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

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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!

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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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JAMES A, MACLEAN President