The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-24
Proposition to Come Before the
Legislature.
APPROPRIATION TO BE ASKED.


President r. r Graves. Of tie uaiver-
si;y. has returned from Olympia, where ne
MAS summoned ~ the legislatures ufiisvF-
s1Gy committee. 80 cozfer with them Oh ire
1.aeAs OF lae institution. especially in re-
gzra 70 3ornigorses. lie expresses himself
as very well satisfied with TIE result OF als
v.x.l and tie prospect for the future
To u Post-inseil!gsncsr reps.ter yester-
Gay. in reply Id question about the trip
10 Olympia, President Graves said.
Il wsat down there Ia reply 10 mes
sage from the committee GA the university.
attended the session Of the legislators IN
the f2feSz1ss:z. and E.steEea TO lslear DELHI
eratto5s. liz the afternoon / appeared be-
fore the committee: the thing principally
considered was the matter Ok dormiforiss.
some os the committee AZ first felt on gem
era! principles that IL would be we.i 4
nc more building were dane this year. but
we're Unanimously n favor OK the erection
OF the dorrultories.
In the first place. / called their atten-
ton to the fact that If students whose
homes We're not in Seattle came to the
university. they were practically obliged
20 live either in town or In Brooklyn.
fn Brooklyn now and that is all the room
and boarding facilities Brooklyn affords.
The rest o. the students are obliged TO live
IN town. Both the Seattle students and
those who live in town find expenses run
ming Up 10 - a month on an average for
board. room: car fare ard so forth
De obtained In doruitory for about s.
month. Moreover. the students residing in
Seattle may almost any morning be obliged
% remain for hour on the street ear
lire. The loss OF two or three hours each
Gay IN coming out to the university and
In going back can poorly be afforded by
"a, ms Students: e say nothing Of the ex-
at one time the first recitation in the
morning had to be abandoned because the
car IA not run Oh time. TIE trip too Is
very hard one. and something OF a strain
on the students. No car line In the conn
try. perhaps has so many curves az the
Third street company. Some students have
rot been able 10 attend on account OF car
sickness.
Fosters University Spirit
We do not desire dormitories at the
university because the administration OF
the college would be any easier for the
faculty and president. OF necessity more
would be exacted from them than IL We
RID no dofmitories. But with proper care
dornitofies VIII do much TO foster a spirit
of culture and q university spirit II is
We'll recognized by educa ional authorities
mat fully az much good comes TO the stu
dents from their meeting with each other
as comes from their contact with the pro-
fessors No college spirit is likely to exist
when the students are unable 70 get to-
ge,her except al Rotations.
Nearly all the state universities have
aormitories. and have found them OF great
BENEFIT TO students who are not very well
on, and toward bringing representatives
from ali parts Of the states in which the
universities are located.
Columbia university has been cited as
an instance OF 81 large university existing
without dormiteries. This is true but Co.
inmbia Is situated right in New York