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Page 23 text:
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rowth of the State College of Washington SUALLY we think of growth of an institution of higher learning in terms of new buildings, larger acreage, additional books, and increase in students and faculty. This kind of growth at the State Col¬ lege of Washington is abun¬ dantly evident; but there is a finer and truer growth that can¬ not be measured by mere physi¬ cal expansion. Increased enroll¬ ment and additions to the fac¬ ulty roster, more bricks and acres, and more class rooms, are important, tangible things. But the true value of an institution is to be measured largely in the character, capacity, and vision of the young men and women sent from its doors. We are giving better voca¬ tional and cultural training to our men and women than we have ever been able to give be¬ fore; but best of all, we are in¬ creasing the number of serious- minded graduates who are able to show independence of thought and action. It is a sim¬ ple axiom that mere study is not sufficient; one must think to be able to grow, to serve, and to lead. Emerson once said, “Thought is the seed of action.” Thomas Edison was asked the question recently “Why do so many men never amount to anything?” And he answered this question by saying “Because they do not think.” Again Emerson has said, “There is no thought in any mind but it quickly tends to convert itself into power.” As I have said above, we have an increasing number of thoughtful students who go out into life with the ability to think for themselves. Also the scientific work of the college, in recent years, has deepened and expanded and borne a very rich fruitage; and the faculty and experimental staff have ad¬ vanced in scholarship and ex¬ perience—qualities that stand for thinking power and growth. With each generation of stu¬ dents, the State College reaches higher ground. With this added growth and new strength, this institution is providing a rich heritage and proving a true blessing to the state and to the thousands of young people who will be enrolled here in the years to come. Thus the State College of Washington is growing steadily and is rendering wide and wor¬ thy service to the entire com¬ monwealth.
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EXPANSION E XPANDING from a tiny three-building in¬ stitution comprised of a heating plant, a barn, and a farm house in 1893, into a cam¬ pus including 49 buildings of various size and with entirely modern equipment in 1929, the State College of Washington has more than kept pace with the forward movement of the twentieth century. One hundred ten freshmen, who made up the entire student organization, answered the first roll call, coming to the college certainly not for the gaiety that makes up the present- day campus social curriculum; rather for the opportunity offered for industrial and com¬ mercial study. The Pullman they found was a boardwalk city with a population of 1300, alive with the activity that accompanied a Palouse country farming town of that day. Two railroads and two banks were the prin¬ cipal centers of interest, carrying on their business with the mechanical aid of a few car¬ bon electric lights, telephoneless, citizens go¬ ing from place to place by some means of horse-locomotion. At the present time, more than 3000 stu¬ dents attend the State College, supplementing the courses taken in the well-equipped lab¬ oratories and lecture rooms with social activ¬ ity centering about 34 group houses, as well as dormitories and off-campus organizations. Downtown, the growth is reflected in an in¬ crease , of 1200% in bank business, while churches, business houses, and general civic improvements speak for the rating of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce. The years have wrought great changes, and in all we have a better college than in the early days;, the young people are quite as ear¬ nest as were their predecessors; their morals are high; their business understandings are better, because general present-day conditions offer improved opportunities which the stu¬ dents as a whole are eagerly taking advantage of. — 20 —
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