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

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Board of Regents |+ MARIS E. LEWIS, PresipeNtT------------------------------ Moscow Term expires 1909. MRS. SAMUEL H. HAYS, SeEcRETARY Term expires 1913. JAMES F. McCARTHY EDWARD S. SWEET O. E. McCUTCHEON Term expires 1911.

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OLLOWING IN the footsteps of five preceding classes, the Class of 1909 Just a presents this Junior Annual. Although in the footsteps, many changes have been made, partly for variety’s sake, and partly because conditions change from year to year, and new problems are constantly on hand. The Class pictures have been arranged somewhat differently and a large number of views hitherto undiscovered, and yet typical of Idaho, have been introduced. As for the Faculty, this time the pictures of all have been eliminated, with the exception of the new members—that is, those who have become identified with the University within the last two years. In the editing of this volume, we have met with many trials and tribu- lations, yet they were all overcome and, as a whole, the task has not been onerous to us. To the loyalty of the Class, and to the unflagging zeal of the staff and various outsiders who worked with us, is due the credit for the presentation of the ’og Annual. We would particularly thank, at this time, the Holman family, Esther Larson, Vestal Hockett, Jennie Gearhardt and Josiah G. Martin. Eprror.

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g oO o A Bit of History HE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO was created by the Territorial Legislature of 1889. The governor appointed a Board of Regents and Hon. Willis Sweet was chosen as its president. Actual college work was not begun until October 3, 1892, when the Faculty consisted of but two members and the student body wasn’t much larger. At this time only one wing of the old Administration Building was completed. The growth of the institution has been steady. Each year has shown a marked ad- vance over its predecessor. In’ 1898, but six years after the opening, the student body had increased to 248, and the Faculty to 20. At this time there were three buildings, with a valuation of $135,000, and a library of 3000 volumes. In 1908 Idaho has an instructing staff of 45; a student body of 450; a library of 12,000 volumes; 9 completed buildings, and an Administration Building in course of con- struction which will cost approximately a quarter of a million dollars. The University has an income for maintenance of almost $100,000 per year, while it has a landed endowment of 286,000 acres of land, with a minimum value of three million dollars. This, then, has been the history of Idaho. As to its future? Watch the ’Varsity grow!