George H. Preston
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- Jul 29, 1894The University Gets a Law School — and a Drill Hall With a Running TrackThe regents, meeting at Tacoma, voted to create a law department and to advertise for bids on a gymnasium and drill hall costing no more than $6,650, complete with company rooms and shower baths for the cadets.University of Washington campus, Seattle, WA
- May 26, 1895Farewell to the Old University: Seattle's Alumni Gather One Last Time in the Original U.W. BuildingsNearly two hundred graduates, regents and old students filled the University of Washington's original downtown rooms for a farewell banquet, portraits of the founders, and a toast to the classes that would carry the school to its new campus.Seattle, WA
- May 27, 1895UW Chooses Its Future: Law, Medicine, and a Reprieve for the Old BuildingA May 1895 regents' meeting set the University of Washington on a course toward professional schools, rejected confusing heating bids, awarded a $17,570 contract, and moved to keep the old campus building.University of Washington, Seattle, WA