University of Wyoming - WYO Yearbook (Laramie, WY)

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iTHE 1923 WYOs of Trustees. This responsibility demanded knowledge of the University ' s aims and its needs, and this in turn creates personal interest in it. In the beginning this relationship was scarcely more than the perfunctory duty prescribed by law. It has become the inti- mate hopefulness of a parent for a promising child. Other institutions are maintained in order to secure safety and justice today; the University as an assurance of an en- larged and glorified tomorrow. The University opened its doors in territorial days. September 6, 1887, Thomas Moonlight being the Governor. He was succeeded in 1889 by Francis E. Warren, who has the distinction of being the last territorial Governor and the first under the new State Con- stitution. Warren ' s election to the United States Senate followed soon, severing his official relationship to the University; but throughout the long period in which he has been an outstanding figure in our national life he has been its consistent friend. Then came sev- eral State administrations that for one reason or another were relatively short. During these the University enjoyed the confidence of Amos W. Barber, John E. Osborne, Wil- liam A. Richards, De Forest Richards, and Fennimore Chatterton, whose combined terms of office covered the years from November, 1N!)(). to January, 1905. With the inauguration of Governor B. B. Brooks in January. 1905, the contact be- came more than merely official friendliness. It developed into that type of support which comes from faith in the ideals of, and that hope for a college or University that we often see in the greater alumni of long established institutions. This date marks the time when the University began to find its way into the hearts of the people, not merely into their intellectual consciousness. Merely to enumerate the services rendered by the following families shows how abiding the interest and bow unselfish their labors for the institution. The administration of Governor Brooks covered six years and during that time he showed in many ways his constructive support. The next administration, that of Hon. Joseph M. Carey, began in January, 1911. Among other notable appointments made by him to the Board of Trustees was that of Mrs. B. B. Brooks, who has served continuously and with distinction since 1914, having been reappointed by Governor Robert 1 . Carey in 1919. Mrs. Brooks ' sound judgment has been of incalculable value in the business af- fairs of the institution, but better yet her interest in the students themselves has expressed itself through the substantial financial aid of loan and scholarship funds administered by her. It may therefore justly be said that since 1905 the Brooks family (for son and daughters have been honored students in the University) has been a tower of strength to the institution. The history of another family is tied up with that of the University almost as not- ably as it is with the history of the State. Hon. Joseph M. Carey has been the institution ' s life-long friend. From that day in 1887 when he assisted in dedicating the infant college to the service of Wyoming he has continued to love it. Perhaps no year passed in which he did not serve it by visit or address. In 1911 he became Governor and for four years the University ' s official sponsor. In 1915. bis successor in the Governorship. Hon. John B. Kendrick, appointed him a member of the Board of Trustees. In this position he served with fidelity for six years. In 1919. bis son, Robert I). Carey, became Governor. The quadrennium from 1915 to 1919 covers the administrations of Governor John B. Kendrick and Acting-Governor Frank L. Houx. Governor Kendrick ' s interest in the University was immediate and has not ceased to this day. Though elected United States Senator after serving as Governor only two years, yet in national legislation affecting the University he has not forgotten the institution that he has learned to cherish and at which he is always a welcome visitor. The administration of Robert D. Carey is unique in that he immediately gave per- sonal consideration to any plans that looked forward to an enlarged academic life upon this campus. The Legislature of 1919 took advanced ground in making the Governor an ex officio member of the Board of Trustees. Certainly Governor Carey justified their action by the fine way in which he gave of his time and shared with the Board his best constructive thought. For a third of a century the University has been indebted to the friendly services of the Carey family. Those to whom the progress of the University seems of vital importance were par- ticularly happy in the last campaign. Both of the candidates had given hostages. That members of their families were in the student body was concrete evidence of their con- fidence in the University. Governor W. B. Ross will doubtless come to love the institution in the ratio in which he is permitted to serve its interests. No one appreciates enough the spirit of service of State officials and members of boards whose only compensation is the satisfaction that comes from the consciousness that they have honestly tried to be of service to their fellow-men of today by promoting those interests whose full fruitage comes in the generations of the tomorrows. 13 j fbh 1 1 h 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i M i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMi inn i i i niiim i m ili um ! ill il linium i n nun

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THE 1923 WYOi The University and the State O =ZI01=Z)| o y B § D o czzioi=d o OTH as Governor and as an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Wyoming I have taken a great interest in the University. It has been a pleasure to have seen the University make the pro- gress that it has during the past four years which I believe to be the greatest in its history. More than anything else the University has needed students and it is most gratifying that the people of Wyoming have realized at last that they have a great University where the boys and girls of this State can obtain the very best of an education. From now on the University should grow with the growth of the State and as I look forward to a rapid industrial and agricultural development of Wyoming I feel certain that the University will grow proportionately. I am glad that the institution has been so well financed and that so many new build- ings have been provided for, which are necessary to take care of the increase in students. While a new President has been elected recently, no one should overlook or forget the many things that were accomplished during the time that Professor Aven Nelson was President. His successor, Dr. Crane, has all the qualifications of making an ideal head for the University and I am convinced, if he is given an opportunity, that his efforts will be successful. Although my official relations with the University are over, I am still interested in the institution and its students and I am looking forward to the time when the students shall be numbered by the thousands rather than by the hundreds. ). JUi C j 15