College of Idaho - Trail Yearbook (Caldwell, ID)

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The TRAIL 15 The Y. M. C. A. was organized in 1912 and fitted up the Y. M. room in Sterry Hall. The first animal Post Exam Jubilee was celebrated most hilariously on the evening of Feb. 9, 1912, in the Lowell room. The custom of the student body unanimously cutting classes -on April first to go picnicing was started in the spring of 1912 and was observed annually until the faculty started a custom of their own in the spring of '19 by unanimously UD voting to stay out and make garden on that day. The first annual May breakfast was given by the Y. W. C. A. girls May 29, 1912, on the lawn of the Olmstead home. During the summer of 1912 the driveway was built, trees set out and the campus improved. That fall the Domestic Science Department was begun with Miss Nichol at its head, and we now have a splendidly equipped Domestic Science room. The fall of 1912 also added Prof. Rankin to our faculty. But perhaps the most important event of that year to our college was the act passed by the twelfth session of the state legislature and signed by Gov. Haines, which placed the college on an equal footing with the university in regard to, the issuing of degrees and certihcation. In 1913 a Letter Society was established for the purpose of settling all matters pertaining to the wearing of the C. of I. emblems, to create a greater respect and honor for these emblems, to promote the welfare of the athletic and literary activities of the College of Idaho, and to stimulate the spirit of comradeship and loyalty among the students. In 1914 was organizd the official Walking Club composed of girls and limited in membership to 23. Every spring sees the establishment of many unofiicial little walking clubs with the membership much more limited. The need for debating work had finally outgrown the two literary societies and in October, 1916, Prof. I-l. H. Hayman organized the Senate. This august body, with a membership limited to 15, has developed some wonderful debaters and has undoubtedly done much to- keep the debate cup in our chapel room. The annual debate banquet is an important social event and the historic gavel made in 1908 by Lawrence Henry Gipson from the first apple tree planted in Caldwell, has been the historic bone of con- tention in our college ever since. In the fall of 1917 the girls decided not to be outdone and organized the Parthenian Forum, even up to and including the annual banquet. And then in order to seek further knowledge of philosophy the Ecclesia Philathea was founded in 1919 by Prof. Springer, with a charter member- ship of 15. The Spanish Club was organized in 1918 by Mrs. Rankin and Le Cercle Francais in 1921 by Prof. Boulton. Realizing the need for a better financial backing, more buildings and better equipment, brought about by the rapid growth of the school, in 1917 Dr. Boone started the 3S500,000 endowment fund campaign. The war has interfered greatly with this just as it has with all departments of the school, but under the efficient management of Dr. Chalfant, pledges have

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14 The TRAIL ten dollars in gold. This institution is still in existence, but has not been taken advantage of lately. In this same year the first Associated Student Body was organized to consider all matters relating to the school, whether pertaining to Athletics or Literature. The first public exercise to take place in the history of the Collegiate Department was the Short Story Contest, held on Monday eve-ning of Com- mencement Week, 1908. Allan Dresser won the first set of Shakespeare offered by the college faculty as a prize in this annual contest. This same year the Cleaver debate was established. In order to foster extemp-oraneous speaking, Mr. Cleaver arranged to give a gold medal each year to the winner of the debate. . The year 1910 brought many changes and improvements to the college. The dream of larger and better equipped buildings had at last been real- ized through the tireless efforts of Dr. Boone and the many friends of the college. Sterry and Finney Halls were completed during the summer on the twenty-five acre campus given by H. D. Blatchleyg and in September the school, which overflowed the old building like the children of the old woman in the shoe, moved into its commodious new quarters on College Heights. Professors Smith, Springer and Boulton were added to the fac- ulty that fall. The Y. W. C. A. was organized in the fall of 1910 and fitted up the Y.W.C.A. rooms in the new Administration building. In the spring of 1910 was Hrst observed the one school holiday' of the college year that is legally set aside for that purpose, Founders' Day. A program was given in the morning and in the afternoon the new buildings then under con- struction, were visited. In 1911 Prof. H. H. Hayman returned from Princeton to take up his professorship in the college. The Lowell and Columbian Literary Societies which had formerly belonged only to the academy were admitted to col- legiate standing. Mr. and Mrs. Blatchley once more showed their generosity and interest in the college by giving two pianos. New Years Eve, 1911, the newly 'finished Blatchley Hall was opened for a reception to college students and for ten years this lovely home has been open to the student body for social purposes and Mrs. Blatchley has been a charming hostess at many delightful dinners and parties for the students of the C. of I. In the spring of 1912 the music department under Miss Pearl Hall graduated four students. In the fall of 1912 Prof. F. F. Beale became head of the Music Depart- ment, and the Girls and Boys Glee Clubs which had been organized in 1908 took on a new lease of life. The operas which are presented by the combined Glee Clubs each spring are one of the important productions of the school year.

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16 T It e T R A I L been received for S300,000, 5lS180,000 of which has been actually paid. In 1917 the college received a wonderful gift from Mr. and Mrs. Blatchley who have given so freely of their time and money to our school. At Christmas they presented Blatchley Hall to the college, to be the home of the president and a social center for the students. In the fall of '19 Dr. Boone took up his residence there, Mr. and Mrs. Blatchley having com- pleted their new home. , BLATCHLEY HALL Athletics have always played an important part in the life of the College of Idaho. No account can be found of the first baseball team, but the College of Idaho won the Baseball Conference championship in 1914. Since the war, track has taken the place of spring baseball. The Tennis Association was organized in the fall of 1914 and in the spring of 1915 the courts were put in order. Football in the Cbllege of Idaho began to have a definite standing about the fall of 1905. Sam Bal- lentyne was coach and practically all the work was done in the main street under the electric light. John Winne was captain, and the team won from Emmett and Payette high schools. In 1908 the State Championship team was developed and coached by R. D. Kyle and H. R. Cleaver, James Boone captain. Sam Cupp was a star player that year. In 1909 the only game with the Idaho University was played. C. of I. held the university team without a score for 45 minutes. In 1915 Baldridge was captain of an un- defeated championship team. That year the first annual football banquet was given by Mrs. Boone and Mrs. Blatchley. With the coming of Coach Cornell in the middle of the 1917 season our fame and powers began to grow. There was no football in 1918 owing to 100 per cent patriotism on the part of coach and football men. In '19 the college again had an unde- feated championship team. In '20 she scored heavily against Whitman, her first big college game, with the prospects for a winning team against some of the biggest colleges in the northwest for the season '21, . ' The Coyote Hrst howled in 1907 in the form of a yearly record of stu-