University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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TO REV. DANIEL BAGLEY, THE FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS MOST FAITHFUL FRIEND, WE AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATE THIS BOOK.

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6 TYEE IQO4 GRANDFATHER BAGLEY 26 . HAT a blessing it is that we, who are in the midst of the hurrying activities of this University of Washing- ton, are yet permitted to clasp the warm hand and hear the cheery voice of the man who did most of the work in found- ing the institution for the Territory in 1861. To every student and to every instructor, Reverend Daniel Bagley is beloved as Grandfather Bagley. They delight to show this love on every occasion when he visits themg and they take to heart his Words of exhortation in which he invariably pleads for an earnest, upright manhood! 'l Daniel Bagley came to this far western country as a missionary for the Methodist Protestant Church. He had been a fellow worker of Preacher Lovejoy, who was wounded during the heated controversy just before the Civil War. He brought to his new work on the Pacific Coast a vigor and enthusiasm whose imprint is seen to this day in many of the cities of Qregon and Washington. 'l He was born in Hayfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, September 7, 1818. He was brought up on a farm and his only schooling was in the log cabin school of that district. In August, 1840, he was united in marriage to Susanah R. Whipple. It is a refreshing and uplifting experi- ence to visit in their home this pair of aged lovers, who, after passing through many years of active work as pioneers, now