University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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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

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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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HA rCH STATION l i$torv of tbe Uiilv:r$itv of nevada- continued this year Professor J. W. Phillips of Princeton College, Professor W. S. Devol and Professor Fred H. Hillnian were added to the Experi- ment Station staff. The attendance in 1888-89 was 143, forty being in the University courses. In November, 1889, President Brown resigned and in January, 1890, Dr. Stephen A. Jones of Dartmouth College was elected Presi- dent. The attendance in 1889-go was: Univer- sity, 37; Normal, 36; Preparatory, 64; total, 137. Miss Tupper having resigned, Mrs. Mary W. Emery of Peoria, Illinois, was elected Principal of the Normal School, and First Lieutenant John M. Neall, Fourth United States Cavalr} was detailed by the War Department to succeed Lieutenant Ducat. In August, 1890, Robert Lewers of Dayton, Nevada, was placed in charge of the Commercial School and chosen Registrar. In September, 1891, Professor Thomas W. CowgiU was placed in charge of the Department of English Language, and Mr. Richard Brown elected Instructor in Mechanical Arts. October 5th of the s me year Professor H.Thurtell of the Michigan Agricultural College was appointed Professor of Mathematics. In the Military Depart- ment Lieutenant Neall was succeeded by First Lieutenant William R. Hamilton, Fifth Artillery, U. vS. A., who upon the expiration of his detail was followed by First Lieutenant Elmer W. Hubbard, Seventh United States Artillery, who at the breaking out of the Spanish-American war was called to the scene of action, leaving the University for a time without a West Point military instructor. Mr. A. W. Cahlan, ' 96, was then placed in charge for a time. On the re- turn of the First Nevada Volunteers from the Philippines Captain F. M. Linscott was chosen Commandant. . In 1891 Professor N. E. Wilson was elected Chemist of the Ex- periment Station, and Professor R. H. McDowell succeeded Professor Devol in the Department of Agriculture. In June, 1894, President S. A. Jones resigned and Dr. Joseph E. Stubbs of Berea, Ohio, was elected as his successor. Without being specific as to dates the changes in and additions to the Faculty from that time have been as follows: Professor James E. Church of the Michigan University placed in charge of the chair of Latin; Professor Laura DeLaguna of the University of California cnosen to the chair 24