Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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8 Reflections

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i urn Buck Bailey was a baseball coach who came to WSC for “a cuppa coffee and a look- see” at what he ' d heard was a graveyard for coaches, and ended up staying for 34 years. During this time he perked up the place with his habit of tearing apart his hats during critical moments of a game, as well as with his great coaching abilities which led the Cougar baseball teams to 14 Northern Division penants, the title of “runners- up 10 other years, and a second place in the nation in 1950. A story of humor involving Bailey occurred in 1939 when the Athletic Round Table of Spokane suggested to fans that they replace the hats Bailey had mangled through the years. Several days later hats began arriving at his home in Pullman by mail, train, express, and car. The hats filled up Bailey’s back yard—even spilled down into a vacant lot. The climax came when Bailey couldn’t find a single one of the estimated 26,000 hats that would fit him! Opposite page, top: Mechanical engineering machine shop, c., 1899. Bottom left: Pharmacy- Botany class, c., 1900. Bottom right: The faculty of 1904. This page, top: The first library, old Administration Building (Thompson Hall), c., 1904. Left: Roommates of the “new” Ferry Hall. Reflections 7

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Enoch A. Bryan was a president who is described as the one who brought order out of chaos at WSC. When he arrived on campus in 1893, Bryan described the school as “wrecked” and immediately set about putting it back together. With his inspiration and foresight, Bryan developed the notion that WSC should do all it could to encourage and assist all qualified persons in getting an education. Under his direction, the college grew both physically and intellectually. He passionately believed that the college should be the “peoples ' university , even though he was criticized much by “the people” who were against offering classical and scientific subjects along with the already established “practical courses”. As the years progressed, WSC weathered world events, social changes, and numerous growing pains. Memorable dates range from the tragic influenza epidemic which struck the campus in 1918 and killed 41 members of the Student Army Training Corps despite the heroic efforts of doctors, students, faculty, and local citizens—to the student strike against the code of social behavior in 1936 which resulted in the formation of more realistic rules. Opposite page, top: Main Street, Pullman, 1911. Bottom: Women ' s P.E. class in old gymnasium, c., 1907. This page, top: Student using dictaphone in foreign language lab, 1918. Center: Agricultural engineering class in tractor repair, 1920. Left: Women’s outdoor exercise class, 1920. Above: Short course in sheep shearing, c., 1920. Reflections 9