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

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re ar ee ere ee eee ere Fe ee heh a eo i a it tt rt i or 2 = il sift Ve Ah Vn nl hn i AE sl MM sl cA oN A oI A Se a Twelve Ghe University of Fsaho HE University of Idaho began its instructional work in the autumn of 1892. The twenty-fifth anniversary of that event is celebrated this year. In view of this fact, it is proper perhaps that we should review some of the salient characteristics and performances of the University during its twenty-five years of service, examine its present organization and activi- ties, and suggest certain functions which she should perform, The object of the University was set forth in her charter which reads as follows: “The object of the University of Idaho shall be to provide the means of acquiring a thoro knowledge of the various branches of learning connected with scientific, industrial and professional pursuits, and to this end it shal] consist of the following colleges or departments, to-wit: “1, The College or Department of Arts. “2. The College or Department of Letters. “3. The professional or other colleges or departments, as may from time to time be added thereto or connected therewith. “The college or department of arts shall embrace courses of instruction in mathematical, physical and natural sciences, with their application to the industrial arts, such as agriculture, mechanics, engineering, mining and metallurgy, manufactures, architecture and commerce, and such branches included in the college of letters as shall be necessary to a proper fitness of the pupils in the scientific and practical courses for their chosen pursuits; and as soon as the income of the University will allow, in such order as the wants of the public shall seem to require, the said courses in the sciences and their application to the practical arts shall be expanded into distinct colleges of the University, each with its own faculty and appro- priate title.” (State Constitution, Section 496, 497), If we associate with this charter the declaration chiseled in the marble tablet which is placed in the entrance to the Administration Building, we have a comprehensive program laid down for a state university. The statement reads: “Erected by the Commonwealth of Idaho for the training of her future citizens to their highest usefulness in private life and public sesvice.” Like many state universities, this institution started with a wholly inadequate plant. Her student body was almost entirely preparatory. She was a university only in name. The following tabulation of buildings and attendance during the past twenty-five years proves these statements: 5 AD tf SE Al Ue AUT 8 he sh a Ye a A) a AT 8 Oo Paw Gs Se So ae Se ae Se oe Se Oe OP Oe er SP Sr oP Se SP he ot ar ae S ee eee ae a a Se ee SL OM SM OO Pi a ee a a tte es ae ee tee cl aie ok Sth ON ean, ac the aie i ei all OR ee ee a a ae i ee 2 pe ae Seta Mtoe Ss Secd Moe Le NL NE ND SE de MU ee ie ad ee ee ee ee ee ee a

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bs Rt sD fe le Ds ADs SE IN LAME A Le fs Sh i Ds Ae De Ate ts cio aT eat tt Ate t an oke e ate oh n ie ee ee ee aM A te ti ce i at ie i aoe ae i ee ie te i itn a ue Si a as Sle AY SN SR SS SM es TaN SE RD So LTR Ga WN GED OF THE MOV ITA Year Total Attendance Building Valuation 1892-93 6 (+126) Administration (portion) 1893-94 16 (+216) (portion) 1894-95 28 (+183) $125,000.00 1895-96 84 (+220) 1896-97 65 (+153) 1897-98 87 (+161) Liszt Hall 3,537.00 1898-99 79 (+104) 1899-1900 106 (+120) (—106) Summer School) 1900-01 188 (+111) 1901-02 168 (+139) Ridenbaugh Hall 30,000.00 Engineering 28,800.69 1902-03 158 (+162) 1903-04 153 (+198) 1904-05 176 (+156) Gymnasium 26,060.25 1905-06 202 (+108) 1906-07 231 (+132) Old Administration building burned Assay 17,700.00 Metallurgical 21,992.20 Morrill Hall 55,907.98 1907-08 259 (+174) Flour Mill 1,500.00 1908-09 293 (+206) Forge Shop, Central Heating Plant 31,500.00 Greenhouse 2,500.00 1909-10 346 (+165) Administration (rebuilt)—see valuation below 1910-11 409 (+118) : 1911-12 676 (+ 59) Lewis Court 3,200.00 Pavilian (stock) 2,716.31 1912-13 713, (+ 32) 1913-14 649 North wing, Adm. (Adm. total) 305,238.76 1914-15 819 1915-16 908 Agr. Engineering 5,916.60 1916-17 1001. (to March, 1917) ( See Public Audit, L. F. Reinhard Co., 1913-16). ( Preparatory School, abolished, 1913). From this tabulation, it will be observed that there were six students enrolled in college and 126 students classified in preparatory courses during the year the institution began her work. The table of attendance shows further that the growth in the student body and advance in work has been constant. The tabulation of equipment indicates that its growth has lagged behind the increase in student attendance and in the extension of University service. Careful study should be made of this equipment handicap in order that a correct perspective may be had of the University at the close of her first quarter-century of existence. The financial support of the University has been provided by the federal and state governments. The federal government granted the Uni- versity 286,080 acres of land. Interest and rentals from the land grant, together with federal appropriations, have yielded the University a revenue of nearly $2,000,000. The total state appropriation for the University organization amounts to $1,322,262.46. Over $900,000 of state funds were invested in buildings and equipment. Eliminating certain items from this valuation of the material plant, ig ath ae Ue Es a Das Ni Mh ae 27 Ss eis 2 Dc TS a Dah aed WM ad Wa sl sos esse fs ots tec otc sali Se ote Sie Se SN eS ee Eee ne Stake Sa Nr er MR Sa LO La Ma NT Mea Nae CS SE OL NLS ID LO SL Thirteen i SAS i Set tas SEV 20s 58 aks sellin seine ti: siti ete ethene a Mts Ae ee 2 aN Es at a eM ete ete ee ne eon pti evs 2 Me EDA OT 2S PSB EN 0 MED AR He