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

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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

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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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conclusion and received degrees. The majority of these graduates have the following o ccupational distribution: ALUMNI OCCUPATIONAL SURVEY Classes 1896 to 1914, inclusive, according to Alumni Directory, June, 1915, ROE UTES Cy ee eee PaaS a rR a era 124 (25%) 2. Engineering (Mining Electrical, Civil Mechanical wll0 (22%) S$) ROMO, MAKING: s5c3 soc ckesce cae easstian sae tease oteaee ee 72 (14%) BY, WUE cao ee ee . 3 ) 7%) 5. Business (Merchant banking, real estate, railroad clerical) ( 6%) 6. Government Service (Federal, State) ... ( 6%) Y RMR 8 Vhs: een ee ORO ER et es ale eee RUE: ES caste ( 3%) 8 Church (Clergymen, Y. M. C. A., Missionary) .. al ( 2%) Qo Pinyetessant, cs secs a 8 ( 1%) 10. Dead o.... as Te CEINICIII WIT acencacnssennesnaccectin fet te ees ae cee nN Bd 35 ( 7%) 496 In addition to the instructional work which has been given on the campus, real investigation has been carried on in many departments. ‘This expression of university life did not develop in any considerable degree prior to 1912. Some of the more notable evidences of this work are as follows: (a) A history text of international importance, on the “Renaissance and Reformation ;” texts in German and other subjects; (b) Comprehensive investigations in recovering oils and other valu- able extracts from wooded plants; (c) Valuable investigation in cellular biology; (d) Fundamental studies of Idaho soils, cereals, vegetables, fruits, plant and animal production, dairying, mining, and other engineering and industrial questions. : Still another expression of university service is found in the modern and vigorous activity known as the University Extension, ‘This has been concerned particularly with the great industry of agriculture. More than half of the state’s population has been effectively reached during the last biennium thru this recent and active University organization. ‘The adoption of projects for cooperation with the Agricultural Department of the federal government, the development of the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, the inaugura- tion of the county agents, field specialists and home economics work are suggestions of this latest service of the University. Obviously it is impossible to measure the University’s performance during it twenty-five years of existence by a mere enumeration of persons who have been enrolled on the campus; likewise the enumeration of people reached by Extension workers does not furnish an accurate measure of the life and work of the institution. The correct measures are found in the richness of the University curricula, in uniformly high scholarship, in the character of students, in the continued success of the graduates, and in numerous vital relations which the University has developed in the edu- cational, social and civic life of the state and nation. By the unit measurement of courses, the University of Idaho now sili ee ee le a A Rs os ae Bs 2 dyad ad iain ad ealimiioati ciao aie ant i i a Or ai li ee a oe I ee a ce te ite Se Se Em Sn ih a NI OD SE RE SEI SU | LY + a + + + + + + + de | + De | + of be!) foe p+ ++ + Se ++ -+ ++ + 7 + + Pit +9 +4 +i? +i + oo b aih. Bits, “is Bie I AR GE ae oe oe oe oe ee ee ee + ee rie Se Ee re Fifteen