The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-01

shall determine the method CT improve
aene for the next TO years
Another subject that + have at
heart" he continued. Is that OF church
d5rrnltorsss. which hope - see erect
&c near az hand by the various deaoAa-
nations and affiliated with the un4,
serssIy- II this way the old onAfrel
between The rights ~ church and stare
can De ohyiatef. and the demand fSr
additional colleges Will be met by
tnas erecting substantial doruG1oraes
and sattiag IN charge Of them and their
ethical instruction good religious men
or women VINO understand young PEG
Pie, any denomination can obtain nom
the state university III one-twentieth OF
the expense every advantage tia, can De
secured from q UNCONVENTIONAL college,
The only difference in the teaching OK
the various cosaeSes - thar Of religion.
Why. then, should the teachers Of Ian
guages. Of mathematics OF sciences. Of
engineering and other subjects Zee many
times multiplied over the actual de-
naand at 50 evident loss in money.
concentration Of effort. power and con-
sequent RESULT Missions are crying
our on all sides for help from religious
people. who have nos the means 20 give,
but all the time they sire sinking money
in this false economy % the weak seq
tarian> college. Every object they seek
can he fulfilled. ana the effectiveness
cuadrupled by means Of the church
dormitory tributary 20 the state uni
veysity."
AS to TIE finances Of the university. Or.
Graves said:
Il hope TO see before long the essah-
ushnlent a a regular mill tax by the
Washington legislature FOR the supper;
OF its state institutions. This Is the
custom in all states where the uni
versiiies and normal schools have
amounted Ia anything. BY this means.
the state grows in population and
wealth. ihe resources Of its state uni
verssy grow Ii proportion and are not
left TO the tender uercses of each sue
cesding legislature AS the people and
their educational necessities increase.
the educational facilities Increase with
them. and this IS extremely desirable
Flowers for the New President.
AS DIR. Graves folded his paper and
turned 10 await the formal closing Of the
buried in a mass of flowers thrown at him
from the audience. carried 10 him by the
ushers and laid at his feet by the per-
sonal hands OF numerous donors.
Music closed the day.
In The throng that withdrew from the
building was noticed the venerable former
president. Anderson. who had slipped into
an inconspieuous place in the auditorium
before the arrival of the officers of the day,
but who had not escaped attention during
the exercises. Splendid tributes were paid
10 his early efforts for the university by
DIT. Jordan and by several of the other
speakers.
Hidden away in a corner Of the platform
during greater part OF the day, and sit
ting as II happened almost beneath his own
portrait which hangs over the platform of
Denny hall, was the Rev. Daniel Ragley.
one of the first trustees and real founders
OF the university.
BY the installation OF DR.. Graves. Wash
inston university acquires the distinction
or having the youngest college president in
the United States. President Jerome Ray
mond, OF West Virginia university. was
born in the same year OF 1863 was DR.
Graves. but the latter came into the world
six months later than did Prof Raymond.
DR.. Graves career has been one of ex-
ccptional advancement and success. He
made his first mark aS R student Of the
classics. Born In Brooklyn. n. Y. OF Mas
education at the Polytechnic institute aud
his collegiate education at Columbia. In
both institutions Sc was the best classic
man OF his time, and for his ability was
made instructor in Columbia year or so
after his securing OF the doctors degree.
From Columbia DR.. Graves went 10 the
old established Tufts college In Massichu-
sets, where. after short stay, the chair
OF classical philology was specially created
for him IL was in this post that Prof.
Graves personal magnetism began to make
itself effective.
In June, 1896. he was called To the presI-
dency of the University OF Wyoming. The
promptness with which he inaugurated
progressive movements In that institution
and the ready power he obtained over the
students and over his associates In the
faculty. Notwithstanding his youth, are
the factors thot led to his choice for the
presidency OF the University OF Washing
ton.
The few months that he has been at Sc
attic have established him in the universal
popularity and good will which were made
manifest at HIS Inauguration yesterday.
President Graves is the author of several
books. among which are most frequently
mentioned 1.-The Burial Customs Of the An
cient Greeks" THE Ph!loctetes OF Soph-
ocies.' and First Book in Greek" writ
ten In conjunction with DR.. f.. S. Halves.
He is a member OF the Phi Beta Kappa.
the American Pathological Association, the
Western Historical Association etc. etc,
In 1896 DIR. Graves was married to Miss
Helen Hope Wadsworth, graduate OF
Boston mniYsrsity In the class of 1901.