University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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A popular exhibit at the Exposition was the Pay Streak. One iini(nie feature, visible at the rijjlit. was a tribe of Igorrotes Indians from the South Pacific Ishinils. At left, is an Eijvptian obelisk. Farriiiytoti 1 1. ill, at this lime used as the science building, can be seen in the background. 11

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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.

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Memorial Way, with its arch and fifty-eight sycamores, was created after World War I in lienor of the fifty- eii ht students and alumni who had given their lives in the war. Expanding Campus Gains Recognition After his famous flight to France, Charles Lindberg visited Washington ' s campus and was lionorcd in ceremonies at the stadium. The partially com- pleted pavilion, one of the largest in the West, is visible in the background. „- m ' - . rii.J ' - ' ' 12