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

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Z f p, x 1880, I X . 4 4 5 1 F J. f x 1 If x - , ,I l gl k tx - 1882 1884, 1886, 1886, 1887 1888 1888 Linotype invented. first fountain pen. smokeless powder invented. Statue of Liberty unveiled. internal combustion engine. gramophone is invented. first harvester-thresher. Eastman makes a Kodak. ' 4 Abbot hall fnamed after the president? was built in 1891 as a men's dormitory. Co-eds took it over, 1896-1900. It is now the Music Practice building. pu1fmz't.v and cal lllolflgf Michigan Agricultural College-its new name since 1861-was struggling to stay alive. The University of Michigan, opposed to the College from the start, renewed its arguments: 6'The College is a failure and a disappointment. Join it to the university and use the buildings for a reformatory school. V' 1 ,. vp - . 'V '.,.' Q . The hort class of 1886 about to go to work in the fields. In the group was 16-year-old Ray Stannard Baker, later author and consultant to President Wilson at the Paris peace conference. The newly built 118881 Horticultural building, designed by Liberty Hyde Bailey, was the first built specifically for this purpose. Nursery at right supplies gardens. Windmill, background, is on Grand River road. 23 H -.L .1 fffgi .ZXXAL N, f' 1 . X ,X -4 yt X2 '- 'r-R- --- U 2 , L Q, 1 Q: f

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H The Library-Museum was four years old when this photo was taken in 1885. It became the Administration building. broad knowledge Wm demvl ndm' 1 n az ll THE MORRILL ACT gave each state 30,000 to less than 50 from the 123 of its opening. acres of land for each senator and representa- The manpower and economic pressures of the tive, to be used in support of the schools which Civil War were being felt in the west. Oppo- thus were known as gland grant collegesf' sition rose from many quarters, for, as one Michigan received 240,000 acres. writer said, this ugly ducklingn of a Repub- This was five years after the College lican legislature was a long time acquiring the opened its doors. Its enrollment had dropped aspect of a swan in Democratic eyes. The cadet band from its earliest days furnished the tempo for drills and parades, serenaded at teas and socials, soon reached the point where it could present its own musicales. Uniforms came with more formal cadet organization in the 1880,s. maart

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The first Wells hall, named after the president of the Board of Agriculture, was built the year after Saint's Rest burned in 1876. Fire destroyed it February 11, 1905, and a second Wells hall was built on the spot. S. M. Millard, class of ,64, watched the students depart for Gettysburg. Those who remained to see the College through its darkest days, he felt, were creating a stern heritage. We do not worship any one man as the founder of our college. No John Harvard, no Hopkins, no Cornell. In the beginning an idea appeared-a broad knowl- edge was demanded--a knowledge which would reach out into all the walks of life and elevate all pursuits and callingsf' EVOLUTION: William James Beal, student, teacher and scien- tist, exhibits the fruits of his pioneer hybridizing of corn. lt is 1875, and students attend him in the historic field on State's young campus. An attentive class group in the 1890's. With reorganiza- tion of the cadet corps, uni- forms became prominent on campus. 24