The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-10-08
REPORT OF REGENTS OF TER.
RITORlAL UNIVERSITY.
To the Gorsrnor::

70 your Exceliency that very marked
progress has been made during the past
two years 10 making the institution
what it was designed to he 10 the be
ginning. In fact 80 much has been &C
complishsd, that the University 10 10 =
entitled to take rank with the very best
on the Pacific Coast. 1t has been the
constant aim Of the Regents to build up
sn institution entirely free from local,
political or sectional influences, and 10
this We have been entirely successful.
When the undersigned took charge Of
ito affairs in September. 1877. We re-
organized the University with only
President and Mrs. Anderson as Facul-
ty and with forty pupils. while during
tho first year there were eleven instruc-
tors aud one hundred and fifty Ye
students.
The history Of these years is one OF
quiet earnest planning aud working
The very mesger fund at our disposal
has been economized in every possible
way consistent with practical progress.
As tho mem bcrship Of the school in.
creased, teacher after teacher has been
added. has done good work. and has
been promptly paid. The University
building, and grounds have ben kept
in fair repair. furniture repaired and
some needed improvements made
During the past year. four courses Ut
study were arranged. designed to meet
the demand for college instruction in
the classics. mathematics and sciences,
and serve the present ueed Of the Ter
ri,ory ~ o normal schsol and also meet
the wants OF young mcn desiring a
business education.
During the next two years ws must
be prepared to give instruction thr ough
the third aud fourth years Of the classi-
cal and scientific courses. as well as pi o.
vide for classes in ali the branches
taught during the past two years.
The generous aid rendered by the
last Legislature has materially aided in
lifting up the institution to the Terri
torisl plan. and thus s!leucing the
charge that it was mere local affair in
the interest Of a particular place.
The present law aprropriates 81 500
per annum for the benefit Of pupils ap-
poiutod from all parts Of the Territory.
One thousand dollars per year has been
received by your Board of Regents aud
has been faithfully applied in strict ac-
cOrdance with law. 1t is essential to
the continued growth of tie institution
that this aid be continued. and in fact
increased, in order to enable US to keep
up with the growing importance Of the
new State.
There is great need for philosophical
and chemical apparatus. and yet your
Board have no fund to apply to such
purpose. An appropriation OF $500
would enable US to make practical be-
ginning aud supply present needs until
the University becomes . State institu
ton. endowed with . generous grant
from Congress Whom that period ar
rives, We can utilize the grant for an
Agriculture! College as California has
done. and thus build up sn institution
with a college Of agriculture, q college
of arts and scieuces. and q college Of
letters ard general instruction. The
colleges eau be located in differen parts
Of the STATE, or oil concentrated at q
single point, as may be desired.
A briet sketch Of the course OF study
and Of the instrnetiOns may well be
given here. Students are not admitted
unit! they have pursued a course Of
study through the Fifth Reader. speil-
ing. elementary geography. and arith-
metic through fractions and compound
numbers; yet. under these conditions.
there was an attendanceaduringthe win
ter term of 1889 Of l42 pupils. and
l55 during the year. eight Of whom pur-
sued second year studies, thirty three
first year. and one hundred and fourteen
preparatory studies.
The following Is the daily progra anime
Of exercises during the present term:
SA.M-Opening exercises.
9:l5. Mental Arithmetic. Cicero.
Bookkeeping. A Reading. B Reading.
9:s5.-A Algebra, Greek. Zoology, A
Arithmetic. b Arithmetic.
lO:45.-General History. A Grammar.
Greek Grammar. G Arithmetic, Keno
phoD.
ll:20.-Trigonometry. Analytical Gs.
ometry. Latin Reader. Physiology. D
Arithmetic.
I'm Algebra. Cesar. Latin Read.
er. Bookkeeping. German. Geography.
i:4O.-B 0rammar. Herodotus. Livy.
Pedseogiss. Bookkeeping.
23O. O.-Psnmanship. A Geometry. B
Geomstry. U. s. History.
3:lO.-A Spelling. Latin Grsmmsr.
Bookkeeping. B Spelling.
$40. On Wednesday, Vocal Music,
Lessons in Instrumental Music at times
not interfering with class reci.ations.
Classes will be organized as follows
Telepraphy. Oct 9th; Painting and
Drawing. Nov. lst; Elocution during
the winter term.
The Faculty is now constituted as toll
lows
A. ]. Andersen. A. N. President
and Professor Of Psychology. Pedsgog-
les aud pure Mathematics. is grsdu-
ate Of Knox College. Illinois, and has
had twenty three years OF successful
experience as a teacher. holding high
positions in Illinois and also in Oregon
His marked ability spd his success as
q teacher have gained for him wide
reputation, and be has recently had
very lettering calls to take charge OF
institutions in other States These calls
he has uniformly declined-preferring
TO identify himself With our young ard
growing community.
Your Board must not permit this
opportunity TO pass without marked
recovn;tion Of the services rendered by