The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-12-04
UNIVERSITIES GROWTH
is WITHOUT PARALLEL
U. OF w. Attendance Multiplied
BY Eight In is Years
Buildings Inadequate.

The zost phenomenal growth ever
experienced by an American u1sFel-
Eity, and perhaps by any university,
has been that attendant On Tie de-
rs7opneat Of the University O. Wash
ingron- Fifteen years ago il VAS
little college, housed in buildings
on : large tract Of land mostly IN
cleared There were then in 1889,
SIS students enrolled. with 10 fac
ulty members 10 instruct them Dur
Ing the present year there will be
more than $500 students registered
in the university exclusive OF the
summer session The teaching staff
row includes nearly 200
In these Is years. while the enroll
rlent has been increasing from lis
10 200 a year. the university has
made every possible provision 10 meet
the added responsibilities deTolTing
upon it by reason OF this growth
The number Of schools and colleges
within the university has been IL
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 10 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 10 deal with the
problems arising ont OF this sudden
and amazing growth The achieve
nents Of the university and its grad
yates demonstrate in what degree the
institution has responded TO the de-
nsnds upon il.
Buildings Big Problem.
But in one regard the university
has not been able 10 keep pace with its
growth. and that is in the matter
Of buildings 10 accommodate It's stu
dents and house it's classes and labo-
ratories. Except for the additions
TO the university plant made from
the Iaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
fund, no year of the last Is 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 Washington shore lands,
and from II 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 q
general Appropriation of $4,000. The
year before that, two dormitories,
Lewis and Clarke halls. were pro-
vided by the state at q cost OF $685.
000 In the Is years In which the
university has experienced nearly a
1000 per cent growth, the state has
appropriated just $4,000 for build
ings
Were II 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-
NAMED in the small university class.
For the main growth Of the university
has been since 1907 In that year.
there were 1880 students and IS fac
uIty 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
sufficsd, at considerable expense and
under most economical management,
until now. The reason they have suf-
feed is that not only were the permA-
nsnt buildings obtained at that time
incorporated in the university plant,
but as many Of the exposition build
ings, temporary structures OF staff