The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-01
PULLMAN COLLEGE OPENED.
ATTENDANCE LARGE AND WILL DE
INCREASED LATER.
Several Additions Have Been Made TO
Faculty, and the Institution Is
Well Equipped for Year of
Good Work - College Votes

| 9oOd Work - 1oittAr $500
Special Dispatch to the Post-Intellisencer.
! PULLMAN. Sept. So.-The Washington
I agricultural college and scAool OF sSlSe
/ onenea Friday under the most favor
| able circumstances and bright promises
1 for a prosperous year The opening eS-
| ercises were simple but impressive.
/ President Bryan and the other members
| OF the faculty occupied seats on the stage
| while the chapel was well filled with stu
dents. OF which large number were new
this being their first attendance. Presi-
| dent Bryan made brief address. fun
| OF feeling In welcoming the students
| back to the college. and OF encourage
ment for the work that lay ahead OF
| them. A noticeable feature Of the open
| Ing was the senior class. dressed In caps
| and gowns, the regulation commencement
| uniform. There are twenty students in
| this class including those who graduate
/ from the pharmacy department After
! the address Of President Bryan, Rev. III.
| c. Mason. pastor Of the Congregational
| church. was introduced and addressed
| the students
| Examinations have been in progress
| since Wednesday and will continue for
| several weeks probably. as the number
| of new students who are required TO pass
examination and be classified is unusual
! ly large. There are now more than lso
| new students awaiting examination OF
| papers The committee in charge OF
| examinations is composed OF Profs. Wal
Ter, Beach Sampson and Watt. Prof
! Waller proctor OF Ferry hail. the boys
| dormftory, announced that he had ac-
| commodations for 1877 students and that
| all places were taken. Arrangements
| are being made for opening new din
| ing hall In the girls dorrnitory, known
| as Stevens hall At present all are be-
| ing fed in Ferry hall. which can accom-
| rnodatc go students IN the dining room
! The opening OF a new dining room in
Stevens hall viii provide accommodn-
| tions for about fifty more at table
The students are given rooms Tree or
| charge, with all the furniture and bed
| ding. The boarding clubs are conducted
| by the students. who pay an equal pro-
| portion OF the expense, hiring steward
| cook and other necessary help. which,
| with the cost Of provisions which are
| bought I'm large quantities at wholesale
| prices are paid for out Of the common
| fund In this way the cost OF board is
| reduced TO the minimum. and the stu
| dents live well. too. The young men
! and women eat at the same dining rooms
| in both buildings. the custom being found
| 10 add dignity TO both clubs.
| President Bryan. in f0recastlng the
probable attendance said: II believe
! the enroilments will reach 600 during the
year, exclusive OF the summer school
| During the regular collegiate year Just
| passed the enrolment reached nearly an
| Including the summer school (which all
| Eastern colleges include in enrollmenD.
| there were SOS separate persons enrolled
| for college work during the past year
| Al chanel the number OF new faces was
commented on by everyone. Kiickitat
| county sends eight students against but
one last year. King and other West
gr~- a.
| scented. In fact. twenty-six counties are
| already represented In tho enrolment"
All members OF the faculty are here
| now except C. " Piper. professor OF
botany. zoology and entomology. who Is
| taking postgraduate course Mt Har-
| ward and will return In few weeks and
| u. T.. Elliott. professor Of agriculture
| who has charge 81 the agricultural de-
| partment OF the state fair at North Yak
| INA. The new members present for the
| first time are 8. w. Fletcher Pin. -.
| late of Cornell university, professor OF
| horticulture; Edwin J. Frost graduate
| Of the Michigan agricultural college as
| slstant professor az mechanical engineer
| Ing; George VI. Miller graduate Of Har-
ward, professor 81 English; H. c. Samp-
son. late professor Of mathematics In
the Cheney normal school, PRINCIPAL ~
| tho preparatory DEPARTMENT A deuart-
nens 81 music has been established. with
| don and Paris congerva,orieF ~ music as
/ Instructor. An art department hns atsr,
| been established. with Miss Elva neane
4 Smith late ~ Spokane. as teacher, This
| department will be opened abou, october
/ l. and number of students will be sn-
4 rolled In this branch
| Footaall practice has airenav beRt,n
and the athletic department, has been
| greatly strengthened this year twenty
! enc applications for positions IN the foot
| hsll team having already been recorded
| Earle p. Browne II At the head ~ ,hls
| department II athletics. The faculty.
| committee on athletics. composed ~
| profs. spillmae shedd and Thynx r.
assisting the athletic association r., nvo
| pairing and improving the grounds ara
| arrausing games. The first football game
| ~ The season VIII occur on The grounds
| ~ the athletic association here October
| ~ between the college team and the
team from tho Spokane Amateur Athletic
| Aa<0ciation
| The FIRST issue ~ tho college PAPER The
| Evergreen. viii appear next week ass
| each week during the school wear .
| Fielding Nader ~ the class ~ 20 -
! the eGitor-in-chief. and Henry A. Ml4isf.
also - fhe class 81 a. business grne
| arrr. \ new paper called the STATE
i College Builstin, b-nonthiv onhHea.
| ton. wiz be issued under the auspieea
| ~ the faculty and experiment station
4 afnT The FIRST Issue vsffi nDr.sr ..,-..n
| time IN October and will contain htlieYl~s
and other useful Information frnr fha
| experiment stations - TIE college la rart.
Qua rarts ~ fhe state
Yesterday Gov. Rogers aaa J r. Ron
! AID. Democratic nominee FER e-.-grssss
I visited ths school GOV Rogers spesrs
- ahtf on hoHr. rompiimenting thn work
| 81 she school ia the pagk and nr,tsrtsr,
I to- a.