, 1882-12-30
Whitman College.

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lege and Educational Society, whereby
Whitman College will receive from time to
time endowment funds. The board also
| approved President Ande7sOn's report and
appointed the following committee from
thear number to have iull char5r Ol carrying
ont It's recommeada ions 4. j. Anderson,
J. F. Boyer, Ii. +. johnson, y. q B!alOck,
anu G. ". Sumnerindyke. Rev. c. Eells,
| tn, president Of the board, who came from
| Cheney to attend the meeting. OWING Il the
railroad ~ashout, walked IRON Whitman
station, that he might not be too late for the
meeting. We publish the report at the re
quest of the bolrj OF trustees:
To The Borrd OF Trustees Of HEtnan Cot
! tcyr dad Seminary .-GENrLEuEN Thipk.
ing that a statement Of the progress and
present condition OF tie n,titutin under
! yoHr guardianship. woa.i b. expected on
this Occlsi. II, | respectfully submit the FOL
lowing report:
On S-pt 4, lSS2, a faculty o: three mem.
bers b7gan wAk IN the rep.ir-d aud r.iar-
n,hed Whitman Seminary baililu. with
SIXTY .tui,Its, aft.r rejecting all applicants
not abb 10 Tea III the lf h reader and take
corresponding s;uiirs. Rejected candidates
were recommended Ia schyo, estabiishep
for the purpose hy Mrs. y. F. Cobleigh. in
Ward's school house on Hlrcn street.
The sixty students were of al grades, from
geography to zoology, from if,h reader to
rhetoric aud Virgil, and ir..m fractions in
ari hn.uc to analytical trigonometry Great
difficulty was encountered IN securing good
classiiica ion, and much though. and Ia or
required III the eadelvOr TO inspire the
greater number Of the students 70 think for
themselves in all their studies. Yet the
work prosprrei until by the end of the first
term, there were seyenty-six pupils. The
second term opened with ninety one, all ap-
pllcants beyond that number being rejected
for lack Of rom, even then leaving nineteen
students without seats or desks except those
vacant when other students were reciting.
The tuition fees Of the first term paid all ex-
penses. The same will be true of the second
term although additional expense has been
incurred
At the present time, not counting the
twenty-five primaries in Mrs. Cobleigh's
school, the number of students in Whitman
College and Seminary is ninety one, classi-
fed as follows: Analytical geometry, 4
geometry, 1 II; algebra, 26 IN two classes
arithmetic, y in three classes book keep
ing, % in two classes Virgil, 3 Latin,
grammar and reader, IS ia three clssses
Greek, grammar and reader, >; English
grammar, 10; fifth reader, l. spelling, Is;
penmanshiP, 30; zoology, 1; geography,
81; general history, 22; United States
History. 10.
As another means of culture, the college
has already two literary societies the phil
omathean," organized by the young men,
and the Whittier" consisting of young
ladies' These societies hold meetings weekly
when Debates essays, readings, etc, are the
regular exercises.
The faculty, sufficient to teach a larger
number of students, If there were more school
rooms, now consists OF the following; A. J.
Anderson, A. NJ. Ph. D., president and pro
fessor of philosophy, history and mathe-
mates Mrs Louisa p. Anderson, Vi. $,
professor of botany and Zoology; Louis F.
| Anderson, A. b, professor OF Latin and
| Greek; Rev T. H. Fruiht. professor of
German language and chemistry; &. 7. An
| derson, tutor of mathematics Miss Emily
J. Bauer, teacher of French : Nm- Geddes,
| professor Of music, and Mrs. n. F. Cobleigh.
| principal of Birch street PRIMARY.
Our work is not so effective as II students
| and teachers had access to apparatus, Latu-
| raj history cabinet and works of reference
in history, mental and physical science, and
modern and science literatnra. The library
now consists of fourteen bound volumes and
fifteen pamphlets, and all Of these except
| one book-Wetsters unabridged dictionary
have been donated during the past ten weeks,
the Rev. Myron Erils, Of puges Sound, gv-
| ing ten of the bound volumes and all OF the
pamphlets. Would that every friend OF the
institution would follow his example, so Tar
at least as to send one good book or one dol
lar TO the library OF Whitman College -Four
newspapers, the New York BHaeSS, Sabbath
Reu,iings, Poetioal Gem>, Washington I"de-
| pep.i.Rt. are sent gratis to the college read
! ing room. Eight outline MAJ and three
topical charts-the charts lately donated By
! A l.. Bancroft ( Co, of San Francisco
constitute our total supply OF apparatus.
| Our entire cabinet in natural his ,ory Consists
of but half dozen specimens contributed by
| students since the opening IN September
| Although in the respects mentioned, the
faculty labor under great disadvantages
have not felt at liberty TO call upon you IN
these important bu. secondary matters when
4 need of chief and first imp rrtAnce holds us
IN check at every turn. refer TO lack OF
tuildinss. The present structure Is very
much erarnped and crowded FOR the kind
and amount o: ,eaching now done within It's
walls. with the niuety-one students, eight oi
whom will still be without seats and desks
after the eleven desks expected iron Fort
land sh,D have arrived. Were the bulldIng
annie there wouid be no difficulty IN draw
ING to the institution $50 students even this
winter, and 200 or 800 by another year
The true way to secure studeats Is TO lie
prepared Tor them. .
Were permitted to name the amount ''
money to be put into buildings Tor Whitman
eollece. | would name no small AMOUNT no
nslt,v sum. else another year like amount
xould be demanded. In less than twelve
months. our territory viii be connected WIN
the railroad system Of the United n'A.eS
immigration will pour in upon US ana tha'
institution of learning, which IS IN all re-
spects, the best equipped, will be the lead, !,
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