Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-12-29

nus s appointed consisted of ev.co n'el'
nor Black of Everett , eA-uoVer-
ron.. ''a' and s. B, Conover of Dr. '.
io"nsend. These, with the 60 =, lor'
t ~ Ex-Governor ,, Black. were also p'' On
s"e i'rst Board of Regents. Tho 49, VI
h i,Ss,on visited the several localitia.
NV. LOT the institution. and tbon
met in Olympia to mako thoi 'nen
, ,Slon' They were in session for |.
week About 1900 O'Clock on O..
urday night the Pullman oon, " aa'-
s 90 asked TO submit its bond for tbo
'eeu to the land which wac 10 ~
sven to the state. A few minutes
before mignight the decision locat
ing the institution at Pullman was
state. e'"ry Ci
but troubles were not over vo.
he Board of Regents, at its fret
meeting held at Olympia, had simplv
orsahlged and received the renort
'lat no location had at that time
'eeh selected for the college. At tbe
second meeting, held in Tacoma Nav
l. 1891, the location of the co1,ooo
was reported by Regents Smith and
ConoYer (they being on the locating
loillihlttee), The third meeting was
h'ld IN Pullman May 90. 1891 The
regents proposed erecting a building
1917 feet long, so feet wide, and three
stories high, to be built in sections &C
lhe institution grew. This building
II was thought, would supply all
future needs of the institution Tbav
arrived in Pullman at about 600
CLOCK in the evening, thinking they
would meet the next morning. While
they were at supper that evening in
formation was received that the
sheriff was on his way from Colfax
10 serve papers on them, enioining
them from letting any contract for
buildings or doing anything further
until they received orders from the
court. The cause of this action was
the entering of suit in the Superior
Court of Pierce County by w. l..
Jones of North Yakima, and the de-
cree by that court that the Regents
be perpetually enjoined. An immedi-
ate meeting of the Board was then
held and in few minutes plans were
drawn and accepted and the contract
let for the construction of a small
brick building. which later came to be
called the Crib" This injunction
suit, whose object was to prevent the
location of the college at Pullman.
was carried to the Supreme Court,
and there dismissed in August, 1891.
In December of the same year the
Board adopted plans for a dormitory
and another college building, the first
of these to be hurried to completion.
At this same meeting George Lilley,
who was a member of the faculty of
the South Dakota Agricultural Col
lege, was elected president of the Col
lege and was authorized to purchase
furniture and apparatus for the
building under construction and to
open the college.
The college was opened, as was
planned, on January 10, 1892, in the
little brick building called the Crib. y
On February 10 of that year the
president reported to the Board, then
in session. that there was total ell
rollment of SO students. At the same
meeting the contract was let for the
dormitory mentioned above. phls
was constructed the following sum-
mer and fall and accommodated, for
a time. both the men and women stu
dents of the college.
On May 16, 1892, the contract was
let for the building of college Hail
LET for the building of college
Hall" This college Hall was not
the fire-proof brick building Whlch
at present bears that name, but was
q small. ill-proportioned, three-story
frame building.
Conditions had been fairly pros
perous for the college for Re"
months at least There were no"
three buildings; the Crib, COL
Iaee HALL" and the dormitory. But
trouble was in sight. During the
fall of 1892 difficulties arose De-
+wean the Board of Regents ana
President Lilley. These eliminated
Of meeting of the Board held at
North Yakima on December To-
1909 in the election of the }. W.
uaston to the presidency of the col
1eee Difficulty after difficulty no"
arose Shortly after the appoint
mont Of President Heston two mem
hors Of the faculty resigned. IhiS
suspicion and severe criticism
from the press throughout the staet'
of the college everywhere
brought up old grievances linen
aometbing happened at the state CAP
M salaries we're paid to EN-