University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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OPENING 1 25th Anniversary 8 O tudent Life O 16 ports O 86 cademics V 158 lasses 194 rganizations u 316 iving Groups T ndex Advertising 428 1 560

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bsolutcly. The faculty and staff arc sought out as guest speakers % or as consulting sources. University Hospital and Harborvicw provide medical services ranging from primary care to specialized programs. The research programs have a tremendous impact on the state economy, accounting for 53,000 jobs and generat- ing over two billion dollars in the 1985-87 biennium. All the information a person could possibly need can probably be found in one of the four-and-a-half million volumes in the library sys- tem’s collection, one of the most extensive in the coun- try. And, of course, there’s the public TV station KCTS, two public radio sta- tions, and all kinds of artis- tic, dramatic, musical, and sporting events. “I'll admit you've got me convinced — the UW is a major leader among the na- tion's universities That's the University of Washington — always set- ting the pace. by Beatrix Pascua I on your mark, get set—UUs OPENING THE QUICK. CONVENIENT MOPED stands as a symbol of today’s fasl-paccd society. Stephen C. R.ifcrt photo + GETTING AHEAD means a lot of dili- gent studying. Brian l.cc. Cindy Lcong. and Mike Lee hit the books in preparation for their chemistry and math finals. Wit- Ham Su photo

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1861 oJ T986 The University of a Thousand Years” Founded In A Frontier Town Ask anyone familiar with the UW's history who the school's founding fathers were, and the an- swer most likely will be the Rev. Daniel Bagley and Arthur A. Den- ny. It was Bagley who convinced Denny that a university in Seattle would be more valuable than relo- cating the territorial capital there. Convinced. Denny donated eight acres overlooking Elliott Bay (with Charles Terry and Edward Lander donating two acres) and Bagley oversaw the school's construction. School opened November 4. 1861 with Asa Shinn Mercer hired THE FOUR COLUMNS that stand in the Sylvan Theater came from the original university building. Harlot Chinn photo courtesy Daily files as the school's first instructor. Pri - mary classes were included in the curriculum since Clarence Bagley was the only college-level student among the )7 students enrolled that first term. The Territorial University's early years were chronically unstable at best. Financial problems, partisan- ship within the legislature, lack of public support, and the indiffer- ence of the regents weakened the school. The university closed down twice, in 1865 and 1877, because of disputes and lack of funding. Rep- utable professors were reluctant to accept positions there and many students were scared off elsewhere. The school's slow progress its first 27 years was due to the area's lack of secondary schooling to prepare students for college. Sparse population and frontier conditions also hampered the school, but a period of growth in Seattle that began in the 1880s strengthened its development. The beginning of statehood in If the University of Washington could talk, imagine the stories it would tell. This special section couldn’t begin to tell them all, bur it does provide an overall view of the past, through pictures and the voices of alums. It’s a venerable history that reveals the UW as more than just a place to go to school. It's also a unique community. Edited and Compiled by Beatrix Pascual and Margue- rite Perner. Photos courtesy Special Collections UW Libraries ♦ THE TERRITORIAL UNIVERSITY »« built on the unit spot where downtown Senile'» Four Seasons Olympic Hotel is located today. There were six rooms on the ground floor and four on the »econd. UW 9)7 1889 turned the territorial universi- ty into a state institution, raising concerns of bringing the UW up to par with other universities. By the early 1890s. the 10-acrc site and its structures were inadequate for the growing school, especially in the middle of an expanding city. By 1895. the school moved to its pre- sent location overlooking 1.3ke Washington. The building on the new cam- pus housed labs, recitation rooms, a library, lecture and assembly halls, rooms for the president and faculty, and a society room. The building is today known as Denny Hall, named for the man who maintained an interest in the UW since its birth. — BP Those Were The Days When Everyone Knew Your Name The years on the campus before World War I were times the UW will never know again. There was an informality that united the stu- dents and fueled their enthusiasm to take pan in activities. The stu- dent population averaged that of a present small- to mid-sized high school (601 students in 1901 to 2.J00 in 1911) so there wasn't so much the mass anonymity there is today. The faculty and president took special interest in the students' concerns. Tv o dorms, one for women and one for men (Lewis and Clark Hails) were especially built in 1899 to create university spirit among the students through social associations, not just aca- demic. President Frank Picrrepont Graves and faculty members made the dormies feel welcome with regular visits (the president's house was just a walk away). When hiring new faculty, presi- dent Graves looked for married faculty with homes for entertaining the students. Many of the early faculty were bachelors so the few married faculty on campus got the burden of entertaining. Graves felt that students should learn the us- ages of the best society. Some of the faculty also dou- bled as patrons and patronesses at student dances or as coaches. Stu- dents and faculty joined the same clubs and sometimes squared off against each other in an occasional baseball game. There was a pioneering spirit within the family atmosphere — the beginning of dorms and Greek houses, the start of intercollegiate athletics, and the first bookstore. The senior meditation in the 1900 Tyee stated. He was glad that his class had gone through the dark ages and taken part in the renais- sance. — BP ARTHUR A. DENNY, one of the UW's fnundm£ father UW ffftiO Anniversary logo courtesy l 'W Office of Publications 125TH ANNIVERSARY