University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Years at Washington iiiiiiii ' i ' ffiii ii III l.S!)4, Uii li.uiiU l.i d thf cornerstone of Denny Hall, to be used as the Administration Building on the ii«u i.nnpiiN ( l.vm.s iii.;ic;,(l li, elalMirate ceremony and watched the biiriiil of a copper box and its collection of mementos from the old Territorial University biiildini;. The l ' iii i ' isit IkuI sciioiis financial prohlcnis. Four times between 1863 and 1S76, the school was forced to close. Atjjain in 1882, the Uni er- sity was threatened with closinc, hut llenrx ' il- lard. President of the Northern Pacific Railwav, gave four thousand dollars, permitting the Uni- ersit to remain open. ' I he lollow ing ( ' ar when Mr. ' illard visited Seattle, students and laciillx honored him at a celebration. From 1875 to 1880, three important de elop- ments marked the growth of the l ' tii ersit . in 1875, nn ' litary instruction was first organized at the school. Miss Clara McCarth ' was the first official graduate of the Uni ersit in 1876. An- other sign of growth was the first purchase of books for the lilirar in 1880. ' hen asliington became a state in 1889. this one building, its lacult and fort -foin- students became the Universitx of the State of Washing- ton. It liecame ob ions that the growing Uni er- sit ' W ' Ould need more room. Land for a new campus was ac(|uir(cl on tlie shores of Lake Washington and, witli the la ing of the Dennv cornerstone in Ma of 1891. the Universitv offi- ciallv mo ed to its new location. The Columns ' first settinij on the new campus was in the Qiiadranijlc, near Commerce and Raitt Halls. Since then, they have had manv locations, and are now in the Sylvan Theatre on lower campus.

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One Hundred In 1854, Governor Isaac Ingalls Stevens asked the terri- torial legislature of Washington to petition Congress for a grant of land to be used as a University, that everv vouth howe er limited his opportiniities, find his place in the . . . Uni ersitv if God has given him the necessarv gifts. Bv 1861, Arthur Dennv, Edward Lan- der and Charles Terrv deeded ten acres for the new University campus in what is now the Seattle metro- politan business district. The cornerstone for the original building was laid in Mav of 1861, nine ears after the earliest settlers had arrived in the territory. In November, the Universitv officialh ' opened, marking the first step in creating the finest educational structure in the Pacific Northwest. Asa Mercer was President of this voung Universitv with thirty students. The following year, the bell was brought around the Horn from New York and installed in the bell tower. It lias become known as the Denny Bell and is still heard each year at Homecoming. Asa Shinn Mercer, First President. The original Territorial University stood where the Olyinpie Hotel is today. The bell and the four eolnnins were later moved to the present eanipus and have heeoiue important University traditions. For several years after the University ' s move to its present location, the building was used bv the Seatllj Public Liljrary. 8

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4 1 ' Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition Brings Growth to University The Government Building stood at the head of these water cas- cades wliich flowed into the pond now known as Frosh Pond. In 1909, President Taft came to Seattle and addressed the crowd .itl -ndinf the AVP Ivvposition. Sitting; at the extreme right is the president of the exposition, J. E. Chiiherg, w. ' ' : - u i r i v •-, n- -rii 5f J f iW This view shows p ' rosh I ' orid with sonic of the crowd, A lolal of ,740,. ' ) 1 people visited the campus for the A P I ' lvposition, 10 In 1909, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held on the campus, an important event for the Universit because it added buildings and landscaping improve- ments to the campus. The City of Seattle raised three million dollars to put on the fair, designed to draw the attention and busi- ness of the world to the Pacific Northwest. It included exhibits of industr) ' , the arts and entertainment, with an emphasis on local culture. Twenty-five buildings were built on the campus. Among those left for later use were Meany Hall, Bagley Hall (now Architecture), the Washington State Museum and the original Engineering Building. This view of the fair from a balloon shows the oval plan of the campus with Frosh Pond in the center and Parrington and Dennv Halls in the backtrround. This example of one of the amusement rides at the AYP Exposition might be taken for part of modern Disneyland were it not for tlie dress of the onlooking crowd.