The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-12-10
UNIVERSITIES GROWTH
IS WITHOUT PARALLEL
U. of W. Attendance Multiplied
BY Eight In IS Years.
Buildings Inadequate. Z

5 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
ington. Fifteen years ago it was a
little college, housed in buildings
on a large tract of land, mostly I'M
| cleared. There were then. in 1893,
| 1888 students enrolled, with 10 fac
ulty members to instruct them. Dur
ing the present year there will be
more than 1920 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 IFS
/ to 200 year. the university has
made every possible provision to meet
| the added responsibilities devolving
| upon it 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 for his
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 it.
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 it's classes and 1abo-
ratories. Except for the additions
7 to the university plant made from
| the ska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
| fund, no year of the last Is has seen
single new building erected on the
University of Washington campus.
The A-Y-P fund was created by the
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
| DID, power plant were built from a
general Appropriation of 100000 The
year before that, two dormitories,
| Lewis and Clarke halls, were pro-
| vided by the state at a cost of $55,-
| 000 In the Is years in which the
| university has experienced nearly n
| 1000 per cent growth, the state has
appropriated just $4,000 for build
| ings.
Were it not for the buildings re-
| ceived 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 university
has been since 1907. In that year,
| there were 1880 students and 68 fac
| ulty members at Washington, 1900
students and 81 faculty members less
than there are now. The buildings
| obtained at the time of the A-Y-P have
! sufficed, at considerable expense and
under most economical management,
until now. The reason they have suf-
feed is that not only were the perma-
nent buildings obtained at that time
| Incorporated in the university plant,
| but as many of the exposition build
ings, temporary structures of staff,
were pressed into service.
Money Wasted on Repairs.
The temporary exposition buildings
were not suited to university purposes.
| They were not intended to be. They
were intended for the exposition. In
the last two years, they have been
| crumbling fast. Each year since 1909,
they have cost the university money
| for repairs. and alterations. The total
| sum expended on them has been $685.
| 57345. Now, some of them are be-
yondNhope of repair, and to spend any
more On them would be to waste the
| states money.