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

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College of Agriculture E. J. Iddings, M. S., Dean riculture to train its students to cope with rural problems as they exist in all its phases. The college offers facilities and instruction that will prepare the student for scientific farming, research work, ex- tension work, and survey. It works to- ward progression in effi- cient production, larger net returns, and better living. The College of Agri- culture and Agricultural Experiment Station ope- rates on 612 acres of deeded and leased land, and consists of eleven permanent buildings. In fe IS the function of the College of Ag- Indiana. Colorado addition the university owns or leases for purposes of agricultural experiments 750 acres located at five other points in the state. The college maintains laboratories for agricultural chemistry, agricultural en- gineering, agronomy, animal husbandry, bacteriology, dairy husbandry, horticul- ture, plant pathology and poultry. The College of Agriculture was created in 1908, with E. E. Elliot appointed first dean. He was followed by Dean W. L. Carlyle, who carried on the work of the college until it was taken over by Dean Iddings, in 1915. The institution has shown consistent development since its cre- ation, and the extension work which it promotes has been greatly beneficial to the state. The college has pro- duced stock that has taken prizes at the Pacific Interna- tional Livestock Shows held at Portland each year, and agricul- ture students usu- ally make an ex- BE J. IDDINGS, Dean of the College of Agriculture, was born March 22, He studied at Butler College (1899-1901), received his B. S. (Agr.) degree at the Agricultural tn 1907, and received the M. S. degree in 1922, pointed dean at Idaho in 1915. eitfent showing as stock judges at the con- tests. The college is in possession of many large silver loving cups which were awarded to the institu- tion for the showing the prize winning live stock has made in the exhibitions. The School of Practi- cal Agriculture, an orga- nization within the Col- lege of Agriculture, is maintained for the pur- pose of providing practi- cal agricultural training for men who lack the necessary preparation, or the time, for the regular courses in Agriculture. The instruction within the school is made as practical as possible and deals primar- ily with up-to-date farm practices in the various phases of agriculture. Graduates of the course should be qualified to be- come successful farmers, managers of live- stock, or other agricultural enterprises. As- sisting the dean in his work are: H. E. Lattig, M. S.; F. W. Atkeson, B. S.; C. W. Hickman, B. S.; H. W. Hul- bert, M. S.; C. W. Hungerford, Ph. D.; M. R. Lewis. G. E.; R. E.. Nei- dig, iM: S.7 R. T: Parkhurst, B. S.; C. C. Vincent, M. S; (Agr.); F. E. Whitehead, M. S. These professors head their respec- tive depart- ments. 1879, at Peru, College He was ap- 29

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College of Letters and Science M. F. Angell, Ph. D., Dean HE College of Letters and Science [ies shown marked development un- der the direction of Dean M. F. An- gell. In the past two years the college has maintained a somewhat increased and more uniform requirement of scholarship in all its departments and with this there has been a fair increase in enrollment. The for- mation of Phi Beta Kappa, which is not open to students of vocations, is a definite indication of the high rating of this school. The College of Letters and Science has the only non-profession- al curriculum in the uni- versity. This school is the nucleus of the university. It was the first department formed in the university and out of it others have grown. Al- though the recent establishment of the School of Business Administration as a separate department decreased the enroll- ment in the College of Letters and Science about 300 stu- dents, there are now 655 en- rolled compared with 987 two years ago. The Dean makes consulta- tion with stu- dents, one of the most important parts of the teaching work. Espe- cially is this true in the sophomo r e M., F. ANGELL was born De- cember 29, van, Wisconsin. uate of the University of Wis- consin and from that institution he received his Ph. D. degree. Doctor Angell Dean of the College of Letters and Sctence in 1921. to this (1913-1920) he was professor of physics at Idaho. was appointed and freshman years. All stu- dents feel free to go to Dean Angell and consult with him re- garding any difficulty that they may have. Besides Dean Angell’s capacity as Dean of the College of Letters and Science he is chairman of the faculty athletic committee which gave us our present coach, secretary of the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Conference, and is direct- ly responsible for the de- velopment of the depart- ment of physics of which he has been professor since 1913. Assisting Dean Angell as profes- sors in the college are: Dr. J. E. Wodsed- alek, professor of Zoology and Entomol- ogy; C. W. Chenoweth, professor of Phil- osophy; E. O. Bangs, professor of Mu- sic; David MacMillan, director of Physical Education; J. G. Eldridge, professor of Modern Languages; Colonel E. R. Chris- man, head of the Military Department; Eugene Taylor, professor of Mathemat- ics; Miss Katherine Jensen, professor of Home Economics; F. C. Church, professor of History; G. M. Miller, professor of English; H. L. Axtell, professor of Classical ea ow b Languages; C. L. von Ende, professor of Chemistry; F. W. Gail, professor of Botany; David C. Lange, pro- fessor of Architecture, and Charles Erb, director of Athletics. Doctor Angell was recently appointed dean of the Southern Branch of the Uni- versity of Idaho, at Pocatello, in the ab- sence of Dean Retherford, who has taken a one-year leave of absence. is) LAA y, ii) 1878, Dela- He ts a grad- Previous 28

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College of Law Robert M. Davis, A. B., J. D., Dean HE College of Law at the University [es Idaho was organized in 1909 un- der the leadership of Professor J. F. MacLane, who was then chairman of the faculty. In 1911 Professor MacLane left the university to become a dis- trict judge, and he was replaced by O. E. Mc- Cutcheon, who at that time was a member of the Univer- sity Board of Regents. Dean McCut- cheon remained at the University of Idaho un- til 1913. He was fol- lowed by Dean George D. Ayers (1913-1917), acting Dean J. J. Gill (1917-1918), Dean O. P. Cock- erill (1918-1923), and Dean Robert Mc- Nair Davis, in 1923. The purpose of the present administra- tion in the College of Law has been to improve the standards of legal education at the university and to cooperate with the commission ers of the Idaho Bar in bringing about higher re- quirements for admission into the legal profes- sion. Students entering the law school are re- quired to have a more thorough pre-legal train- ing than has previ- ously been customary. EAN i te eR, Missouri. University of | of 1923. Robert of the Idaho College of Law | was born in 1882, Kansas City, He received his edu- cation tn higher institutions of learning at Harvard University, | Harvard Law School. Chicago. Davis was appointell head of the | law college at Idaho in the year | 30 The high scholastic standard actuates the students to work with greater perseverance and earnestness toward their objective. Progress is manifest in that graduate students are forging to the front in the le- gal profession and are holding important official positions in Idaho and elsewhere. With the cooperation of the law faculty it is the function of the dean to formulate policies of professional education for the state and to cooperate with the bar associations, the Association of Amer- ican Law Schools, and bar examiners in making possible adequate prepa- ration for service at the bar and on the bench, Dean Davis advocates service as the ultimate motive of the embryo lawyer. He encourages students to study law for the vast amount of good that can be done from an ethical standpoint and not from any mercenary gain that might be had. Assisting Dean Davis in the instruction of jurisprudence are: J. J: Gill, LL. B.; S. A. Harris, A. B., J. D.; F. L. Mechem, Ph. B., LL. B. Professor Mechem, who has only been at Idaho for one year, re- placed M. H. Merrill, for- merly a professor in the law department, who is now teaching in the Uni- versity of Nebraska law school. The members of the teaching staff do not practice law, but give all their time to instruction and research in the department. This pro- vision which limits the scope of activity for the professors enables them to give more time to interviews with law students. McNair Davis | and the | Dean