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

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pee eeee Dean of Faculty Jay Glover Eldridge THE POSITION of Dean of the Faculty is honorary, in that it is held by the dean who has been longest in the service of the University. But in addition to that, it is a position that has attached to it a great many functions of utmost importance and responsibility. That importance is emphasized, too, by the fact that the office is held by Dean Jay Glover Eldridge, who has been with the University thirty years. The work of the Dean of the Faculty is largely administrative and of a general nature. To him falls the duty of aiding the President of the University in the process of running the departments of the University. To him, also, goes the work of corre- lating the various policies of university departments. One of the most important duties of this officer is the general administration of the University when the President is gone. At such times the Dean of the Faculty presides over the academic council and the various other faculty boards and com- mittees. The work of the present year has differed but little from any of the previous normal years. Whenever there is a vacancy in faculty deanships the Dean of the Faculty is called upon to administer that department, but this year such extra work has not been necessary. This has made it possible for Dean Eldridge to devote most of his time strictly to the duties of his own office and to his teaching. Dean Eldridge is professor and head of the modern language department at the Univer- sity. He is regarded as one of the outstanding language professors in the United States, and recently has established Icelandic as one of the languages offered in the University curriculum.

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© o 8 Fe TSE SEEEEEE OTHE HEESE SHEET E TOES ECT SEHETE RES ESEs AA 2° Dean of Women Permeal J. French ONE OF the most important administrative sections of the University from the standpoint of relations with the people of the state is the position of Dean of Women. This office includes contact with innumerable aspects of college life and offers one of the best means by which high school students may be interested in the University of Idaho. Much of the valuable work and a good deal of the promi- nence of the position of Dean of Women is made possible by the woman who has held that post at Idaho for a number of years. Miss Permeal J. French is the Dean of Women at the University of Idaho. The efficiency of her work is best spoken for by the smoothness with which her department performs a great amount of import- ant administrative work for the University. under the control of the Dean of Women. She also has supervision over the two ¥ Either directly or indirectly, every phase of the social life of the campus comes i women’s halls and the many sorority houses on the campus. In addition to regulation of the social life of the campus, Miss French, in her i years at Idaho, has been directly responsible for the establishment of a number of the University’s most cherished traditions. Among the most important of these has been her connection with the annual Campus Day. Many other traditional forms have been materially helped by Miss French’s interest. The Dean of Women also makes important contacts for the University in her trips throughout the state. Each spring she visits the larger high schools of the state, meeting high school students and giving them information in regard to the University of Idaho. r24)

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See eeeeetteeeeeve teen 2 = The Graduate School C. W. Hungerford GRADUATE WORK at the University of Idaho is at present administered by the Graduate Council, which consists of C. W. Hungerford, dean, and six members appointed by the President from various academic divisions of the University. These members are Dean J. F. Messenger, professor of education; Dean R. H. Farmer, professor of business administration; Dr. E. E. Hubert, professor of for- estry; Professor J. H. Johnson, professor of electrical engineering; Professor A. W. Fahrenwald, professor of metallurgy and ore dressing; and Dr. G. M. Miller, professor of English. Miss Ella Olesen, registrar, is secretary of the Council. The growth of this school during the last ten years had been more rapid than almost any other division of the University. In 1919-1920 there were fourteen graduate students and only one master’s degree conferred. In 1924-1925 there were sixty-eight students and sixteen degrees conferred. In 1929-1930 there were eighty- three students and thirty-two degrees were conferred. This year during the first semester there were 117 students regularly enrolled for graduate work. The rapid growth of the graduate work at the University has been due to several causes. Among these causes might be mentioned a keener interest in re- search by the various departments, recognition on the part of schoolmen of the state that this graduate school can meet their needs for advanced study as well or better than many of the larger institutions, and finally, general recognition of the fact that in many fields of thought four years of undergraduate study does not suffice as preparation for modern needs. As the University of Idaho does not yet confer the doctor’s degree, many students are finding it to their advantage to take work in advance of the master’s degree and to have their credits used at some future time. [26] igs i q