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

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a Re College of Agriculture E. J. Iddings THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE serves an important and valuable service in the state of Idaho. The work of the school is distinctly fitted to meet the problems and needs of the agriculture of the state, one of the three leading state industries. The faculty of the college consists of members who have special knowledge on state problems, and many who have gained national recognition in their fields. The curriculum and equipment is continually changed to keep in touch with new and more efficient methods. The University farm consists of six hundred acres of land, equipped with modern buildings, and stocked with high grade livestock. In addition to the work done on the campus the research instruction is carried to every part of the state through a wide extension service. The professors, associate professors, and assistant professors include the follow- ing: Dr. E. J. Iddings, dean; Dr. C. W. Hungerford, assistant dean; Professor R. S. Snyder, agricultural chemistry; Dr. P. A. Eke, Professors H. A. Vogel, C. O. Youngstrom, agricultural economics; Professor H. E. Lattig, agricultural educa- tion; Professors H. Beresford, M. R. Kulp, agricultural engineering; Professors H. W. Hulbert, R. E. Bell, C. A. Michels, V. H. Florell, G. R. McDole, F. L. Burkhart, agronomy; Professors C. W. Hickman, J. E. Nordby, E. M. Gildow, animal husbandry; Dr. W. V. Halversen, Professors G. S. Schilling, bacteriology; Professors F. W. Atkeson, D. R. Theophilus, dairy husbandry; Professors C. Wake- land, T. Brindley, entomology; Professor Ella Woods, home economics; Dr. C. C. Vincent, L. R. Tucker, horticulture; Dr. C. W. Hungerford, Professors J. M. Raeder, W. Bever, plant pathology; Professor Lampman, poultry husbandry; Dr. E. J. Iddings, director of the extension service.

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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

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lean C. Crawford THE PAST YEAR has witnessed important development in the shops and laboratories of the College of Engineering. Machine shops of the mechanical engineering depart- ment have been entirely rearranged and installed in the old heating plant of the University. The University of Idaho is now said to possess one of the most efficient shops of this type in the Northwest. The gas engine laboratory has been renovated and a noticeable amount of aeronautical equipment added. Such advances are intended to keep abreast of recent developments in the teaching of aeronautical engineering. A long-needed vacuum tube testing laboratory has been installed by the electrical engineering department. Equipment added to the materials testing laboratory has increased the efficiency of this unit. During the year over a thou- sand tests were made for the department of public works. Instructional work of the College of Engineering has been on a higher plane than ever before, due to the stability of the faculty. An increase in enrollment established a new high record for registration in this college. Idaho graduates have been particularly successful in important engineering fields. At the present time Idaho men are working for the federal government in the following positions: District Engineer of the United States Geological Survey at Boston, Chief of Surface Water Division at Washington, D. C., Construction Engineer at the Hoover Dam. The engineering faculty includes the following: Ivan C. Crawford, dean; Pro- fessors J. E. Buchanan, I. N. Carter, J. W. Howard, A. S. Janssen, civil engineering; Professors R. H. Hull, R. J. Pangborn, electrical; Professors H. F. Gauss, Barton Cruikshank, and William Schroeder, mechanical. eset ene eeeeee