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

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Dean Messenger School of Eoducation The School of Education, through its instructional work and its placement bureau, makes it possible for schools throughout the state to secure adequately trained teachers. It also conducts the University Sum- mer School, which is growing in importance every year. An increasing number of superintendents and principals of Idaho schools, as well as teachers from outside the state, attend the summer session. James Franklin Messenger, dean of the school, is also Director of the Summer School and Professor of Educa- tion. He received his A.B. degree from the University of Kansas, his A.M. from Harvard, and his Ph.D. from Columbia. His teaching career began in Kansas and took him to the University of New Mexico, to Harvard as an assistant in psychology, and to Columbia as a fellow in psychology. He came to Idaho in 1920. He is the author of the recently published An InreRPRETA- tive Hisrory or Epucation. Dean Messenger is on leave of absence the second semester of this year to visit other institutions. Among the honors conferred on him is that of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. School of Business Administration The economic situation of the country in general and particularly that of Idaho is emphasized in the cur- riculum of the School of Business Administration. Special attention is paid to the problems which will confront the student upon his graduation. Many spe- cial investigations of economic conditions and problems of the state, conducted by members of the faculty, are building up an extensive and reliable fund of informa- tion on Idaho’s business. Ralph Hunter Farmer, who is dean of the school, is also professor of Business Administration and Eco- nomics. His A.B. was received from Oberlin College. An interesting feature of his youth is that during the summer time while he was in college and for several years afterward he worked as a sailor on the Great Lakes. He started teaching near Cleveland, Ohio, going from there to the University of Minnesota. When he came to the University of Idaho in 1927 he brought with him experience in general banking and banking statistics work gained in Minneapolis. Included in his honors is membership in Phi Beta Kappa. as was Dean Farmer twenty-seven

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Dean Finch School of F orestry Another of Idaho’s important industries, lumbering, was recognized by the establishment of the School of Forestry, which, through its arboretum, nursery, mod- ern laboratories and equipment, makes possible both training and research in the handling of the forest resources of the state. Francis Garner Miller is dean of the school and pro- fessor of Forestry. His Ph.B. is from the University of Iowa, his B.S.A. from Iowa State College, and his M.F. from Yale University Forestry School. From 1903 to 1912 he was forest assistant for the United States Forest Service. In 1917 he came to the University with teach- ing experience in Iowa, the University of Nebraska, the School of Mines The University of Idaho is situated in the center of one of the richest mining regions of the world. The School of Mines serves the very real need of the state for men trained in mining, metallurgy, and geology. The State Bureau of Mines, which has its office at the University, aids the interests of Idaho’s great mining industry. John Wellington Finch is dean of the school, pro- fessor of Geology, and director of the Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology. At Colgate University he received his B.A., M.A., and Sc.D. degrees, after which he did graduate work at the University of Chicago. He began teaching at Colgate, then became state geologist for Colorado in 1g01 and 1902. His exploration and mining activities have carried him to many parts of the world: South Africa, Siam, India, Turkey, and particularly a large amount of geological investigation in China. He has acted as consulting engineer for large corporations. Dean Finch came to the University in 1930. Member- ship in the Geological Society of America and Sigma Xi are two of the many honors he has achieved. University of Washington, and Washington State Col- Dean Miller lege. One of his most interesting activities was that of representative for the United States on the American- Canadian International Joint Commission to investi- gate crop and timber damage in northeastern Washing- ton caused by fumes from Canadian smelter mills. Dean Miller is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of Sigma Xi and other organizations. y Xaw e twenty-six

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Dean Hungerford (Sraduate School The University’s Graduate School, which offers advanced degrees to graduate students, is administered by a Graduate Council composed of the dean of the school and six members appointed by the president from various divisions of the University. Every possible facility is offered the student for promotion of his ini- tiative and self-direction in study. Charles William Hungerford, dean of the Graduate School, is also professor of Plant Pathology, Plant Pathologist with and vice-director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and assistant dean of the College of Agriculture. His B.S. is from Upper Iowa University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wis- consin. He taught in Minnesota public schools, and during the war was engaged in food conservation work for the United States Department of Agriculture. One of the special investigations he carried out for the department was research demonstrating that grain rust could not be carried by seed wheat. Dean Hungerford joined the university faculty in 1919. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of Sigma Xi and Alpha Zeta. SD unior (College The University Junior College was organized to afford special facilities for advice to the beginning student and to assist him in orienting himself after bridging the gap between high school and university. Its two-year course qualifies students for entrance to the College of Letters and Science, the College of Law, or the School of Busi- ness Administration, at the same time equipping them with a cultural foundation. Thomas Stoner Kerr, dean of the college and pro- fessor of Political Science, received an A.B. degree from Indiana University and an LL.B. from the University of } Michigan. His teaching experience before he came to the University in 1924 included six years as city super- intendent of schools at Bonners Ferry. He also had experience as director of a chautauqua circuit and as field secretary for the Washington State Retail Associa- tion. In 1931 he was one of a half dozen men in the country, and the only one west of the Rockies, to be selected by the American Political Science Association to attend, as their guest, their meetings at Washington, D.C. Dean Kerr is the present president of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce. twenty-eight Dean Kerr