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

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nehee eee ‘een ane w 2a, “Ete [29] CAVA Setevrese School of Education J. F. Messenger THE WORK of the School of Education is increasing, partly because of the closer contacts that are being made with the public schools of the state, and partly because of a general demand for more professional training on the part of teachers. All over the country the requirements for teachers’ certificates are calling for more professional work in education and school officials are demanding more from persons whom they are willing to consider for teaching positions. At the present time five members of the education faculty hold doctor’s degrees. A large percentage of the superintendents and principals of the schools of Idaho attend the summer school and through this means much is done to unify the entire school system of Idaho. At the present rate it will not be long until nearly every superintendent in the state will have been at some time a student at the University of Idaho. The School of Education was established in the year 1920-1921. At that time the total number of students enrolled was twenty-three. All of these were under- graduates. The first master’s degree was granted in 1922. Up to the present time eighty-seven persons have received the degree of Master of Science in Education. At the beginning of this year there were ninety-seven persons enrolled as candidates for this degree. Dean J. F. Messenger is head of the department. The other members of the faculty are: Professor Charles E. Holley, Bernice McCoy, associate professor; W. Wayne Smith, associate professor; and Philip Soulen, state high school inspector, whose headquarters are in Boise.

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lean C. Crawford THE PAST YEAR has witnessed important development in the shops and laboratories of the College of Engineering. Machine shops of the mechanical engineering depart- ment have been entirely rearranged and installed in the old heating plant of the University. The University of Idaho is now said to possess one of the most efficient shops of this type in the Northwest. The gas engine laboratory has been renovated and a noticeable amount of aeronautical equipment added. Such advances are intended to keep abreast of recent developments in the teaching of aeronautical engineering. A long-needed vacuum tube testing laboratory has been installed by the electrical engineering department. Equipment added to the materials testing laboratory has increased the efficiency of this unit. During the year over a thou- sand tests were made for the department of public works. Instructional work of the College of Engineering has been on a higher plane than ever before, due to the stability of the faculty. An increase in enrollment established a new high record for registration in this college. Idaho graduates have been particularly successful in important engineering fields. At the present time Idaho men are working for the federal government in the following positions: District Engineer of the United States Geological Survey at Boston, Chief of Surface Water Division at Washington, D. C., Construction Engineer at the Hoover Dam. The engineering faculty includes the following: Ivan C. Crawford, dean; Pro- fessors J. E. Buchanan, I. N. Carter, J. W. Howard, A. S. Janssen, civil engineering; Professors R. H. Hull, R. J. Pangborn, electrical; Professors H. F. Gauss, Barton Cruikshank, and William Schroeder, mechanical. eset ene eeeeee

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See eeee sare x rvYvr rY School of Business Administration Ralph H. Farmer : Lj ¥! THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION is stressing work in research and devot- ing a great deal of instruction to fit the special economic situation of the country. The problems peculiar to the state of Idaho and this section of the country are being carefully studied. The method of teaching which is being used will tie the student closely to the problems he will meet when he graduates from the course. This is the school’s eighth year as an individual unit. It became a senior college in 1929, enrolling students only in the third and fourth years of university work. Pre-business majors devote about two-thirds of their time to the standard junior college curriculum, and one-third to preliminary courses in business. The school has five majors, one of which is required for a degree in Bachelor of Science in Business. These five are: general business, accounting, commerce, the extractive industries, and secretarial science. General business gives an all-around training in business. In this major special emphasis is given to finance to meet the importance of that field in all phases of business activity. In the course of account- ing, the student can specialize in cost accounting, corporate accounting, auditing or public accounting. Commerce includes retailing, wholesaling, advertising and foreign trade. Extractive industries is a combination course which trains for the business side of agriculture, forestry and mining, and also includes the technical training in these fields. A thorough course in secretarial training can be obtained by both men and women in the secretarial science major. Dean Ralph H. Farmer is head of the School of Business Administration. The other faculty members of the school are: Professor E. E. Davidson, Professor Ellen Reierson, Professor Harold A. Vogel, and Professor Willard J. Wilde. [30] oo eeee