University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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LINCOLN HALL l l$tcrv of tbe University of nevada— contmud Board iiiid Professor W. C. Dovey, a veteran teacher of Nevada, wa.s principal of the school. The course of study to be pursued was de- fined as such as would enable the student to get a first grade teacher ' s certificate, together with Ixjok- keeping, Latin and music. In Decem- ber of the same year it was ordered that mineralogjs assaying and vSpanish be taught, although it does not appear that these subjects were actually taught until ( )ctober, 1SS2, when Hon. Jules E. (jignoux, a mining engineer and a graduate of Freiburg Universitj ' , was elected to take charge of the Depart- ment of Mining Engineering. At this time Hon. T. N. Stone was Principal, and in 1883 we find Hon. E. W Farrington acting as Principal. The attendance at Elko appears from the best obtainable records to have been as follows: 1874, 12 students; 1875,16; 1876,27; 1877, 30; 1878, 35; 1879, 24; 1880, 25; 1881, 29; 1882, 31; 1883, 30; 1884, 34. The Department of Mining Engineering showed an attendance of nine students in 1882 and ten the next year. On account of the difficulty of securing students at Elko, principally b} ' rea.son of the great distances to be travelled, the work was somewhat slow and discouraging alike to Regents and instructors. But, considering everything, we believe that they are to be congratulated for their persistence in keeping the school open all these years and thus blazing the way for the more successful school of the future, which the Elkoites are still loyally upholding. tbe University at Reno The Legislature having paved the way for the removal of the Universitj ' to a more thickly populated region of the State, and the people of Washoe having expressed a willingness to give a large bonus, it was decided to locate it in Reno. Washoe agreed to pay Elko $20,000 and to donate $5,000 toward the erection of build- ings. In June, 1885, Regents J. H. Rand, L. W. Getchell and H. G. ' 22 THE COTTAGE

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MORRILL HALL l)i$tory of the University of nevada- continued Arts. The constitutional lawmakers laid a solid foundation for a complete public school system. Nevada, by Act of March 19, 1865, created a Board of Regents consisting of Governor H. G. Blasdel, Secretary of State C. N. Noteware and State Superintendent A. F. White, and the first meeting of the Board was held on November 16, 1865. The Act pro- vided for the location of the University in Washoe county, but did not appro- priate anything for the erection of buildings or the puchaae of a site. None of the income arising from the ninety thousand acre grant was available for these purposes, and the Board therefore called upon the citizens of the western counties to donate enough money for this work. It is recorded that the com- mittee on donations held a meeting in Washoe City late that year, but in the end nothing was done However, if the writer mistakes not, Hon. Theodore Winters at that time offered to donate a liberal amount of land for a University site. Cbc University at eiko In 1874, the Legislature having made provision therefor, a Board of Regents consisting of Hon. P. H. Clayton, Hon. Jerry Schooling and Hon. S. H. Day had the honor of making the fir -t real start toward founding the school intended by the fundamental act by opening a preparatory school at Elko and employing Hon. David R. Sessions, a graduate of Princeton and a very worthy gentleman, as principal of the school. It is a matter of record that the Board authorized the preparation of a course of study for this school, but the register is mi,ssing and we are in the dark as to what it was. It 1875, under the Regency of the HonorableS C. C. Stevenson, W. C. Dovey and Alfred Helm the University was still further improved by the addition of a dormitory building. In 1879 the names of Hon. T. N. Stone, Hon. J. S. Mayhugh and Hon. W. W. Bishop appear as members of the 21 ■ !- -- ' -. »!Mfe-v. ■i-l. If: t : .am STEWART HALL

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MECHANICAL BLILDUN ' G Ristory of the ilniversity of newaa— continued % Shaw purchashed from J. N. Evans ten acres of land for $1,250, and obtained on option for ten additional acres. Bids for the erection of the Main Building, now called Morrill Hall in honor of Senator Morrill, were called for and the contract awarded to Burke Bros, of Reno for $12,700. The corner stone of the build- ing was laid by the Grand Lodge of Masons on September 12, 1885, and the building completed February 15, 1886. Hon. Frank E. Fielding of Virginia City was elected Professor of Assaying and Metallurgy, and Professor A. H. Willis of the Virginia High School was placed in charge of the Mining Department, while Professor J. W. McCammon of Palisade was elected Principal. The school was opened 9n March 31st with an attendance of thirty students and continued under the charge of these instructors until March, 1887, when the new Board closed the school to complete the building. In June, 1887, Leroy D. Brown, School Commissioner of Ohio, was elected President of the Nevada State University. A course of study providing for schools of Liberal Arts, Agriculture and Mines was formulated, and Professor Walter M. Miller of the University of Ohio placed in the chair of Natural Sciences. Miss H. K. Clapp of Carson City was placed in charge of the Preparatory Department. In December the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station was installed on the University grounds, with President Brown as Director and Professor Miller as Botanist and Chemist. The attend- ance this year increased to seventy-five, twenty-eight being in the University proper. In August, 1888, Professor R. D. Jackson of the University of Califor- nia was chosen to the chair of Natural Sciences and Mining, Miss Kate N. T. Tupper of Portland, Or egon, was placed in charge of the Normal School, and in March, 1889, the Military Department was installed with First Lieutenant A. C. Ducat, U. S. A., as Commandant. During 23 THE GYM