University of Idaho - Gem of the Mountains Yearbook (Moscow, ID)

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Our Progress In this day of careful and conscientious study of public insti- tutions, it is safe to say that the development of educational ideals oceupies the highest place in intellectual effort. This evolution in the United States seems to portend the supremacy of state institutions of higher learning, and the appropriateness of this tendency appeals te the true spirit of American genius. When the foundation principles were laid for our great scheme of government, the almost inspired policy was adopted of leaving the management of educational interests to the initiative of the sev- eral states. This responsibility was well imposed, and the states have responded loyally to the trust. From the southern land of Vir- ginia to northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota; from New England ’s center of culture to California’s restless energy, all are examples of the wisdom of inspiring within the state a local pride—- yes, even a state rivalry, for educational supremacy. Idaho, one of the latest of the states, has appreciated her position, has acted well her part, and her youth of 1903 are the direct beneficiaries. It would seem that in noting the progress of a college or a uni- versity there must be considered two kinds of growth—the tangible, or material, and the intangible, or that which we might term the im- material or invisible growth. The first, of course, includes buildings, grounds, apparatus, etc.; the second pertains to the general thor- oughness, the school traditions, the student spirit, the culture, the loyalty, the willingness to serve, all of which have been so potent in the upbuilding of the character of every institution of higher learn- ing. These two kinds of growth seem to be—and indeed are—— mutually cause and effect, and both are indispensable to progress. In considering the physical progress that has characterized the University of Idaho, no better means could be employed than to print a picture of that which represented us in 1893, another of that which represents us in 1903, and therewith a prospectus for 1904. This would portray an evolution indeed—a growth from an unfinished wing of a first building to the completion of four buildings and the construction of a fifth. It would show an equipment grown from a few boxes of chalk, some benches and a few chairs, to that of thou- 16