Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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moral philosophy, president of college: English language and liter- ature, Nancy L. Van Doren, Zoology and botany, C. V. Piper, chemistry, geology and mineralogy, to be filledg stenography and typewriting, james Fergusong principal of preparatory department, G. Halafatt. ' On the evening of the same day 0. L. Wfaller was elected to the chair of mathematics and civil engineering. and Elton Fulmer to the chair of chemistry. Un july 22 E. A. Bryan was elected to the presidency, to assume the duties of the office on September 1. President Heston and Professors Hendricks. Claypool, Newell and Munn retired from the faculty. The history of the institution, as it now exists, dates from the fall of 1893. The following facts and dates are interesting in this connection: August 22, 1893. contract let for mechanical engineering build- ing. September 30. 1893. co-ntract let for administration building. January 15, 18514, provision made for the employment of an assistant chemist. April 2, 1894, XN. Spillman elected professor o-f agriculture, and H. Balmer, professor of horticulture. May 23, 1895, contract let for Stevens Hall. June 25. 1895. chair of rhetoric and composition established. june 1895. NN. I. Roberts elected associate professor of mathematics and civil engineering. july 530, 1895, C. A. Barry elected professor of modern lan- guages. April 21. 1396. course in pharmacy re-established. june 30. 1896, Mrs. Van Doren resigned as professor of Eng- lish language and literature. june 23, 1896, .-X. E.- Egge elected professor of English lan- guage and literature. October 20. 1896. E. E. Earrowelected professor of mechan- ical engineering. ' The growth and development of the institution may be fairly 77

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well illustrated by the following tabular statement compiled from the different catalogues: Faculty. Students. Announcement .. G 60 First Catalogue . 6 811- Second Catalogue .. .. 12 235 Third Catalogue . .. 1-L 110 Fourth Catalogue .. . . 15 1845 Fifth Catalogue .. .. Z1 308 Sixth Catalogue . . . . 23' 308 Seventh Catalogue . ..... . . ............ 26 362 The curriculum of the college as laid down in the first annual catalogue has been greatly modified and strengthened since that time. The requirements for entrance to the Freshmen year, as above mentionedi have been raised from time to time until now the standards of admission to the college proper are fully as high as those existing in the best colleges of the country. The instructional courses offered in the Erst catalogue comprised the following: Agriculture, mechanic arts, domestic science and pharmacy. For the past five years the departmental courses of instruction have been successfully carried out. By this method students carry some par- ticular line of work throughout the four collegiate years as a major -the full complement of work also including certain subjects re- quired of all candidates for graduation and a sufficient number of electives to, make a total of thirty courses for the four years. A considerable latitude is allowed in the matter of electives. Good satisfaction and excellent results have been attained by the pursu- ance of this plan. The institution now offers the following courses of instruction, each leading to a bacheloris degree: till Mathematics and Civil Engineering. CZD Chemistry. Q35 Botany. Qu-lj Zoology. Agriculture. CGD Horticulture. 29