The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-14
University Of Washington Has
Begun Another Year.


ses,eT6sy. The Old stgss1ss were Saov
with rsgsxtra.soa pssssrss saise TIE ES"
sEes wzss asfeas.ssx t1e entrsres ax@Isih-
atiaa. re number oe few students sfsss
year Is greater than for sse last three CT
-FOUR yesrs. Last year tbs term os'e1sa
WITH -. s.naents enrniiaa ara closed WITH
40 Al the registration blanks have rot
Essn filed Gu: 20 far or returned, b1t n -
expected thai eli fhsgs prslasanaFisa VIII
Be practically en5sa 10 . week CT 20, ana
sssss tas Increase can he ssrertssfe1- II
u very noticeable that the Higa schools %
she state are cSsu4Ex iBfc closer Acszs9
With tire university. The number q grad
hates 81 E7ieh achocfs entering Ills year
IL double thai % any previous year. Tue
large Esssber sf rev students - chishy
due 70 sae influence OF frsxidsD; Graves.
who has visited nearly every institution OF
learning in the western part Of the state.
IN All interview with Post-InseilsgeEe
sFportsr yesterday Ir. Graves sad. De
Eszs.s for higher education il Washington
Is fully equal 10 any ] hare known In asy
place. Thsre IL no difficulty ia sersssacsnx
fhe psosis .lsrs os the need q college
education. The c1ly posrst IL whether tssy
viii pesroniz4 thsir owa university or 60
elsewhere. IL tht1gs are 81 proper shape.
they VIII naturally attend hHre. j tAsak
tire people are becoming sssiBfsS With our
institution. Tia; they are Is evidenced ~
The fact .Gas over - students viii attend
tEis year. which II q very Zig change from
che last two or taree years. have Got
visited the eastern part Of tbs state. be
cause hsve pot rad time, but shall DO
30 soon ain eEaeasofing 20 gst AZ many
Of tie High sesloeis as possible 60 follow
ths pian Laid dowasiy the state board o:
education In thetr cbsrsea. There are Only
ten sow VITO DO is. aid we Haisht as
well have them ali.s
In reply 20 a question about the pr@psr-
Et0ry department Of the college, which Is
HOW receiving much attention from the
people OF The Stale ar. Graves said: I'VE
have a two years preparatory course.
which iG equal 10 tse Last two year, In Il
high <ssool. THIS Is deemed necessary or
account Of the fact that uaost OF ;ae High
ecbooss have only tive OF iaFee courses.
Jntl The majority OF them have four
years course the university must continue
this policy.
We are going to add considerably 20 the
various departments Of the university.
TIE course In pharmacy viii probably be
revived. e-sc the course IN mining will be
strengthened BY extra advantages and
xerh2ps another teacher The SPECIAL
cuurxs In assaying. metaIisrgy ard miner
ais Will begin .a the latter part of the year
and continue through January and Felru~
sTg. This Viii be Of ttle greatest value 10
fsaine-S- Lat year abeut thirty took W
this work. and this year We expec; about
Fifty. This course viii he a great boon 10
the mining interests OF the state. II is
possible tsaat a course in law will DO open
ed rext year. The naw department Of pedi-
exogy viii open many advantages TO
teachers and older students living in the
immediate vic.aity who are not able 10 go
away. a large number have already ap-
piled later course will be given on Sat
fridays. provided q large enough number
OF teachers apply. This Will greatly bene-
ct the teachers in the adjoining counties
u Ia tas duty OF the university to assist as
Tar as possible
AS regards this university and thc~c =.
Tho East. VIII say thai there liz great
csal or ridiculous stuff talked about the
western universities by the eastern. II is
cot ridiculous. however, with regard 70
those den0asnational colleges which throw
eway degrees. Our course Is the same az
In TIE eastern universities That cur col
lege Is looked Oh with great favor IN the
East Ii shown by the fact that out Of
eighty applicants for the chair OF Amer.
lean history. forty held the degree OF Ph.
ID from the large Institutions O. learn
Ing"
In connection with the above Mr.. Graves
quoted from an article he wrote for the
Oocemher Esiuaber Of Education. In which
he vigorously replies 10 ar Eastern teacher
who had made severe criticisms on the
Westcr. colleges. In this taper Mr. Graves
shows thai the West In BY no means he
hind tbs East IN educational matters He
proves that the Eastern colleges are more
absorbed In athletics thzn the Western
with respect 70 boards OF trustees regents.
etc-. hs sasssas that Tie West has "a GOOD
rren SIS the FAx-. x 10. better, "a also
t@si "th@ policy Cf the Western Trustees -
II general. broader en4 decidedly less ar
Si-ary than that Of Eastern buarfs -
Speaking Of tho presidents q the Western
Stale universities le saws ~ his papcS: 'sIehs
presidents 81 tae state universities, with
only one exception. ara 10. Only graduates
OF the test Eastern colleges. but have In
most cak*s attained thA electorate - ,,rii,s.
ossay e. German universities az &; the first
class Institutions % tbtS country"
As - the attendance az the unfvsrxtt,-
&r. GRAVES sad. Next year we exprcf
fully tn Esndents In atssu, I've Years r
expect ws shall have s0s - l.es1 students
This IS q great heli fer = university and II
s. sot;ts3 ~ succeed
go sssoF cha degree or rnora2 Will
srfsaoa.iy. ] am In favor Of jas, ,h,. one