The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-31

Ssvsi Asssns.s ERECTED BY the BsarS
81 Uaivssstty RsgessA
That umbrsiis will become historic.
excaamsd . dignifed looking gentleman
siin shining silk tile on his head and in
otner ways iooking a. II he didn't mind il
muen II he was right in the midst OF these
unprecedented hard times. The audience
.no applaudsd his brief speech was small.
ous u Vas brimfui of enthusiasm. The
scene Was on the new university campus
sno the party consisted Of Regents Hay
oen, Aitten. Wood and Kellogg. Engineer
FRED u Piummer and Edmond 8. Meany.
osrefui surveys and contour maps OF the
entiFe grounds had been made and they
were thoroughly and most carefully con.
sioered BY the entire board OF regents at
tnesr recent meetings and 10 vas deter
mined TO locate the main building al the
BEST spot, near . point 900 feet from the
northern boundary and l. 900 feet from the
western boundary. With this in view .
crew OF men had BEEN employed to clear
away the heavy trees and the urderbrush
and yesterday the members OF the board
residing In Seattle went out to the grounds
TO select the definite location Of the main
building, plans for which will be sub
rnifted BY the competing architects in this
state on February IL.
The northern half Of this tract contains
some OF the most beautifully laying land
In the state and II was no easy matter 70
select the very beat location, but the re-
gents climbed over logs and through brush
until they reached one place that was
promptly and unanimously declared the
one place Of all others for the new struc-
ture TO be reared.
II, for one, am willing that Mr.. KELLOGG
should stick his umbrella in the ground
right here - the permanent site," said
Regent Mitten.
President Hayden put the question and
IL carried with . roar. and Mr. Kellogg
very promptly plunged his umbrella in
the rich loamy soil. with the remark: az
have just about worn 1t out in this cause
and | guess we will make il do service Is
location monument" And IL il conf.
IDENTIFY expected one year from date
students viii be thronging into q fine new
edifics erected on the spot marked by
Dave Keliogg's protection against pas.
Puget sound showers.
The regents also ordered Q preliminary
road cut through TO tho site and also Q
number Of maps giving the buildings loca-
ton, which information has been sought
after earnestly by the competing srchi-
tects.
Another important thing the regents
did yesterday was the hiring OF Mr. Henry
II. Hindshsw, OF Chicago. who Vas one
Of the principal landscape gardeners Of
the Worlds fair. and In fact he was chief
assistant in the Horticultural department
Of that exposition for great portion Of
the time. From all accounts Mr.. Hind
shaw is q most valuable acquisition to the
university. He Ii q we'll known geologist,
a capable taxidcrmiss. but his especial
usefulness will be in the lines of land scape
gardening and in building no on the new
campus a botanical garden. or arboretum,
that will make Warrington celebrated
throughout the nation. No university in
the world has such an opportunity, with
climate. soils and extent Of land, oil that
could be desired, and IL 10 believed that
the regents have acted wisely in looking
after this branch Of their work thus early
so that many of the natural features Of
the beautiful campus may be preserved.
The regents were considerably annoyed
by some information that came to them
as they were leaving she grounds last
evening. In giving out the work Of clear
ing that portion of the site intended for the
building. and the campus the regents have
been careful TO give the work only to men