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

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tn a, bryan to the presidency.
marked new epoch in the his
VI 'he State College. From this
, ,'e On progress has been rapid. yet
'"'iorm' though at times there were
e'ea' ANNOUNCEMENTS to face Spss-
'noulcally, during the deyelonuar, .,
.ne institution, there were attacks NV
e"'ouS enemies of the college. but
at all times President Brvan WAC
'"ie 10 snow up in the right when
u" examination of affairs was made
Inc Crib" was for a nnuhar q,
years general utility building
MS the cradle in which the insti-
luton was rocked" was erected an
=" Tue highest point of the campus.
III Iuil exposure to the sweeping Pa
rouse winds. 1t served first for class
rooms then for bachelor apartments
ior needy students, for the military
department for the literary societies
and finally, in 1901, it became a
part OF the new gymnasium. The
tlrst Ferry Hall, which served as a
lodging place for both the men and
women of the institution. was de-
stroyed by fire the night of Noyem-
DER ~ 1897. The fire started. sup
posedly, from an overheated chin
hey. The chef was working over
tlme in the bakery on the main floor
OF the building. The strong heat
from the stove caused the woodwork
near defective flue to catch fire.
Ihis was first noticed by Duncan
Dunn, who occupied a room near the
chimney He turned in a general
alarm and the boys, under the direc.
ton of President Bryan, tried hard
to save the building. but it was too
late. The fire had already gained
considerable Roadway, and the upper
stories OF the building were above
the level of the reservoir; conse-
quently no water was available.
They did, however, manage to keep
the fire from spreading to the Me-
chanical Building, which was in CON
slant danger The people of Pull
man showed the greatest willingness
to help care for the homeless boys
and the college year proceeded with
out interruption.
The old college Hall" erected in
1892, as mentioned above. also
served general utility purposes, hous-
ing the assembly hall, music rooms,
laboratories, class rooms, library,
and the presidents office 1t was or
iginally located on the site of the
present Science Hall but in 1899 it
was moved north and east to give
room for that sctructure and then in
1908 it was given over to the wreck
ers so as to provide site for Bryan
| Hall In 1893-94 construction of the
old Mechanical Building was begun.
This composite structure was built in
units, seemingly without any definite
plan but it has served useful pur-
pose. The old shop buildings were
then fitted up for use as a gymnasium
and armory, in which capacity they
served till the construction of the
new gymnasium in 1901.
On September 80, 1893, the con-
tract was let for the construction of
the Administration Building. There
have been very few changes in this
building, with the exception that the
room now occupied by the girls gym
nasum was originally planned to
house the museum. While the old
Ferry Hall was early used as a dwell
ing house for both men and women,
fortunately it was not so used at the
time of the fire in 1897. Two years
previous. the legislature had seen fit
to appropriate money for the con-
struction of an excellent colonial
STYLE dwelling for the women. Dur
ing the same year the heat, light and
power plant, including the old
totem pole was built.
Having no fraternities and board
ing clubs, the college had to limp
along as best it could without a
mems dormitory for two years, from
the time of the burning of the old
Ferry Hall in the fall of 1897 to the
opening of the new and present build
ing of that name, in February, 1900.
Science Hall was also built at this
time II was a much needed build
ing. bringing together under one roof
the general sciences The legislature
of 10000 authorized the sale of GER
tsin of the college lands which would
bring in about $25. which were
m he used in the construction of
chemistry building. Work was be-
gun and the basement and first story
of this building (Morrill HalD were
completed during the summer and
falI of 1901. The state attorney gem
oral then questioned the validity OF
appropriating the principal OF any
n,onev arising from the sale OF grant
al lands Building operations were
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