University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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library and museum. The Delta Phi and Epsilon Pi Eta fraternities were organized. Four graduated. The next year saw F. Yale Adams as acting president. The dining hall was built, and a chapter of the Theta Nu Epsilon fraternity was installed. Marine blue and silver were adopted as college colors. There were nine graduates. Next year Mr. Adams was full president; there were 220 students. The Copper Queen, through Mr. Douglas, gave $5,000 for a gymnasium, the legislature granted $2,000 to equip it and $5,000 to furnish the library. The “University Club” and “ Chrestomathean ” (prep.) literary societies were organized. One preparatory class was dropped. Six graduated. Thus far we are indebted to Mark Walker, in the “ Burro”, ’03. The editor’s personal reminiscences will conclude the sketch. In the fall of 1903, Kendric Charles Babcock took the presidency, which he successfully filled for seven and one-half years. Now began the reconstructive work of the University. The standard of admission to both the preparatory department and the University were put upon a par with the best institutions of the country, till now w-e are rated by the Bureau of Education as first class. The Gymnasium, Library, Museum, and Science Hall have all taken their places upon the campus. The campus, itself, has been transformed from a barren desert to a garden spot. The preparatory fraternities, Delta Theta Rho (’05), Delta Sigma (’05), Phi Lambda Epsilon (’06), and the sororities, Gamma Phi Sigma (’05), rechartered in ’10 as a University sorority; Gamma Delta (’07), and the Alpha Kai Omega (’06), have been organized. The X? club organized in 1910. The registration of the University, aside from the preparatory department for the year ’10-'11, exceeds 100 and there are as many preps. The faculty consists of fifteen professors, six assistant professors, thirteen instructors, and an experiment station of six men of science. The year of 1910 saw the resignation of Dr. Babcock as president. The faculty chose Professor Douglass, of the Physics department, as acting president. The new president, Dr. Wilde, appointed by the Regents, comes to us from Northwestern. With the University in its present status, he has a rare opportunity of building a school comparable with any a credit to himself and the people of Arizona.