The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-14


five years is plainly shown by a COMPARE
son between the new catalogue for 1900
1901 and that for lso5-lses the first school
year of the college in Its new quarters at
Latona.
At that time the institution fell far
short of the modern university ideal. II
was divided into twenty departments, and
had sixteen members in its faculty.
president. nine professors. five instructors
and one assistant. When II Is considered
that at present the university has thirty
members In its faculty-a president, TWEEN
ty-one professors, two assistant profess
sors. two instructors. three tutors and
two assistants--the advance made by the
institution will be to some extent real
lied. The number of full-fedged profess
sors now at the college is equal TO five
more than the entire faculty Of 1895.
Instead of twenty departments, there
are now the college OF liberal arts. the
college of engineering the school of
mines. the school of law. the school of
pharmacy, the graduate school, the school
OF pedagogy and the preparatory school
Each of these has its own faculty. In
this connection 1t must be remembered
that in 1895 the law school and the grad
uate school did not exist.
Increase of the Library.
Perhaps few departments of the uni
versity have made such rapid progress
as the library. Prior TO 1899, when IL. G.
Coffman, a student in library science AT
the University OF Wisconsin and also
graduate OF Washington, was appointed
librarian, the department was managed
In rather haphazard manner. In 1888
IL comprised 4.3s9 bound volumes, besides
a large collection of unbound volumes
and pamphlets. On March !. 1900 there
were 1880 bound volumes and 1000 pam
phlets In addition to this there were
i,0co volumes in the law school library.
The university library now possesses
card catalogue and Is arranged according
to the Dewey decimal system
The courses of study in the 1885 cata-
iogue occupied thirty-two printed pages
while Il the new issue they take up n,Sss
of the two catalogues Is very noticeable
Both have the pages of the same size.
but the old book has only Gig sish'y y.nr,I
In the college year, 1ss4-5t the total regis
tration OF students was i2s. This was the
| at Fourth avenue and Seneca street. the
! attendance fell TO about $50. when the
institution was moved out TO Latona ana
for several years fiuctuated between that
point and 300 This was largely due to
| the abolition OF the preparatory courses
| which were revived last year. The period
which has lust closed. according to the
| new catalogue has had total registra-
| ton of 5l4 or these ISIS were unclassined
! uiar undergraduates. In addition to these
! the graduate school had Twenty-Five stu
| dents bringing the number or those VINO
! are properly called co1iegians up to 35i.
out OF the 42S students In lsst-S. sol
| were from King county, the other ia
were mostly from other counties In
! university, as indicated by these hgures'
was hardly a representative state insti-
tudon. Its students were drawn draw o., from m
the lead. Since then gradual change
I has been at work. the college has lost
| Its local character and for the iast thre ee
/ as the leading educational INSTITUTION III
/ the state OF Washington =, a..
or the $50 UNDERGRADUATES now ~ one
/ university. only seventy-six are from
King county and In the case OF unciassi-
He'd and preparatory students, there are
/ still less.
Many Counties Represented.
The northern and eastern counties have
been heavily represented in the college
I the last two wears especially Whatcom
and Lewis. There used to be a time az
King and snohomish ran student politie..
/ 10 suit their own pleasure. Now all OF
/ this is radically changed klng, OF
I lies In the students assembly, but that
Ia her limit The president-elect Of this
/ assembly is Charles Mccain. of snoho'
misnI il Guy R"bertson. OK king and The
prcsident-el ~ the class OF 1901, IL X
y. Johnson. of Whatcor. -
Eastern Washington counties have Q
s,ihstantial percentage Of students In the
college. and in couple OF wears IRON
now are expected 20 have as many as TINS
western part 81 the state.
There is a comparatively large NUMBER
~ students from, other states, Aaska
and British Columbia 800, ,
The new catalogue is undoubtedly th'
most elaborate ever issued BY the uniNer
slty II has line cut or the campus
showing tho locations OF the cinercn
buiidingS. and good haif-tone 81 tn
ndniuistrAtinn building Following tn
college clcndar Cor the comins wear y
nat u the regents. and the faculty viii
their records, and places Of graduation
F-orty-two pages are given up 20 genera
inform a ton concerning the Institution, In
.IudinE a concise historical sketch az ~
arowth from 1854 20 the present day.
THE seat % the university. its campus
government endowment and support. Ans
IL educational facilities are weN covered
. Cornprehenslve writs-upE 81 the dlNeren
colleges ard schools With their require
nents for admission and the work lead
ing 20 their degrees follow, NeNt CONF
ana courses OF study. and the list o
. registered students