University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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M ... ESE if ' f it' ll.. .1 I E 'H , Relax. ,f figg f a E i 1 iw -, ,xi ' 41 ' H i q. I .. Q 1 ' Q. its ' I , .V ' i ,' H f 'K' , 5 --f-.1 ..f. fzw-Q.asv:-:zw'fa:t':?if,45'r'mf 'W 1 ' ' 'fixff' '- s A ,,,,Lg.:Y.- I Q I ' 1f'.Lf' ' ,.1lii:.'i25lZ'.'iTI'Q1411 -. . ' ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. Isaac Ingalls Stev- ens, the iirst territorial governor, urged the new- .ly assembled legislature to outline a school system and crown the work with a modern university. Con- gress was nieniorialized and seventy-two sections of land secured. The next year the territorial legislature decided to establish two. universities instead ot one, one at Seattle, the other down in Lewis County. A commission was appointed to select and ap- portion the lands between these two institutions. Three years la t er th e legislature planned to unite both in- stitutions into one and lo- cate it on the banks of the Cowlitz river in Lew- is County. The pioneers of Pu- get Sound retaliated by taking steps toward the establishment of Puget 'Q , gil? . fill T Qlvi' Fe ., . 3.1,-55, 44 ENDS 'H V 1 ' ff ,1-1:22 Wit iw' 1 ' b 7 17 - i ff I e.i,1:.f4ftg-ve .,, E ' -fm-sv J i ma-Q . ' .. ...tg 2 .S1.':ss,.f :s2g,gf.-ieirfef f f T495 It-'M 1 .,, 'F 5-71 if . V. I - ' I 355 -' sz Mai I '- ' f ' ik. 'Y-3 f1 'ff,'-Q f' 27? , Tim? 'ig I . 59' fffh- QfE?1t:g22l'lll, gi . l oLD rxivnnsiwi' BUILDING.

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be Ut. . On October 14, 1901, the corner stone of the new Science Hall for the University of Wfashington was laid amid appropriate ceremonies. Perhaps not more than one man present on that occasian could look back over the lapse of years through which our loved Alma Mater has struggled, to the day when the corner stone of the old University building was laid on May 21, 1861. That was a time when the call to arms was stirring the hearts of men, both north and southg a time when all over the country, from east to West, men were hurrying to the front, leaving their work, their homes, their loved ones to answer duty's call. 'lt speaks volumes for the temper of the American people, that a handful of pioneers on the far western slope, while the nation was torn with civil strife, should make a small clearing in the dark Fir woods and there plant an institution of learning. To tiace the growth of the University up to the present time is the purpose of this sketch. Nor is this an easy task. People were not so careful then as now to record everything of interest connected with their institution. A

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Sound University. This move seems to have had the desired effect. The legislature passed an act in january, 1861, re-locat- ing the University as a single institution at Seat- tle. A board of Seattle men, Rev. Daniel Bagley, john VVebster and Ed- tritium? SCIENCE BUILDING. mund Carr was appointed to select the granted lands, sell them and build the University Within a year. A ten acre site was donated by Arthur A. Denny, Charles C. Terry and Edward Sander. The ground was quickly cleared, 2 Q 1- .fi f, A 1 ---V V1 41, . , - ..-if ,4- fi .- .. ' 1-3,55 P . . ' .. 1 - f .1 S' 111 N.. '44-I fft srf my . '1' - L' 'V :' '. 3 . eff:-: :?:.J2., 1 .2i1:,1:.2:S-if522212: 4 f-fr ' :li-1 ll f'a.1'f,H - 'N'- 't4a1 Wz::' '1 - 1f7QAWa Efgfil, ,sf :W xi ':f.,,.i1i--9-:a way .f...-:-'f.-1 's .'1f ' Rf. .-.5 a.. -.1 'Mig' - ,H 4' mu. fxf:',.Air3-:Sl'5 .1 f :diggt-':.'f?': R 5 ?'?5TeN'5'Z??f'F'9lfffsv- 5 f f .-5 5 .- J 'fT't '1'-'yur-1p'r -' f1??iij2,1f,ggf2-1'g2g.'a,'.2:-Graaff?fg5fPa'f,,x'Q ' 0 - Q. - . .. .. I. ., -ne! 7w'1fJtf,4,':' V.11115:Z':x.x,.:?4:1,.,'.f GYMNAS IUM. only a few maples and a grove ol small evergreens being left. Upon this site, facing Puget Sound and the snow capped Olympics the new University was built at a cost of thirty- nve thousand dollars. For years a desper-