Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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Hopp, Sedrog S. B. Conover, Port Townsend, A. H. Smith, Ta- coma, I. H. Bellinger, Colfax. ' B This board effected an organization by the election of S. B. Conover, president, A. H. Smith, treasurer, and Samuel Vinson, clerk. Governor Laughton officially announced to the board that he had received no report from the commission appointed to locate the college. The next meeting was held at Tacoma May 1, 1891. At this meeting Regents Smith and Conover Qwho were members of the locating commissionj, announced that the commission had made the location at Pullman, VVhitman County. That Pullman was favored by receiving this great gift of the state was largely due to the persistent work and efforts of Dr. VVebb, E. H. Letterman, and Thos. Neill. At the meeting abo-ve mentioned, on May 1, Prof. Geo. Lilley was elected president of the college and director of the Experiment Station. The third meeting of the Board of Regents was held in Pull- man May 22, 1891. At this meeting the secretary and treasurer were authorized to enter into a contract for the co-nstructio-n of a brick building at a cost not to exceed 391500. But before the meet- ing had adjourned a restraining order was served upon the board. For some months afterward restraining orders, injunctions, quo warranto proceedings, suits in equity, etc., were quite the order of the day. The legal questions involved were, however, finally settled satisfactorily tothe people of Pullman. The injunction suit which was begunin the Superior Court of Pierce County, with the object of preventing the location of the college at Pullman, was, after a hearing, dismissed by, the Supreme Court in August, 1891. ln De- cember of the same year the plans of Mr. Prusse for a college build- ing, and also for a dormitory. were adopted, and the president was authorized to advertise for bids for the construction of the basement of the main building and for the erection and completion of the dor- mitory. At this same meeting. which was held on December 1. President Lilley was authorized to open the college january 13. 18921 also to purchase furniture and apparatus for the building 2I

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then under construction. The following chairs were created and established: Agriculture, horticulture, fo-restry and botany, Veterin- ary science, chemistry, mathematics, physics, English language and literature. ' - These chairs were filled as follows: john G'B. Scoibey, pro- fessor of agricultureg E. R. Lake, professor of horticulture, forestry and botanyg Charles E. Munn, professor of veterinary scienceg George G. Hitchcock, professor of chemistryg Nancy L. Van Doren, professor of English language and literature. The college was opened as planned, on January 13, 1892, in the little brick building now lcnown as the crib On February 10, 154512, President Lilley reported to the board then in session a total enrollment at that date of fifty-nine students. At the same meeting the,contract was let for the erection of the boys' dormitory, after- ward known as Ferry Hall. The building was constructed during the following summer and fall, The courses of instruction recommended by President Lilley, comprising courses in agriculture, mechanic arts, do-mestic science and pharmacy Cthese courses were printed in full in the announces ment issued prior to the first cataloguej were formally adopted by the board February 151. 1892. To these courses were added by action of the bo-ard on july 20 of the same year, the following: Chemistry, mining engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engi- neering, electrical engineering and assaying. The requirements for admission to the Freshmen class, as laid down in the lirst annual catalogue, demanded that the applicant must be not less than Fifteen years of age, of good character, of in- dustrious habits, and must be able to pass a satisfactory examination in reading, spelling, penmanship, arithmetic, grammar, geography and United States history. A knowledge of elementary algebra is suggested as desirable, although this subject was one of those re- quired in the first term of the Freshman year. The College Record was established some time prior to March 10, 1892. i Ou May 16 a meeting of the board was held, at which a contract was let for the building of College Hall. At the same meeting, in 23