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

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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

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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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