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

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bs Rt sD fe le Ds ADs SE IN LAME A Le fs Sh i Ds Ae De Ate ts cio aT eat tt Ate t an oke e ate oh n ie ee ee ee aM A te ti ce i at ie i aoe ae i ee ie te i itn a ue Si a as Sle AY SN SR SS SM es TaN SE RD So LTR Ga WN GED OF THE MOV ITA Year Total Attendance Building Valuation 1892-93 6 (+126) Administration (portion) 1893-94 16 (+216) (portion) 1894-95 28 (+183) $125,000.00 1895-96 84 (+220) 1896-97 65 (+153) 1897-98 87 (+161) Liszt Hall 3,537.00 1898-99 79 (+104) 1899-1900 106 (+120) (—106) Summer School) 1900-01 188 (+111) 1901-02 168 (+139) Ridenbaugh Hall 30,000.00 Engineering 28,800.69 1902-03 158 (+162) 1903-04 153 (+198) 1904-05 176 (+156) Gymnasium 26,060.25 1905-06 202 (+108) 1906-07 231 (+132) Old Administration building burned Assay 17,700.00 Metallurgical 21,992.20 Morrill Hall 55,907.98 1907-08 259 (+174) Flour Mill 1,500.00 1908-09 293 (+206) Forge Shop, Central Heating Plant 31,500.00 Greenhouse 2,500.00 1909-10 346 (+165) Administration (rebuilt)—see valuation below 1910-11 409 (+118) : 1911-12 676 (+ 59) Lewis Court 3,200.00 Pavilian (stock) 2,716.31 1912-13 713, (+ 32) 1913-14 649 North wing, Adm. (Adm. total) 305,238.76 1914-15 819 1915-16 908 Agr. Engineering 5,916.60 1916-17 1001. (to March, 1917) ( See Public Audit, L. F. Reinhard Co., 1913-16). ( Preparatory School, abolished, 1913). From this tabulation, it will be observed that there were six students enrolled in college and 126 students classified in preparatory courses during the year the institution began her work. The table of attendance shows further that the growth in the student body and advance in work has been constant. The tabulation of equipment indicates that its growth has lagged behind the increase in student attendance and in the extension of University service. Careful study should be made of this equipment handicap in order that a correct perspective may be had of the University at the close of her first quarter-century of existence. The financial support of the University has been provided by the federal and state governments. The federal government granted the Uni- versity 286,080 acres of land. Interest and rentals from the land grant, together with federal appropriations, have yielded the University a revenue of nearly $2,000,000. The total state appropriation for the University organization amounts to $1,322,262.46. Over $900,000 of state funds were invested in buildings and equipment. Eliminating certain items from this valuation of the material plant, ig ath ae Ue Es a Das Ni Mh ae 27 Ss eis 2 Dc TS a Dah aed WM ad Wa sl sos esse fs ots tec otc sali Se ote Sie Se SN eS ee Eee ne Stake Sa Nr er MR Sa LO La Ma NT Mea Nae CS SE OL NLS ID LO SL Thirteen i SAS i Set tas SEV 20s 58 aks sellin seine ti: siti ete ethene a Mts Ae ee 2 aN Es at a eM ete ete ee ne eon pti evs 2 Me EDA OT 2S PSB EN 0 MED AR He

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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

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bd + + a i a a the United States Commissioner of Education has arrived at a lower esti- mate which is published in his Statistics of State Universities and State Colleges, Bulletin 1916, No. 6: 1915 Assets Per Student YY IMI a caceeon pecs cere eeenns $ 799,000 $3,995 Colorado .... . as 3,076,000 2.366 ety si) 2 eer 9 AR an 10,779,000 1,684 IEONTATE: cose cecsciancoecasseeassec Scere 1,230,600 1,231 Washington .... = 4,123,000 1,051 TMOHO cx Greeicccicacsnncs nv 775,000 890 ON 0 = nie 2,478,000 854 RT te oes casctis sasesSee enee 1,615,000 808 It will appear from the foregoing tabulations that the state has pro- vided for the general physical plant, the general maintenance and up-keep of the institution; and that the federal government has contributed the major funds for her instruction, research and extension. The object set forth in the University charter and on the marble tablet in its Administration Building are so important and commanding that one is led to inquire: “Why has Idaho not given more liberally in order that these objects might be realized in a larger degree and at an earlier time?” There are numerous reasons. Idaho has been passing thru its pioneer stage. It was and is still seriously sectionalized. Appropriations for education have been made in response to requests of local communities. These and various other reasons are responsible for the inadequate support given to the educational institutions which were designed to render state- wide service. Manifestly, the citizens of the state intended to eliminate these serious difficulties when they placed all of their educational institutions under a single Board of Education. The centralized plan is wise. It should diminish sectional and institutional jealousies. It should provide a unit organization thru which real educational contributions to the industrial, educational and civic welfare of the entire state may be made. ‘The materialization of these potentialities depends upon the personnel of the Board and freedom from unnecessary interference. In event there is failure to appoint intelligent, patriotic and honorable members to the Board, or in case the Board of Education is subjected to unwise and tyrannical control of a superior board, —the State Board of Examiners, there will be serious diminution in the efficiency of the educational institutions, and all state and federal education in Idaho will be gravely menaced. . Any failure to protect and advance the welfare of the state educational institutions will be found intimately associated with one or with both of these causes. From very simple and primitive beginnings, the University has grown into an institution that has gained some recognition within and without the state. An examination of the catalog lists indicates that 2360 students have enrolled for guidance in University academic courses of study. This list does not include several hundred preparatory and special students who have taken work in music and in certain vocational subjects. Out of the total number of matriculants, 623 have pursued their courses of study to a final Pe aS oy ee ee ee ee ee oe le eo ee ot ae. te ce als pix ail oli 45 ds 41 ne e-em ATT nl i pe ee a ei cla ain ain ei i oil ellie ie il Ollie ie we le te il V3 Dh a a a Fourteen + tb + e044 ’ 4 + ++ + 9 + + + +) } } +} +--+ Pere Ce Oe a. he TTA SR RE ee EE Se i liar Per ey See a eer eo tee 4