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Three Addresses Delivered By1 Graduates in ChapelINTERESTING HISTORY OF SCHOOL GIVENW. S. CLARK, MARVIN EVANS AND MRS. ROSINE STEWART WERE THE SPEAKERS. iSome very interesting- Whitman his-tory that has never before been pub-lished or brought to light was given this morning at the Whitman college chapel in three addresses on the“Founders’ Day” program. W. S. Clark presented the earliest days of Whitman seminary, Marvin Evans told of the founding of the college by Dr. A. J. Anderson, and Mrs. Rosine Edwards Stewart gave an exceedingly interesting talk on the days of President Eaton and the coining of President Penrose.Mr. Clark related a number of his experiences in the seminary when it was founded in 1S66 by Mr. Chamber-lain. He gave personal recollections of Mr. Chamberlain and Father Plls and concluded with letters from students of these earliest days. The paper contained much data that have never before been presented concerning this period of the school history.Mr. Evans considered the time when the institution was refounded as Whitman college under President Anderson in 1882. In the first year the enroll-I ment was increased from 35 to 117. Itwas then that the present conservatorywas built for a recitation building andwhat is now Prentiss hall was re-| modelled to be used as a girls’ dormi-j Tory. In 1886 the first class was grad- j uated from the college department. During this time the library was increased from 14 volumes, presented by Father Eells, until it contained 2,000 j volumes. The faculty worked almost entirely for glory, as their pay was uncertain.Dr. Anderson possessed wonderful executive ability and this with theself-sacrifice of Father Eells was allthat sent the school forward instead of letting it die. Many noble men labored for the school whose deeds apd life are not recorded and are worthy to go down in the history of the institution.Mrs. Stewart, who was in school under Dr. Anderson and graduated under President Penrose, gave one of the most entertaining talks that has ever been heard given on this subject. She told how the first football game was played in 1893, how the Athenaeum and Alcott societies were founded and the custom of a college picnic at commencement was started. In 1895 Dr. Nixon visited the school and 1n a ser-amon prophesied how sometime a memorial building would be built and imagined the inscription that would be placed on it. In 1900 that building was erected. In concluding, Mrs. Edwards said: “The Whitman of todaybelongs to the present students and needs no description; it belongs just as much to the alumni because they helped to make it what it is; it is the result of the dreams of the first pio-0neers; it should be made a fittingmemorial to those who are to come after/’ ♦ ■ ■ —unrrr TfinnTnn uunu rnn nmim
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Walla Walla Evening Statesman
Walla Walla, Washington, US
Fri, Feb 16, 1906
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