Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-04
UNIVERSITIES GROWTH
IS WITHOUT PARALLEL
U. OF W. Attendance Multiplied
BY Eight In IS Years.
Buildings inadequate.

The most phenomenal growth ever
experienced by an American univer-
sity. and perhaps by any university,
has been that attendant on the de-
velopment Of the University OF Wash
1ngton. Fifteen years ago it was a
little college. housed in 1 buildings
on large tract of land. mostly I'M
cleared. There were then, in 1899.
SSS students enrolled, with 10 fac
ulty members to instruct them. Dur
ing the present year there will be
more than 5000 students registered
In the university exclusive of the
summer session. The teaching staff
now includes nearly 200.
In these Is years. while the enroll
ment has been increasing from 115
to 200 year. the university has
made every possible provision to meet
the added responsibilities devolving
upon 1t by reason of this growth.
The number of schools and colleges
within the university has been In
creased; the number OF departments
within the schools and colleges has
been multiplied: the courses within
these departments have been added
to and expanded. all to the end that
as much specialization as possible be
permitted in preparation for the line
Of work chosen by the student Ior MS
life vocation. In every respect, the
governing policy of the university
has been shaped to deal with the
problems arising out of this sudden
and amazing growth. The achieve
ments of the university and its grad
yates demonstrate in what degree the
institution has responded to the de-
mands upon II.
Buildings Big Problem.
But in one regard the university
has not been able TO keep pace with its
growth. and that is in the matter
of buildings to accommodate its stu
dents and house its classes and labo-
ratories. Except for the additions
to the university plant made from
the Observation-Disclosures Exposition
fund, no year of the last IL has seen
a single new building erected on the
University Of Washington campus.
The A-Y-P fund was, created by the
sale of Lake WGshia g;on shcre lands,
and from it our permanent buildings
were built for the university.
Not since 1901 has the state erected
for the university any building paid
for from the general taxation fund
In that year, Science hall and the
old power plant were built from a
general Appropriation Of s120.000. The
year before that. two dormitories
Lewis and Clarke halls. were pro-
vided by the state at cost Of $50,
900. In the Is years in which the
university has experienced nearly s
1000 per cent growth. the state has
appropriated just $4,000 fer build
ings.
Were it not for the buildings re
ceiyed at the time OF the A-Y.P ex
position. the university must have
asked and received nearly four times
that amount since 1907. or have re
manned in the small university class
For the main growth of the uniyersit.
has been since 1907. In that year
there were $50 students and IS fac
ulty members at Washington. 1870
students and 81 faculty members les
than there are now. The building
obtained at the time Of the A-Y-P hav
sufflced. at considerable expense an
under most economical management
until now. The reason they have SUI
feed is that not only were the perms
nent buildings obtained at that tim
incorporated in the university plan
but as many of the exposition built
tnes. temporary structures Of stat
we're pressed into service.