University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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with the erection of the present structures, did the very best they could under the conditions to be met, and much of their work will stand the test of time. They paved the way amid opposition, and they gained in the race. The coming of better buildings has been a little too much by way of con- trast for the older buildings, but the fight is won by steps. The new day will bring better things if the fight is steady and for a definite purpose. In this betterment the useful and the efficient features must be con- served, but the sincere beauty of the architectural side must ever be put forward. On the grounds the expert in landscape gardening must have his way if we are to have a harmonious setting for the buildings. Buildings need not be costly but they should certainly be tasteful in design.

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the richer in all senses will Nevada be. If you want the results you will have to pay the price. If the children get the goods, they will deliver the results, and the parents know this. Each generation will demand more of the University and get more. Changes come slowly because a slow public must be convinced, but come they must. Intelligent direction by the wise men of the time will accomplish much, and it is hoped that the united will- power of the alumni of the University will be aimed at the accomplishment of the things that go to make the greater University of the future. George Bancroft, in his memorial to Abraham Lincoln, had this to say : That God rules in the affairs of men is as certain as any truth of physical science. On the great moving power which is from the beginning, hangs the world of the senses and the world of thought and action. E ternal wis- dom marshals the great procession of the nations, working in patient con- tinuity through the ages, never halting and never abrupt, encompassing all events in its oversight and ever effecting its will though mortals may oppose in madness, or slumber in apathy. Sometimes like a messenger through the thick darkness of night, it steps along mysterious ways, but when the hour strikes for a people or for mankind to pass into a new form of being, unseen hands draw the bolts from the gates of futurity ; an all- subduing influence prepares the minds of men for the coming revolution ; those who plan resistance find themselves in conflict with the will of Provi- dence rather than with human devices ; and all hearts and all understand- ings, most of all the opinions and influences of the unwilling, are wonder- fully attracted and compelled to bear forward the change which becomes more an obedience to the law of universal nature, than submission to the arbitrament of man. The time has come to follow definite plans in placing proper buildings on the University campus, and to harmonize the setting so as to get a unified result. The writer was once called upon to say a few words when the Washoe County court house was remodeled, and, viewing the new work in the front and the old building in the rear, said that he did not approve of having Queen Anne architecture in the foreground and Mary Ann architecture in the rear. In the University plan as used in the past, we have reversed this order, but in the end the queenly structures are bound to prevail. The temporary need of the present should not be the per- manent blot of all time. This is not said in a spirit of malice, for it is easy to criticise where no gray matter is needed, but it is meant as record of advancement. We begin in humbleness and advance by struggles. Our best endeavors will not meet the needs of the future, and we should make special efforts to lead in the right direction. Those who were concerned sixteen

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