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

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JAMES A, MACLEAN President

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g oO o A Bit of History HE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO was created by the Territorial Legislature of 1889. The governor appointed a Board of Regents and Hon. Willis Sweet was chosen as its president. Actual college work was not begun until October 3, 1892, when the Faculty consisted of but two members and the student body wasn’t much larger. At this time only one wing of the old Administration Building was completed. The growth of the institution has been steady. Each year has shown a marked ad- vance over its predecessor. In’ 1898, but six years after the opening, the student body had increased to 248, and the Faculty to 20. At this time there were three buildings, with a valuation of $135,000, and a library of 3000 volumes. In 1908 Idaho has an instructing staff of 45; a student body of 450; a library of 12,000 volumes; 9 completed buildings, and an Administration Building in course of con- struction which will cost approximately a quarter of a million dollars. The University has an income for maintenance of almost $100,000 per year, while it has a landed endowment of 286,000 acres of land, with a minimum value of three million dollars. This, then, has been the history of Idaho. As to its future? Watch the ’Varsity grow!

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Faculty of the University James Avexanper MacLean, Ph. D., LL. D., President of the University—B. A., University of Toronto, 1692: M. A,, Columbia University, 1893; Ph. D., Columbia University, 1894; LL. D., University of Colorado, 1905; Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado, 1894-1900; Presi- dent, and Professor of Political Science, University of Idaho, 1900—. Jay Grover Etprince, Ph. D., Professor of Modern Lan- uages, and Dean of the University Faculty—B. A,, Yale niversity, 1896; M. A., 1899; Ph. D., 1906; Graduate Scholar, Yale University, 1896-97, 1898-09; Assistant in German, Shef- field Scientific School, Yale University, 1897-08; Instructor in German, Yale College, 1899-1901; Professor of Modern Languages, University of Idaho, rg01—; Dean of the Univer- sity Faculty, 1903—. Lovis Fournrguet Henperson, Ph. B., Economic Ento- mologist and Plant Pathologist of the Experiment Station— Ph. B., Cornell University, 1874; Teacher in the McClure Military Academy, Oakland, Calif., 1874-75; Professor of Lan- guages, Albany Collegiate Institute, Albany, Oregon, 1875- qo Teacher of Botany, Latin, and French, Portland (Ore.) igh School, 1877-89; Assistant Commissioner at the World’s Fair for the State of Washington, Department of Botany and Forestry, 1892-93; Professor of Botany, University of Idaho, 1893-1905; Economic Entomologist and Plant Patholo- gist, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1905—. JouN Merton Atpricu, Ph. D., Professor of Biology— B. S., South Dakota Agricultural College, 1888; M. S., 1891; M. S., University of Kansas, 1893; Ph. D., Leland Stanford, Jr., University, 1906; Assistant in Zool and Entomology, South Dakota Agricultural College and Experiment Station, 1889-92; Professor of Zoology, and Entomologist of the Ex- periment Station, University of Idaho, 1893-1905; Professor of Biology, 1905. Hiram Taytor Frencu, M. S., Professor of Agriculture, and Director of the Experiment Station—B. S., Michigan Agricultural College, Lansing, Mich., 1885; M. S., 1889; Fore- man of College Farm, 1886-87; Assistant in Farm Experi- ments, 1887-89; Superintendent of Farm and Assistant Agri- culturist, Oregon Agricultural College, 1889-90; Professor of Agriculture, and Agriculturist of Experiment Station, Ore- bee Agricultural College, 1890-98; Professor of Agriculture, niversity of Idaho, 1898—; Director of Experiment Station, 1903—. Cuartes Apams Perers, Ph. D., Professor of Chemistry— B. S., Massachusetts Agricultural College and Boston Uni- versity, 1897; Ph. D., Yale University, 1901; Instructor in Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1897-98; Graduate Scholar, Yale University, 1898-1901; Laboratory Assistant in Chemistry, Kent Chemical Laboratory, Yale Uni- versity, 1899-1901; Professor of Chemistry, University of Idaho, 1901—. Cuartes Newton Littre, Ph. D., Professor of Civil En- gineering—A. B., University of Nebraska, 1879; A. M., Uni- versity of Nebraska, 1884; Ph. D., Yale University, 1885; Instructor in Mathematics and Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska, 1880-84; Associate Professor of Civil Engineer- ing, University of Nebraska, 1885-90; Professor of Civil En- peat University of Nebraska, 1890-93; Professor of athematics, Leland Stanford, Jr., University, 1890-1901; on leave of absence at Universities of Goettingen and Berlin. 1899-1900; Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Idaho, 1901—. Witttam Sanps Mortey, A. M., Sc. D., Professor of Mathematics—A. B., The College of Emporia, 1893; A. M., Princeton University, 1896; Sc. D. (honoris causa), The Col- lege of Emporia, 1902; Instructor in Mathematics, The College of Emporia, 1896-1900; Graduate Student, University of Ber- lin, t900-or; Graduate Student, University of Chicago, 1901- 02; Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Idaho, 1902-05; Professor of Mathematics, 1905—.