University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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later in charge of all the work in chemistry. His long and faithful service in the department is remembered by a host of friends who benefitted by experience, and who learned to know their chemistry in an eminently practical way. The same year saw kindly Dick Brown appear on the campus to begin his work in the mechanical department, and to take charge General View from the Northwest of the varying fortunes of the host of young men who passed through Lincoln Hall in its pioneer days. In October, 1891, Professor Henry Thurtell took charge of the department of mathematics and mechanical drawing and continued this work until he was appointed State Engineer many years later. In June, 1891, the first class was graduated from the University and the three receiving the A. B. degree were Fred A. Bristol, Frank H. Norcross and Henry C. Cuting. Fred Bristol was for many years a very successful mining engineer in South Africa and died in Cali- fornia a few years ago. Judge Norcross went into the legal profession and after serving as District Attorney of Washoe county, was elected to the Lincoln Hall and Chemistry Building 23

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iteffi MiaiA Jose Normal School, but devoted the major portion of his time to business. He died in 1915 in San Jose. In 1890 the first dormitory for the use of students was established and the enrollment reached a total of 143, divided among the schools of Liberal Arts, Mines, Agriculture, Normal and Preparatory. The largest class was enrolled in physical geography and failures were so numerous in that branch that it was popularly known as the Physical Impossibility ' class. Professor Jackson was working hard to get the mining department on a definite and practical working basis, but had to do most of the work in the basement of Morrill Hall. Steps were soon taken to put up a •: : ;! ,- i Stewart Hall Hatch Station Morrill Hall modest mining building, and the present Experiment Station was built and furnished at a cost of $12,000. A training school was established for the education of teachers and was kept up for a number of years until the school board of Reno made it possible to do this work in the public schools. Lieutenant A. C. Ducat was succeeded by Captain John M. Neall of the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, who was a splendid disciplinarian. He established a firm basis for the military work and his four-year detail is a pleasant- recollection to the old-time students. In 1891 Prof. T. W. Cowgill was made Professor of English and his strong personality made its impression on all those who came under his influence. He was a graduate of Harvard and was in charge of the depart- ment until failing health made it impossible for him to stay in the class room. Prof. Nathaniel E. Wilson, a graduate of the University of Maine, was placed in charge of the chemical work in the Experiment Station and was 22

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■Mt% m%M:mi: : Supreme Court, and six years later the people of Nevada encored him. Henry C. Cutting went to Tonopah in the early days and accumulated enough to become a large land-owner in Richmond, California. The next year Albert M. Lewers completed the mining school work and became the pioneer graduate of that school. He is now in charge of the chemical division of the Patent Office in Washington. The first graduates of the School of Agriculture were William E. Barney and Fred Stadtmuller, one of them followed mining, while the other looks after the rural credits in a local bank. In the years that followed, the graduates of this school be- came mining men, army officers, or followed trades. When John Chism walked right out of the graduating class and became a successful farmer, the department picked up hope and has had no reason to complain since. The year 1894 witnessed a change in the policy of the University as the time had arrived for expansion. Recognizing this, the Regents sought the service of the best talent they could find in this country, and appointed Joseph Edward Stubbs of Berea, Ohio, president. Dr. Stubbs was born at Ashland, Ohio, March 19, 1850. He received his B. A. from the Ohio Wesleyan College in 1873, and his M. A. in 1876. He was a graduate of Drew Theological Seminary, 1875, and received the D. D. degree from the Ger- man Wallace University in 1890. He was a student in the University of Berlin in 1890-91. He was president of the Bald- win University at Berea, Ohio, from 1886 to 1894, and while there placed that in- stitution on a firm financial basis. He was president of the Ohio Association of Colleges in 1891, and in 1899 served as president of the American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. During his twenty-year service as president of the University of Nevada, Dr. Stubbs devoted his every energy to the upbuilding of the institution, and from personal knowledge of the facts the writer can say that he did not spare his own purse in the same service. He found Dr. Joseph E. Stubbs 24