“Sesiqedile ukwenza uphenyo. Seluzoqala uhlelo lokuqondisa abantu ubugwegwe. Ngesonto elizayo bakhona abazovela phambi kwekomiti eliqondisa ubugwegwe.” Ngithanda isikhundla sakho olinganiselayo; ukuthi kubi ngokuphelele zokuxhumana, kodwa saveza izimpikiswano / ukuthambekela ngoba nesono. Kungikhumbuza iLove. UW opened officially on November 4, 1861, as the Territorial University of Washington. The following year, the legislature passed articles formally incorporating the University and establishing a Board of Regents. The school struggled initially, closing three times: in 1863 for lack of students, and again in 1867 and 1876 due to shortage of funds. However, Clara Antoinette McCarty Wilt became the first graduate of UW in 1876 when she graduated from UW with a bachelor’s degree in science. By the time Washington entered the Union in 1889, both Seattle and the University had grown substantially. Enrollment had increased from an initial 30 students to nearly 300, and the relative isolation of the campus had given way to encroaching development. A special legislative committee headed by UW graduate Edmond Meany was created for the purpose of finding a new campus better able to serve the growing student population. The committee selected a site on Union Bay northeast of downtown, and the legislature appropriated funds for its purchase and subsequent construction.