University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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-P Y P PM TP' PM'-M P7 ' - - V 7 '7'YC - ' -' f-mf--. ,Y - yi---vp---f.Ti-...,,t,,i tions, but full of vital energy and ambition devoted to the University and alive to every opportunity to advance what each beleived to be for the general good. As a whole, the faculty were not then always united in opinion concerning the various matters that came before them for consideration. The discussions in these faculty meetings were animated and exhilerating, but did not always result in the substantial unanimity of conclusion that might have been expected from the length and strength of the arguments advanced. P However, the vigor of debate and the warmth of rejoinder and repartee seldom were allowed to make unpleasant the social good feeling that prevailed between the different members. Here was a University in process of being constructed, put together by men trained in widely different schools. Each man had his own ideas, gained by experience, or acquired without experience, of methods and manners of accomplishing desired results. Each was somewhat tenacious of his own opinion and some were more or less impatient of the opinions of others, but out of these long and occasionally spicy discussions grew the policy that has made the University what it is to-day. I The students of that day were few in number. The class in college algebra was transferred to me upon October 4th, 1891. .The entire class numbered six. Professor Caine of Elko, Professor Anna Martin, Miss Jennie Sherman and Miss Stella Webster were members of that algebra class. The class in the same subject this year was a little smaller than usual, but numbered sixty persons. 'Mr. Albert Lewers was the only Senior in the School of Mines, Mr. Charles Brown and Mr. Smith Swan were the only juniors in the same school. Mr. Fred Stadtmuller, Mr. William Barney, Miss Blanche Davis and Mr. Albert Lewers constituted the entire graduating class. As future years have brought added strength and power to these students of these' early days, unconsciously one institutes a comparison between the students then and now and is forced to the conclusion that these of the present must stir themselves most actively to equal or exceed the achievements of their predecessors. It is profitable sometimes to look back and contrast past with present that we may discover sources of weakness and not rest satisfied with less than the best that we are capable of doing. Each change should be an improvement. Each class should be a little better than the last, but such is not by any means always the case. Q As among the pioneers of education the people of this State should ever hold in grateful esteem the name of Miss Hannah K. Clapp. Her breezy, kindly manner and brave face, her loyal friendships, her general efficiency and her long service inthe University have made tor her a lasting and an honored place among the builders of the institution. Conspicuously identihed with the University from its opening at Reno in 1887, first as Professor of English Literature for four years, and afterwards as Librarian until her resignation in IQOI, she gave to 24. ' the and the f -V fb K L 1

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PIGNEERS OF THE NIVERSITY PON the occasion of the Commencement Exercises for the Class of I o , it is ex ected to assemble here all of the 9 4- P ioneers of the Universit , who in the earl da s of efforts to create an institution of hi her education in the P Y Y Y 8 State gave to it their best energies. I say all of these-not that it is possible for all the good and true men and women who have been conspicuously identified with the building of the University to gather here at the same time, for some of these have already passed the portals that divide time from eternity, and others have made their homes in distant States and foreign lands. But even these we believe will be here in spirit, for a man's best thoughts become so wrought into the work of his hands and the creations of his brain that their force is felt and appreciated through all the changing days and years that follow. Upon this Commencement occasion it is intended to do fitting honor to the men to whose wisdom and guidance the University owes its existence and such measure of prosperity and success as has attended it. Y It is my purpose to mention here only those -who are not now connected with the University and with whom it has been my good fortune to be personally acquainted. If the words that I shall write take the form of personal impressions and reminiscences of the persons and events considered, and if I am not quite able to avoid the use of the personal pronoun in this writing, I beg to be forgiven the apparent bad taste. The years of service, during which the University's best interests have been my highest aim and Strongest desire, have given me much more than an impersonal feeling toward everything that makes for her success or failure. My connection with the University began October Ist, 1891, and at that time the buildings owned by the University were but four in number-Morrill Hall, Stewart Hall, the Mining Building and the Experiment Station Building. They were not an imposing set of buildings, but the buildings are only a small part of what goes to make a University. The power that existed in the faculty of the Uni- versity and in the students who came under their instruction was the vi.tal and effective principle. The faculty consisted almost entirely of men in the prime of young manhood, not so full of learning as the faculties of solder institu- 23

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u ful' :hem mtial good , . I Ill .N in k 5 I: ot Th C ibers fbert wool. .II v 4 4 2: K. d C ure the the of lass PP' for ig at C IO of the University the best she had fiom a life rich in experience, from a mind splendidly endowed, from a heart that was patriotic, unselfish and brave. Stephen A. jones was President ofthe University from 1890 to 1894, which time constituted a large part of the formative period of the University. Methodical, conservative, cautious, kindly and considerate in his dealings with faculty and students, he was perhaps an jfmb-, N MNA R M04-l7'7f'. ' ffl 'L 9 05 Ja.: 1 95:1 fa W K xi .1 'vc I ll 1 q K Q2 l rl 'f J Mom 1-ll At rl V ll C 'l Ml- J? C 1 A 4 . up R it M 5 w l I 9' H is l f fx N N X I 1 1, f- all 'X X l t V-muffin Q 12. l t 1 , X , y, c l . x ales I A , Q' me tread. W . ' 'V Jam Sm XS' Q lv fn-f VJ' a-dsw tw.r. w . .t effective balance wheel among the imperfectly conspiring forces that were then building the University. Among the names that should stand high as one of the builders of the University is that of R. D. Jackson, Professor of Mining and Metallurgy from 1889 to 1900. His best energies were thrown into every thing he undertook. He. labored to make the courses of study entrusted to him as thorough and eflicient as possible. He may justly claim the distinction of having organized the Mining School at the University and pushed it a long way on the creditable career it has enjoyed. His was an enthusiastic, optimlstic temperament, and this went a long way towards inspiring his students with hopefulness and confidence in themselves. The many meniwho have gone out from the Mining School and are now filling places of trust and responsibility with efficiency and satisfaction are the best argument for the course of study in which they acquired their training and for Professor Jackson, under whose tuition many of them took the vt ork in mining andimetallurgy. This brief sketch would be very incomplete without mention of the kindly and gracious hospitality that distinguished his home and made it a rendezvous for kindred spirits. For many years Professor jackson exerted a strong influence upon University affairs of all kinds, and his long service, efiiciency and generous and kindly traits caused him to be held very high esteem. - A Soon after the 1 University first opened its doors at its present location in Reno, the faculty consisted of LeRoy D. Brown, President, Miss Hannah K. Clapp and Walter MCN. Miller. Professor Miller came to the University in 1887 and resigned in 1899. Through a large part of that time he was Professor of' Biology and Geology, a position that he filled with great distinction. He was a natural teacher-efficient, logical, enthusi- astic, kind hearted. He had a keen sense of humor and he loved a good story and told one well. His method 25