 and 1890, Lea Renner, daughter of a college steward, posed in braids and Sunday finery for her portrait on the beautifully landscaped grounds of the Botanical laboratory. Williams hall shows in the distance. The Botanical lab burned in 1890, Williams in 1919. X. I, 18

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K A x A ' . Abi. ' . s 2' A 1 A X 4? A A A A View to northeast across campus, 1888. From left, Williams, Chemistry, greenhouse chimney, first Wells, Botany. The Agricultural College of the State of Michigan was now a reality: three buildings on a hill, in a cleared patch of swamp and muck land. On two barked, fifteen-foot poles before Saint's Rest hung a bell, and it was rung throughout dedication day and on into the night. Horace Greeley, of the New York Tribune, one of America's greatest editorialists, wrote President Williams: I would sooner be Presi- dent of the first State Agricultural College than President of the United Statesf, Congress heard about it. In 1850, Michi- gan had asked for federal aid for an agri- cultural college, and was denied. In l858, it tried again with legislative sanction, and a bill sponsored by Rep. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont passed both Houses and Senate. But President James Buchanan vetoed it. The Delta Tau Delta room Cplaque at leftl in Williams hall, photographed about 1885. The first Creek letter society at State f1872J, it was dis- continued in 1891. George Thompson Fairchild helped frame the Morrill Act. At Michigan State, 1865 to 1879, he was a teacher, acting president 41872-732, assistant secretary, and librarian. He became president of the Agricultural College of Kansas. li- C'. -