University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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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

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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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l)i$tory of the University of nevada- continued of Modern Languages; Professor Charles P. Brown of the University of Nevada placed in the Department of Mathematics, and upon Pro- fessor R. D. Jackson ' s resignation in January, igoo, given charge of the chair of Mining and Metallurgy; Professor Anna H. Martin of the University of Nevada and also of Leland Stanford Jr. University, elected Professor of History; Rev. Samuel Unsworth placed in charge of the chair of Greek; Miss Maud Wheeler of the Universit} of Ne- vada and of the University of California placed in charge of the De- partment of Mathematics; Professor George Blessing chosen to take charge of the Department of Mechanical Engineering; Professor George Louderback placed in charge of the chair of Physics and Chemistry, vice Dr. J. W. Phillips, resigned; Miss Stella Uinscott, temporarily in charge of work in Latin during Professor Church ' s absence; Professor E. B. Kennedy of Cornell in charge of Botan} and Horticulture; Professor P. P. Frandsen of the LTniversity of Nevada and of Harvard, in charge of work in Zoology and Bacteri- ology; Mr. J. M. Wilson, late State Engineer of Nebraska and Assist- ant in Agrostology in the United States Department of Agriculture, placed at the University or rather at the Experiment Station for the purpose of preliminary work in irrigation in Nevada. This is the usual favor conferred bj the Department at Washington on the Station, and Mr. Wilson ' s long experience in engineering work in Nebraska gives promise of a bright future for irregation in Nevada. While Mr. Wilson is attached to the Station, he is a Government officer and his salary is paid by the general Government. The plant of the University has increased in fourteen years from one building to eight substantial brick buildings, and its site from ten acres to thirty-seven. The attendance on the University since 1890 has teen as follows: 1890-91, 163; 1891-92, 154; 1892-93, 184; 1893-94, 189; 1894-95, 265; 1895-96, 335; 1896-97, 347; 1897-98, 335; 1898-99, 333; 1899-00, 316. The registration in the University courses leading to degrees for the years above listed has been as follows: 48, 45, 60, 84, 135, 172, 178, 179 and 176. 25