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TOLD by the PIONEERS - Washington Secretary of State

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Told<br />

<strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pioneers<br />

important step was consumated in 1890, and <strong>the</strong> academy was renamed<br />

Whitworth College.<br />

The first student body consisted <strong>of</strong> twenty-seven college students<br />

and thirty-four in <strong>the</strong> preparatory department. rrhey came from such<br />

d~stant points as Londonderry, Penl1Sylvania and Howkan, Alaska,<br />

but <strong>the</strong> majority were, <strong>of</strong> course, from <strong>Washington</strong>.<br />

The course <strong>of</strong> study was divided into <strong>the</strong> departments <strong>of</strong> classical,<br />

civil engineering, normal and business course, preparatory course,<br />

musical course, and <strong>the</strong> art department. .<br />

The college grew rapidly in this early period. With <strong>the</strong> securing<br />

<strong>of</strong> a large cash donation to insure <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> college, it<br />

was decided to expand its field <strong>of</strong> usefulness, and in January <strong>of</strong> 1900<br />

'Whitwoi'th College was moved to <strong>the</strong> residential section <strong>of</strong> North Tacoma,<br />

o,-erlooking Commencement Bay. With this relocation <strong>the</strong> college<br />

grew materially, and it fulfilled its task in <strong>the</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Washington</strong><br />

scholastically and spiritually.<br />

In 1913, after a series <strong>of</strong> set-backs, <strong>the</strong> Synod <strong>of</strong> <strong>Washington</strong> recommended<br />

to <strong>the</strong> trustees <strong>of</strong> Whitworth College that <strong>the</strong>y accept <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fer<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Country Homes Development Company and citizens <strong>of</strong> Spokane<br />

to move to Spokane. By 1914 <strong>the</strong> college faced a bright future,<br />

with a student body <strong>of</strong> fifty. Since that time it has maintained a<br />

steady growth, with a student body <strong>of</strong> about 250 at <strong>the</strong> present time,<br />

and a definitely established position in <strong>the</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>of</strong> ·<strong>Washington</strong>.<br />

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