The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-24

With the extensive and magnificent plans
Of Washington University being pushed to
completion. and the Mckinley High School
an assured feet. at. Louis is to become a
center of education.
AT the completion of the new Washing
ton University buildings and the opening of
the Mckinley Eigh School st. Louis will
then have two of the greatest technical in
stitutions If learning in the world.
At the present time there are complete
seven of the eleven handsome university
structures that will adorn the hills just
west of and adjacent ia Forest Park-tne
new. site Of Washington University-the
main building. or University. Hall. being
now used as tic ADMINISTRATION building of
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Com
psny, >
A handsome rental is paid the university
for this privilege This rental will be de-
voted to the construction of university
buildings. enc of the buildings TO be paid
for from this source of revenue being a
dornfitory. now in process of erection, cost
ing S1sc. 00o.
en- the ed OF next February Washington
University Will celebrate its golden ami
versary. the institution having been found
ed at the instance Of Waynian Grow, a
member of the state Senate. in 1858. Mr..
Crow was q wealthy resident of st. Louis.
whose influence upon education and its ad-
vancemsnt In the city IS felt In a marked
degree v to-day, though wayman, Crow
has s xsn. 90 sssss s .asss .sns ssss; i. tn.
Eliot Seminary, N honor of the Reverend
William q. Eiiotpf st. Louis, and was char
tered under that name. The charter was a
J liberal and perpetual one, with no limita-
lions OF any sort Imposed, excepting that II
forbade any sectarian or partisan %inHtruc-
ton.
) in Difference to the wishes Of Doctor Eliot
the name was changed to Washington Uni
versity,, the charter having been granted on
the 22d OF February, the birthday of WASH
ington. the meeting of the Board of d.
rectors having also occurred upon this
same anniversary. and 1t seemed to the
founders that. the name was significant of
the character OF the institution hey sought
to found s
SNAIL BEGINNINGS OF THE
NOW. GREAT UNIVERSITY.
The.frst educational work done under the
charter Of 1858 was the opening of an even
ing school for boys in a building on Sixth
street. This school was called the 'O'Fal-
Ion Polytechnic Institute in honor of Colo
mel John O'Fallon. for years one of the d-
rectors Of the university.
A number Of the older business men Of 81.
Louis readily recall the evenings they spent
in this old night school under the direction
OF the fo well-known educators OF the
day. Jeremiah D.. Low and Nathan D. TYR
rell.
In 1855 4 building on Seventeenth street
was completed and occupied as a day school,.
The evening school was sustained for sew.
eral years by Washington University, until
by special arrangement the entire care Of Il
was assumed by the Public School Board,
The DAY school. on Seventeenth street, the
forerumnef OF the present Smith Academy
now z secondary school of the university
was the real beginning OF Washington Uni
versity.
The east wing Of the main building on
Warrington avenue and Seventeenth street.
recently abandoned by the university. was
erected In 1ess and used for college classes.
n the west wing was added in 1871 and
devoted to. the uses Of the Polytechnic
School
Smith Academy was erected on Nine.
teenth and Warrington avenue in 1873 with
FUNDS which cafne to the chancellor from
James and Persis Smith, and has since been
known as Smith Academy.
Mary Institute. a school for girls. was or
ganized in 1853. and the Manual Training
Schoo in 1873.
The Law School was organized in 1867: |
the Polytechnic School. now known as the
School OF Engineering and Architecture, in
1870; the School of Fine Arts in 1879; the
School OF Botany in lSSa.
b st. Louis Medical College, founded in
1S4z, the Oldest medical college in the city,
was admitted as a department of the uni
verstty In 1891, and the Missouri Dental COL
lego In 101-
IN ~ the missouri Medical College,
which was founded in 1910, was united with
the ct. Louis Medical College to form the
medical department of Washington uniyer- !
siJ.
N 1ss4 q tract of land was purchased Just |
outstde the city limits, northwest of For |
est Park, OF which the university now owns |
lib acres. 1t was expected that the new site |
would be occupied by the university in
September. 1902. but the leasing of the
grounds and buildings TO the Louisiana P,r-
chase Exposition Company has postponed |
the occupation by the university until after |
the close Of the Exposition.
Washington University Is temporarily |
housed. SO far as the undergraduate de- |
partment Is concerned. in the old Mary In |
stitute building, on the northeast corner of |
Locust and Beaumont streets, and, though |
Inadequate. this provision is much better !
than were the old quarters on Washington
avenue. |
MARY INSTITUTE THE
UNIVERSITIES SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
Mary Institute. the university's prepara- |
tory school for girls. now occupies its beau /!
tiful new building on Lake avenue, near |
Forest Park, about a mile from the new |
college site. |
The institute offers a complete course for
girls. Including ten classes. divided into pri.
mary. preparatory and academic depart-
ments. and. although it makes a specially
OF fitting girls for the higher institutions OF
learning, IL does not do work that is be-
yond that of the most advanced high-school
grades.
Each year society circles are added to by
the debut OF some charming young woman
graduate Of Mary Institute. and this school