University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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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

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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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MMIA the institution on the eve of getting Federal aid and the State beginning to see the necessity of the larger training for its students. During the administration of President Stubbs, twelve buildings were erected on the University grounds, the crowning one being the magnificent Mackay School of Mines, acquired through the generosity of Mrs. John W. Mackay, and her son, Clarence Mackay. This endownment was given in honor of the late John W. Mackay of Virginia City, and his statue in front of the building shows him looking toward his old Comstock home. To the Mackays Nevada is indebted for the Mackay School of Mines building, the fine Athletic building on the Athletic field, the fine campus lawn and the Athletic field itself, the grandstand, and the museum, and for the upkeep of the school an endowment of $150,000. The total benefactions amount to over $300,000. During the early part of Dr. Stubbs ' administration he devoted him- self to providing dormitories for the accommodation of the students from a distance, and Lincoln Hall and Manzanita Hall are the results of this move. The establishment of these and of the dining hall have kept the liv- ing cost down for students and, as the average Nevada student is either making his own way or is drawing upon people who have to work hard for a living, the foresight of Dr. Stubbs and the acts of those in authority who made possible the accomplishment of this purpose, are returning dividends every year to every student living in these halls. Manzanita and Lincoln Halls were built in 1895 and the gymnasium was started the same year by donations from students and faculty, and the public. When it was nearly completed the State appropriated enough money to finish it in good shape. The Chemical building and the Hospital were built in 1897 and 1907, and the Electrical and Mechanical buildings were added later. In 1914 a dairy building and equipment were provided, as well as a small Library building. In 1906 Congress increased the fund for investigation of agricultural problems by an additional $15,000 a year and this fund is known as the Adams fund. It is used strictly for investigation and is used in conjunc- tion with the Hatch fund. In 1907 Congress increased the Morrill fund from $25,000 a year to $50,000 and the additional fund is known as the Nelson fund. Part of this is to be devoted to preparing teachers for agri- cultural subjects. In 1913 President Stubbs went to Europe to study at Oxford, and 25