Idaho State University - Wickiup Yearbook (Pocatello, ID)

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Executive Dean John R. Nichols From the first student body of seventy and a faculty of four in 1902-03, our insti- tution has grown to a faculty of four more than the original number of students and an enrollment of 1,112 this year. In spite of the handicap of a physical plant which is rapidly becoming inadequate, the Southern Branch is an institution of which we can all — faculty and students — be proud. May the spirit of sincere co-operation in a learning enterprise between faculty and students continue and increase. Ever striving forward, it is fitting that we take stock of past progress in this com- memorative issue of the 1938 Wickiup. Yours sincerely.

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■«? t President Harrison C. Dale Reflections suggest the past, for only Individuals and institutions that have lived and have experienced are in a position to assunne the reflective attitude. A third of a century is not long in the life of this nation, but It represents a considerable segment of the history of Idaho and of the University. When an institution Indulges in reflections it finds its greatest satisfaction and its greatest hope in the consciousness that it has touched the lives of hundreds of people helpfully and inspiringly. The light from such reflections shines out of the past and Into the future. W pkjL -XXA

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E. O. Leonard started teaching pharmacy In 1918 when the Pharmacy Department was quar- tered in the present psychology labora- tory. A few years later it was moved to the present geology rooms, and later Into Farls Hall, where it remained until 1928. He combines business with teach- ing by doing Pocatello ' s chemical and bacteriological work. While attending Whitman College he was rated Pacific Coast halfback, and was a wrestler and baseball player. He has spent the last 20 years building the Pharmacy Depart- ment into one of the finest in the west. O - f- E. J. Baldwin was transferred from Moscow when the Southern Branch was established in 1927. He found the Chemistry Department on the first floor of Paris Hall with the freshman laboratory in what is now Mr. Laird ' s living room. The next year Science Hall was completed, and the Chemistry Department was moved to the third floor of the new building. In addition to his duties as head of the Chemistry Department, he is director of the Letters and Science Division. As chairman of the scholarship committee he works constantly to raise the scholas- tic standing of the University. •V 24