The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03
Its Handsome New buildings ana
Rapid Growth Described by
REGISTRAR Menny.

Registrar Menny-
Ihe past year has been one or saca
growth Tor the University OF Washington
fhat the friends Of THAI institution ara
more than ever confident or the fact thaI
our states chief institution OF learning .
soon 10 be permanently placed among ghe
leaders of such institutions on Lac facsnG
coast Upon the completion and oScupa-
ton Of the new buildings the university
itself was thoroughly reorsanizea under
the management OF rs new president. bF.
Mark W. Harrington. The system or frce
electives ia the courses OF Instruction.
which had been tnaugurated The year De-
fore under DR.. Thomas NJ. Catch while no
was president, has been made more euee-
tive by the addition OF several greatly
needed professors In charge or important
departments wh.ch before had been
crowded into each other 30 such an extent
that II was almost impossible for the over
crowded professors TO DO themselves or
the work justice. TRis brings up tras
and appropriate joke By President Eliot
OF Harvard University.
Joke ON Prof. Johnson.
Some years ago Harvard's distinguished
president visited this city aud among
other Ghings ne made Il point 10 meet
and talk with the men In the university.
In the course OF his conversation with
Prof O. b. Johnson. Familiarity known as
sOld Bug johnson, Or. Eliot Suddenly
interrupted with The question.
Let me see. professor, what char co
you occupyf"
'sweu. / teach zoology, botany chemis-
try. mineraIogy, physiology and occasion
ally sake the classes IN aogic and political
economy: besides shat r.
"Oh. vest on, yesl Excuse me. / see
you dent have a chair. You are occupy
4ne q sort OF long settee.
Nearly every college and university has
a fH..s ffnf
a newly settled country. There is GER
tain pleasure for a man who is thrown fn
the qnidst OF such early college STRUGGLES
and becomes part OF them. just as there
IS pleasure in all pioneering. for he can
rest assured that some day the foundation
ne rolls on Will he needed for grander
ediace So with the University OF WASH
,ngton. The artisans are at work on the
greater edffice and &c will rise into grand
eur OF proportions and OF use IN the same
ratio as the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. books and
bricks-are furnished by the owners--ths
people Of the commonwealth or Washing
ton.
"A the p,oneer. who chopped the first
trails through our forests. halls with de-
light the advent Of the railroad, 50 does
the teacher and the student hal with de-
light the change from crampad rooms ana
little laboratories equipped with home
made and patched-up apparatus. into COM
Portable quarters with solid. substantial
equipment, 10 facilitate the training OF tho
young men and women for positions
among the states most useful classes OF
citizens.
New Building of Native Products.
when the state decided 20 relocate tho
university on the new campus. providing
over 80 acres for the purposes or oo-
tanicai garden and arboretufn 20 tnvesti-
gate the problems connected with our Tor
ssts ard xfelr preservation. the regents
considered the tasks before them with ths
greatest possible care. Should they erect
several buildings for individual depart
nents or one larger building 70 serve Tor
all the departments at present and let
OF hers ha erected as occasion demandedP
The latter idea prevailed. Then followed
weeks OF study and preparation. and
months Of construction. before they could
safely move tha institution into the new
quarters.
The main building was 50 well planned,
I 50 well and economically constructed. that
Il has been a source of pride 10 our cits-
gems ard a constant source Of surprise and
admiration 20 visitors from al sections
From foundation to roof the building IS
composed or most substantial materials.
and one good feature - tnat nearly every
particle OF the material fe from TIE state
( OF Washington. The white sandSione -
from tho Flttahurg quarry near Tacoma
/ The pressed brick IS from Spokane. The
terra Gotta and lumber are from King
county. The plate glass windows and tbs
STATE roof were imported Tor the reason
that such materials are lot produced az
home.
And all ne material OF home production
e. first class in quality. Charles Spragus
Sargent % HarYard's Arnold Aroorstsirn,
one % the best authorities "a the world
On trees ana timber. when here last sum
mer with the United states forestry COM
mission. visited me university with Prof.
Brewer. OF Yale, another member or THAI
( commission. aud boIn men were aston
sshed and greatly pleased a. the results
81 using Puget sound lumber To- interior
finish.
The observatory 81 baslt enzlrely Of this
/ Whste sandstone from the Same quarry II
PIERCE county. The spacious aFn9Ty nna
; drlll bail building Is made 81 Puget sound
s fr ard tae power house Is buHt entirely or
materials produced w.ta.n Ens STATE.
weII-Eaufpped Laboratories.
xsrha- sac ,saoa 81 the m1asn building
vrars frat adopted the basement h0Or was
looked upyu as good Tor attse besides a
ssore-rooTn. bur- IS the structure proceeded
and the institution began to expand, 81
was fouu1 that ere basement would -
needed a. we1 as the otzaer rooms Tns
/ x-s-arsz ehere fsra ordered areas % BE built
+ e~ogtrd ere windows and t.1ese windows 80
+ - 19vyarad 60 that fhe rooms would be sui
; figlsnftv Hentei for use. All th1s new
sso~k was ss9na a. very moderate cost.
I ire Il bsratorses were then located 50
sre~e rooms ard the basement has thus
become ons 81 u8e most busy portions az
s1le whol@ ea4nce.
I Three 81 these laboratories are tsy0tsd
+ % chemistry ard pharmacy. EneT ara
AIRED u~sa sa0stsntta1. ssTv1ceaDle tables
aad each s.uGes1f has "A space provided
x.sA gas AID running water. and with Tao