University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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The departments of instruction have been increased, expanded and strengthened, until the name of University is no longer a mockery. The standards were raised and main- tained until cordial recognition was won from the oldest and most conservative institutions of the Eastern States. With a teaching staff of more than a hundred, including graduates from the best insti- tutions of Europe and America, with a student-body of sixteen hundred crowded into halls and temporary sheds, the University of Washington is about to enter upon its third period of marked development. The first period was the time of foundations, the time of Territorial stress and strain from l86l to l889. The second period was the twenty years of expansion from 1889 to l909. The beginning of the third period is marked by the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. For the first time in the history of such enterprises, an effort is being made to retain as much as possible of the money and labor expended for permanent use. Being located on the large campus of the University, all of the improve- ments to the grounds will be retained, resulting in a beautiful park to take the place of a wild stretch of forest. At the same time large portions of forest land will remain in native beauty along the shores of the lakes. At least four of the important Exposition buildings are being made of permanent stone, brick and steel, designed for use by the University after the Exposition is ended. Several of the so-called temporary buildings are also to be saved for University uses. Important works of statuary and collections of historic and economic value will be saved. ln short, it has been estimated that the results of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition will advance the material interests of the University of Washington to a point that would require twenty or more years of ordinary growth to be attained. EDMOND S. MEANY. 14

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The University was surrounded by a dense loresl. ilihe population of the 'lierritory was sparse and poor in everything but courage and ambition. Higher education entered upon a severe struggle, which endured until statehood was achieved in l889. Very little aid was extended from the Territorial treasury, the total appropriations amounting to less than 535.000, Witli statehood came a transformation and an awakenirig. Appropriations were made large enough to remove tuition fees and to declare the University free for all citizens of the State. The ten-acre site was found to he inadequate and the State provided a large campus of 355 acres. on which hve new structures were erected of brick. stone and iron. The ten-acre site in the center ol Seattle was leased on most favorable terms, the ground rent being paid on an increasing valuation up to a total ol ff:3,500,000, and at the end of the leasehold all the improvements hecome the property ol the University. The State has given the University l00,000 acres of granted lands, which at the minimum price of into an acre means an additional endowment ol at least SI ,O00,000. l...-...-N...f.,A 13

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PRESIDENT THOMAS FRANKLIN KAXE