University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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n [DC iTYggr iU w hour, for tostiiifr puri)ost ' s. A ddii-atc wiml Imlaiiei ' valui-d at $900 tests wiinl lircssures at all aii rk ' s as they aftVet the plaiu ' s of tin- machine. Ill afconiaiici ' with the vision of prai-tieal service to which the university has aspired in its war preparations, the fnur-ciiiarter system was inaugurated. I ' lider this plan the hufre investment w hich the university represents is utilized eleven months of the year, and fornii r torn- year courses may now be eoin- ])h ' tiMl in threi ' . Ill an atlcliipt adci|ua1cly to sii|i|ily tin- needs of tlic state, tile sehoiil iiT Imsinrss adiniiiistration was advanced to the rank of coUefre. It had already siiown its :reat praetieal value in cout rihutiiif economic surveys and solving labor j)rolilenis, wlicii Dean ( ' arletoii II. Parker ' s sudden (b ' ath oeeurrccl lo interfere with the iiuiinMJiate ]ilaiis. The advancement of tlie department of journalism to a school makes a total of nine colleges and three schools on the campus. The razing of the ■ Daily Shack and the removal to new ([iiarters in Commerce hall was iiiarkecl by a reunion of former students in the department, to many of whom the old building meant college. The spirit of the old department survived the trans])lanting and is building new traditions around its new haunts. The next to the last of the temporary structures left from the A. Y. P. K. met its doom along with the Daily shack when the law building was torn down. The law students also were given a tloor in Commerce hall, where their valuable library is no longer endangered by dampness and rains. But the appreciation of beauty and sentiment has not been Avholly crowded out by the stern necessity of war time curricula. In September the Scandi- navians of the Northwest presented to the university a bronze bust of Grieg, their immortal composer. In tlie spring the college of business administration received as a gift from the city of Paris a miniature of the Joan of Arc of Fic- miet. Baron de Constana, member of the French senate, who visited the eani- ]ius several years ago. was in.strumeiitai in eeuring the gift for the university. nil oo

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m 3TYLLI MM 1 or Action J □IIdc IX Juno. lillT. till ' iiiiivfi ' sity hail just bi ' giui to tVel tilt ' premoni- tions of what tlie war might mean on the campus. In June. 1918. we have come to a full realization of its presence among; us. Washing- ton militant has been as clearly ex- pressed ill the activities of those re- maining- on the campus as in the service of those now wearing khaki or liluc. The development of the rauipus and of courses of study dur- ing the past year have been notably directed toward war ends. The most significant topographical change has been the evolution of the golf course inix) a ship with 1.500 men before the mast. White tents and brown mess houses cover the deck, where last year was greensward: and the clear notes of the bugle float over the campus at sunrise and sunset. Blue- clad sentries, pacing up and down the old board walk, bar the way to the crew house until A. S. U. W. passes are presented. Swinging lines of sailors inarch- ing to and from classes replace groups of idlers on Denny .steps. Booms in Denny attic and Commerce hall are devoted to the use of the I ' liited States Radio School, where sailors ai ' e trained for expert service . Here and there during class hours a sailor ' s uniform gives pedantic halls a military air. The government is extending the work to give practical experience by establishing a radio station on the campus. During the winter a United States Shipping Board Navigation School was established in Commei-ce hall under the direction of James E. Gould. mIio formerly directed a similar work in Taeoma. Courses leading to the I ' nited States Inspectors examinations for first, second and third mate, and master were given to prepare officers for the merchant marine. The cornerstone of a western Annapolis and West Point was laid March 19 when the faculty approved curricula of four years courses leading to tlie degree of bachelor of military science, naval science, and aeronautic science. Captain W. T. Patten was given charge of the military department, and a navy officer and military engineer are expected to be detailed to the campus to direct the other branches. Practical work in army caniiis and on training ships is outlined for the summer quarters. Frank E. McKoue was brought to the campus in October to fill the chair of aeronautics established by W. E. Boeing. Seattle airplane manufacturer. Visible evidence of the new study is the aerodynamics laboratory located east of Engineering hall. In the laboratory is one of the nine wind tunnels of the world, through which a current of air is forced at the rate of fortv miles an □ IBlfn

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m ' The H DTYLLC o m e G u a r 33] HI d T] ' ) ;;i i ' tlir I ' lilK ' st uicasui ' f of .Mipj)()i-t to the Wasliingtoiiians who have gone to the firing line, the faculty members remaining at the I ' niversity liave devoted more time tliis year to solving practical problems than they have to tlieir classes and lecture routine. President Henry Snzzallo as chairman of the State Council of De- fense has led tlie way of service in promoting the industrial etificicncy and social welfare which are so essential to victory. The cost of living survey, which foi ' iiied the basis of wages in the shipbuilding industries of Seattle, was compiled by the late Carleton H. Parker, dean of the school of business adminis- tration, whose sudden death in ilarch shocked tile entire campus. As mediator in the labor dis- ])utes at Camp Lewis, fifteen threatened walk- outs were averted by Dr. Parker. In. December lie presented a plan to the lumber interests of tile eastern part of tlie state Avhich resulted in an eight-hour day for the lum- berjacks. In his capacity as unofficial member of the mediation commission of Secretary Wilson. Dr. Parker investigated a raise of wages for the local gas employees and was mediator in the tlireatened iongshoremen ' s strike. Witii keen insight into the coming military needs, about fifty faculty members started intensive military drill shortly after war was declared. As a result twenty-one of these have rendei-ed invaluable sei-vice tliis year as captain-instructors in the Reserve Officers ' Training Corps. Through lectures, pamphlet.s, and newspapers, the home economies department, under the lead- ei-ship of Miss Etfie I. Raitt, in co-operation with the late Miss Mary F. Rausch of the extension division, has reached the women of the entire state with advice on the most practical ways to save wheat, sugar, fats and meat, and instructions for the successful use of substitutes. At the Home Economics exiiibit March 1 and 2. l.. i(IO Seattle housewives had a practical demon- stration of all pha.ses of food and eltttlies con.servation. Sliortly after the ()]ieiiiiig of sehool in the fall tlie Students Friendshiji ' ; v Fund campaign be gaii. The ([Uota lor the I ' liiversity UN M Join