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

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ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

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The University There are now perhaps no students in the institution who attended the: Uni- versity of former days when all that the small faculty had to offer was a large campus, a fraction of a building and an abundance of promises. But so splen- didly have promises been fulfilled and hopes realized that we are encouraged to anticipate still greater achievements in the future. Our growth has been typical of the West—the young West—where ac- tivity and earnestness and optimism are the characteristics of all successful enterprises. And because the West is young our progress has possibly not been symmetrical but it has nevertheless not been inconsistent. If certain de- partments of the college have seemed to be entirely neglected while other departments have received a large measure of attention the situation is not at all abnormal. It is the habit of all growing things to develop some parts more rapidly than others. We shall be satisfied if some day when we can boast more than twelve years of life for her, our dear Alma Mater shall be recognized as a mature University. In that day when our habits of thought shall have changed with the actual enlarging of the college perhaps we shall begin to develop more of the sfaidness and conservatism which are so noticably present in eastern institutions. But there will always be an essential difference. Surely environment counts for much in every life, and if it does then as long as old Mount Moscow faces the University, as long as green orchards and golden wheat fields spread about us, as long as we breathe the air wafted across to us from the piney woods may we keep a measure of the genuineness, the enthusiasm, the independence, which are the heritage of the children of the Great West! 11

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The “Ad” The main building or the “Ad” as the students affectionately call it, is, of course, the center of college activity. It is not to be expected that the scenes enacted there will vary much from one year to another, but a few changes have been made this year which may be worth noting. The preparatory students have mounted from one plane of wisdom to an- other until now prep hall is on the third floor. At that rate of ascension there is every likelihood that with the next spring they will be on the roof. The room formerly occupied by the preps has been converted into a reading room. Here the freshmen can chew gum and write notes without being disturbed by the prosey seniors who prefer to have at least the appear- ance of loving learning, by loitering near the bookshelves in the library. The Regents have forseen a great peril which hung over us and have at- tempted to remove it. There was a possibility that simultaneously two first year boys (a small estimate) might be burning with love for their adored ones; two debating societies having a heated discussion, three pianos playing “The Storm”; and two radiators giving off heat, (who ever dreamed that two ra- diators could be warm at once?) but supposing such strange coincidences as these should happen, a conflagration on the third floor would be imminent. Therefore the Regents ordered fire escapes to be added to the building at once. Such improvements as these making, as they do, very slight changes, are permissable provided that the building itself is left unaltered. Should any of us return to our Alma Mater in after years, (and may such frequently be the case) we shall expect to see many strange buildings on the campus; but we shall also hope to find one staunch old unchanged friend— the “Ad.” 13