University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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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-

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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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ate struggle for existence ' 4:uv.,w:-A-q::,5fg..-:,,1g.-3.3ges-, -' V -1 was carrled on. lfVhen it .., ,ig ifwrp,ggg'2'f5f V .V -.3 'ali was hrst planned to build -4'wf:w?57f' p:f,y4a..-:- .,p.m-5-.-' ,aft- A at . . ,,.f.M4:..,,- F 8. 1.1111V CTS115 'El161'C VVC11 V fqlgaiayngsw ' 'A ' ' ' ' - - '---W '- --' '- --'- rr --'f 1.12 H ' 7 only about 4,000 PCOPR ' ..,. g I ..,V.,.,... , X , - . -:i..'JPap'i, 111 the W11012 tC1'1'1t0f5'- '- Dufmg fhose early years 3 . . .1- ww A little collegiate work was done and it was not till DENNX HALL. 1876 that a class was graduated, a class consisting of one member, Miss Clara Mc- Carty, now Mrs. l9Vilt, of Tacoma. Wfith the advent of Dr. A. Anderson as president in 1877, the University was First organized on college lines. Dr. Anderson issued the first catalogue in June, 1878. The pamphlet is two and one-half inches wide by four and one-half long. There are in all twelve pages giving the names of the Five faculty members, the board of regents, the OBSERVATORY. 'N