The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-01
SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS.
OPENING or TEE TERN At THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Attendance Keeps Up to Last Years
Mazk-Presldens Edwards oxt-
lines HE Poffey-Inserds 60 Con-
aaet the seheoI On Bread Lines
Classes TO BE Organized for Ac-
tive Merk Today.

washington began yesterday and I3e
ssZ.e-zs ard professors were busy regis
tz-7g- Twerty-faGr nsS ssz&szks raaxr1e-
s1zte6. and evening to1a1 = few others
Still engaged II sxa-zr@t3eaz CT az ef<1-e
% get Credentials arr-eved Fro- present
211Acz-lozs Z = not probable zhas me Eu-2-
Der ex aew students viii Esaca 1tSy. wa1le
last year TIRE number was SSveasy-<arss.
L . Gn1ers-ocd that -hrre ara several
rnor@ % enter o. asplorzz from L&ccnEer.
F&trnave1. Nsw Wk&coE ard ether
places, 2n1 .e1sttezs = number VIII eurer
from ths Seattle azxh scAccL
PERHAPS a<Iy or Sky cid z-15ea-s cane
cut e The eEtl9s1g - c0nS1lE TIE 7rufes-
scrs and TT 20 arrange their weTk fcr tAe
coming yea-. Only 1xz@. however, selected
ths.r studies ard haz3sd n their slscsson
blanks. Esrstosors registration dag has
always bsez 3 busy oas, and shs majority
c. a0zn ed aE3 azE students have Ssiecte1
saSsr wax Tbs ysaT the condition seems
% be reversed.
TIE Indications are TIA. the zg-har
CT sr11sEeS wl.l - about tie saas as last
year. There ara May zsz faces. bat
the 2asenes q old students e notices. 5le
cEtre = number having xona 20 ire Aicn-
dizs- Today the different classes VII
b organized. and tomorrow work viii
L@gta In earnest.
'0ur atm. said President Edwards
sE6 50 comprehensive that there viii BE
10 nesd y change Il tas plan for sew
eTA4 years 10 cen1s. To tbs en3 = ssngis
degree has been established & the COL
lsse q literature sci>ncs ard ira nee-6l
arts The reason fer thls Is thas K ia
becoming r1ors and Eo~e recoguized th@t
tia wc~k iszd1nS 10 the azecaIaUrsace
degree In oGr colleges zad universities %
% represent mental training and culture,
instead CT arg special fitness FOR profas-
s39zal work. Ous CT the greatest mis-
taxes made b universities Is that os
making PROF. sssiaTal courses Of two
three ard four years without any ccI-
te5e training as = basis. The universe
ties q the East are trying 20 place thu
professional schools after the bacc2laur-
cate degree, but ara greatly handicapped
In the rAct that they have two. three and
fear year courses with 3 considerable
number Of students n each. Tie uni
versity OF washIn gtoa has 10 such harfi-
cap. and Il has beea deemed wise 70 make
Iaa plan Of tbs university sgch that. when
We can work into *. we VIII stand rep
fssent4stve state university. II Is tha
only Institution IN the country wkfcn.
having all the recognized university pro
fess-ons, gives tAslu as q post graaasss
work. This Is as It should be. but Is very
difficult 70 bring about after TIVE. three
end four year courses have heSn offered
IL the institution
"A sort q NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. jacket
course Is being laid out os two years ex-
tent fer those students corning from two
year high schools which follow the state
course. But stuae1ts OF high sehsoi aga
frcn cities having high schools e ktsasr
grade must have graduated frcn their
own xcs-roI before they win se admitted
X 3 necessary 20 60 this SIS there are 50
few fall high schools n the state. K IS
my intention during tie next rear 70 vtsis
every high school a1i academy Ia the
state. with = view TO establishing uni
FIRMLY IN the sane The state b~5ard q
education =. present Il an9eavoying 20
secure uniformity In the whole school
system az the state"
Prof Mark Bailey. r.. has returned
fror. Chicago university, where he was
doing work aIo1g the higher lines Of Greek
end Latin.
His Few assistant. Mr.. staley who Is
ar ". a. Of thu university q Wisconsin.
Ph. u or Yale. VITO las also received
scholarships from Harvard. Yals ard the
university Ct Wisconsin and In addition
feiIewshiFs from Columbia. Chicago and
Johns Hopkins. VIII arrive today. He ste
ceeds Mr.. paTss0n-
Or. Baton. Or. Smith. Or. Ranur1 and
Prof. oher have already arrived
There VIII be no 6rsII until rext Ocro-
Der.
Prof Wander yeer VIII have his de-
partuens n full swing next week. TIE
remainder OF this week VIII be spent IN
taking measure uaents Aa1 getting thu
classes 1r~7rfzes
Ccns.serntle discussion was heard a-nouz
tie Young men fn regard 20 the suggested
alliance between the Seattle Athlete Cfus
ard the University Athletic Association.
AT hUt very few are stortIy n favor &c
entire t1eerer1eucs fer t1e university n
athletics. Some assert that e would -
better % maintain r1 organization az 81
than . Do 50 n conjunction with aon-
college club. % course, 10 proposition
boxing towards such ~ alliance has been
made % the university association
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