University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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H later in the year he was appointed a member of the commission to investi- gate rural credits and agricultural problems in Europe and traveled over that continent with the Congressional commission. President Stubbs was suddenly striken and passed away on May 27, 1914. He died literally in the harness and his whole soul was wrapped up in the success of the institution he loved so well. With his administra- tion ended the building of the University as an institution solely for the Manzanita Hall under-graduate and the resident student. The policies of institutions change and the time had arrived for extending the work out into the vastly greater field among the people of the State. The passage of the Smith-Lever act by Congress appropriating $10,000 for agricultural extension work in the field and not in the uni- versity class rooms, made it possible at last to meet the everyday problems that vex the citizen. The Board of Regents, consisting of Dr. H. E. Reid, president ; Asha- ton A. Codd, James W. O ' Brien, Charles B. Henderson and Walter E. Pratt, sought for a successor to Dr. Stubbs who had not only the educational 26

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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

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mMmmnr stt- m training, but also the business qualifications for the larger work entailed on the university, and on September 14, 1914, appointed Archer W. Hen- drick of Portland, Oregon, president of the university. President Hendrick was born in Frankford, Ontario, June 26, 1871 ; was prepared for college at the Owen Collegiate Institute and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1897, finishing the work in three years. He was the winner of the Alexander MacKenzie scholarship in history and political science, and an honor man in language and mathematics. He pur- sued graduate work in Queens ' College, and is a graduate of the Ontario Normal College. In 1902 he became the head of the English department in Whitman College, Washington, and served as Dean of the Faculty and Secretary of the Board of Overseers. During his service at Whitman Col- lege he was instrumental in raising the major portion of $500,000 endow- ment fund for that institution. His skill as a business manager and as a progressive educator is evidenced by the strong indorsement of scores of the most prominent empire builders of the Northwest. The University is on a strong basis and is doing good work, and the intimate relationship it must bear through the Smith-Lever extension work to every community in the State is going to make it, not a distant institution set on a high and cold pedestal of classic myths and highbrow culture, but one with human sympathies that every man with red blood in his veins can welcome to his fireside, and feel that it is bringing efficiency to the service of the people. 27