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

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re ar ee ere ee eee ere Fe ee heh a eo i a it tt rt i or 2 = il sift Ve Ah Vn nl hn i AE sl MM sl cA oN A oI A Se a Twelve Ghe University of Fsaho HE University of Idaho began its instructional work in the autumn of 1892. The twenty-fifth anniversary of that event is celebrated this year. In view of this fact, it is proper perhaps that we should review some of the salient characteristics and performances of the University during its twenty-five years of service, examine its present organization and activi- ties, and suggest certain functions which she should perform, The object of the University was set forth in her charter which reads as follows: “The object of the University of Idaho shall be to provide the means of acquiring a thoro knowledge of the various branches of learning connected with scientific, industrial and professional pursuits, and to this end it shal] consist of the following colleges or departments, to-wit: “1, The College or Department of Arts. “2. The College or Department of Letters. “3. The professional or other colleges or departments, as may from time to time be added thereto or connected therewith. “The college or department of arts shall embrace courses of instruction in mathematical, physical and natural sciences, with their application to the industrial arts, such as agriculture, mechanics, engineering, mining and metallurgy, manufactures, architecture and commerce, and such branches included in the college of letters as shall be necessary to a proper fitness of the pupils in the scientific and practical courses for their chosen pursuits; and as soon as the income of the University will allow, in such order as the wants of the public shall seem to require, the said courses in the sciences and their application to the practical arts shall be expanded into distinct colleges of the University, each with its own faculty and appro- priate title.” (State Constitution, Section 496, 497), If we associate with this charter the declaration chiseled in the marble tablet which is placed in the entrance to the Administration Building, we have a comprehensive program laid down for a state university. The statement reads: “Erected by the Commonwealth of Idaho for the training of her future citizens to their highest usefulness in private life and public sesvice.” Like many state universities, this institution started with a wholly inadequate plant. Her student body was almost entirely preparatory. She was a university only in name. The following tabulation of buildings and attendance during the past twenty-five years proves these statements: 5 AD tf SE Al Ue AUT 8 he sh a Ye a A) a AT 8 Oo Paw Gs Se So ae Se ae Se oe Se Oe OP Oe er SP Sr oP Se SP he ot ar ae S ee eee ae a a Se ee SL OM SM OO Pi a ee a a tte es ae ee tee cl aie ok Sth ON ean, ac the aie i ei all OR ee ee a a ae i ee 2 pe ae Seta Mtoe Ss Secd Moe Le NL NE ND SE de MU ee ie ad ee ee ee ee ee ee a