Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-03-31
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Nature works rapidly in
uD.ges from the utter weakness
:, helplessness of infancy to the
:" l,pgth and the power OF sell pro-
we end self direction. A wee,
iers F'O infant. was the college on
H. .S 2Sth, 1890, when, with the
'ud ISSUANCE of the Governor of
~ sac Of Washington, it was ush-
,..o existence Nearly two
lW ,assed by before its real ac-
a. a college began. During
ion ,oriod it was, that the college
OIL ,oooted at Pullman in the heart
IT.. Great agricultural belt of east
III Washington, the college farm of
- acres and campus Of 40 acres
Ire presented as a gift by the citi-
~ the community, small build
tbe crib" was erected, and a
l.,,tv of six members was chosen.
:" legislative session of 1891 en-
tod new and more complete char
and changed the name of the gov
I hing body from the Commission
Technical instruction" to The
hard Of Regents" and appropriated
kOOOO for beginning the work of
oh. college.
| Ion April %, 1891, the first meet
J.. 1lpofthe Board of Regents under the
bv charter was held at Olympia, S.
-. Conover, A. H. Smith, G. w.
~ bpp. E. J. Fellows and J. H. Bel
niger being the members and the
-, netting being called to order by
letting Governor Chas. e. Lawton
hi Ii the second meeting of the Board
linz Held in Tacoma on May LIST, 1891
announcement was made of the loca-
hon of the college at Pullman, Wash
I'm the same meeting, Prof Geo. Lii
y Of South Dakota, was unanimous
~ elected president of the college
nd Ind director of the experiment sta
bon, to enter upon the duties of his
i+o Ihce at once. At a meeting on May
End, Of the same year, a contract
w has let for the erection of a small
rick building, "the crib" in which
organize the school. About the
nm hme time suit was entered in the
roo, Hyperion court of Pierce county by
lE L. Jones (noW u. S. Senator
nh IlOnes to restrain the locating COM
hiSsion, and the Board of Regents
real pom locating the institution at Pull
pan. A temporary restraining order
Fas issued but the movement in the
nh. IEnd failed. On December |, 1891,
tentative courses of study were adj
,lic Ipted, j. o. B. Scoby elected profess
or of agriculture, E. r. Rake profess
da. Ior of horticulture, forestry and bot
N.Y. c. E. Mum professor of yeter-
nary science, Geo. S. Hitchcock pro-
essor of chemistry and, Mrs.
Nancy L. VanDoren, elected precep-
Fess, professor of English, land a
j. lember of the Faculty" On Feb
nary 18th, 1892, the college was
las pened in the little brick building
1nd 1nown as the crib" which crowned
HAAA Oh Vic pOl III NUGI6 me NIS III
lo' laslum stands, Very humble, in
leeq, was the course of study and
w: IIery lew the students, and yet it was
me- beginning of greater things to
ar Nme. The year ended and the next
PECAN under more favorable auspices.
ne new dormitory and the wooden
pudding, afterward known as Ferry
pan and College Hall, respectively,
Fere nearing completion, and the
luuu6 OF students was encouraging
To- put trouble was in store. A quarrel
PetWeen the board and President Lii
N' Iey resulted in the latter's dismissal
du' rnu Ihe election of Jas. w. Heston of
PeaUlle as president More trouble
e0 rIu scandal followed. During the
US finter of 1893, a legislative commit
f00 made an investigation, returned
ADVERSE report, and the Board of
I" t0sents tailed of confirmation |
ieahWhile, under the internal strife.
attendance had dwindled and by
II end OF the year very few students |
Ire lett At this time Thos o. |
q 'H0 was graduated from the de-
,'meht of agriculture under the
>" curriculum, having entered as a
f.Hlof from the agricultural collegeI
'outh Dakota. AS yet the board
~ no authority of law for granting
eleeS and the commencement" of
100 was unique in the history of
% INeses' Meanwhile Governor John
McGraw had selected with great
.3H new board consisting of Chas
" Oonher OF Spokane, J. w. Stearns
iehoa' I. r. Tannatt of Farming
III n T. D lngraham of Seattle, and
u " blanchard of Walla Walla. Al
O'oush housekeeping followed and
eH'ire reorganization of the insti-
II \, ~ was undertaken. E. A. Bryan