Washington University Saint Louis - Hatchet Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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QA ww Ami Me One year to the day after the charter had been granted to Eliot Seminary, the first meeting of the corporation was held. Out of deference to the wishes of Dr. William G. Eliot, who felt that the institutiorfs lofty purpose should not be im- peded by bearing the name of an ordinary man, the University was renamed. Since this meeting was held on February 22, l854, the incorporators felt that it should bear the name of George Washington, born on the 22nd of February. It seemed significant to the found- ers, for the character and ideals of this man fitted the institution Which they sought to found. On such a firm foundation were built in later years our outstanding schools social science, the arts, and many others. Polytechnic Institute Building Seventh and Chestnut '? of medicine, liberal arts, engineering, el 6.5 Y f Y . , xi! 96? 1 I F3 0 1' 17 1:3 , C1 V Z .. - IV e I - I Ei 2 F1 I-,L , I

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loseph Gibson Hoyt 1858-1862 lt is difficult to define the realm of thfjgg mgmfs influence. Perhaps it may he measured hy fly, achievements of the hundreds of thousands gf mein and women who have sought learning and ifg rewarding truth under their administration. Each of these men have commanded the respect of thgtf faculty and student body, lout always looking ahead, have not been content with the past, know- ing that progress is not passive. lt is quite fitting that our University, so far-reach ing and eternal in its influence, is guided today hy Chancellor Arthur Holly Compton. At a time when it is the suhject of world-wide dehate in which direc- tion progress is moving, and the harnessing of the power of the atom touches us all, it is significant that QAGAZ ZPL William Chauvenel 1862-1869 Have Led Us at William Greenleaf Eligi W 1 - i f' ld S -. 871 1887 n ie cott ChC1IDl1.1 David Frankun Houston 1891-1907 ms mr