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

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Board of Regents Crency Sr. Crair Tue Boarp or Recents of the University of Idaho, made up of five citizens of the state and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, determines the policies of the University in the engagement of instructors and the pur- chase of new equipment and buildings; and is the final arbiter in educational matters throughout the state. During the past year the increased enrollment and the decreased income have made special problems that have required the members to give generously of their time and efforts; they have been con- cerned with the improvement and increase of the available housing for students, and with the addition of several instructors to the faculty staff. The present membership of the Board of Regents includes Clency St. Clair, president; Asher B. Wilson, vice- president; Jerome J. Day, Mrs. A. A. Steel, and John W. Condie, Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion. The resignation of John S. Jenny has left a vacancy as yet unfilled. With the lim- ited income available, the Board of Regents has improved housing conditions by building more accommodations at Lindley ‘Hall, and by organizing new cooperative group houses. Every member of the board is wholeheartedly supporting the University, and planning for its continued growth and development. Page 17 Administrative Officials M. Beste Sweer Eura L. Ovesen Frank Stanton Onxewn A, Firzcerato R. W. Lino ALrHouGH the economy and the efficiency of the University’s administration is, of course, in the hands of all its officials, several mem- bers of the Administrative Staff are directly concerned with the disbursement of funds, the purchase of new equipment and material, and the preservation of the property held by the University. These members of the staff include Frank Stanton, Bursar; Ella Letitia Olesen, Registrar; Mary Belle Sweet, Libra- rian; Oren A. Fitzgerald, University Editor; Raymond W. Lind, Superintendent ‘of Build- ings and Grounds; Floyd L. Packer, Account- ant and Purchasing Agent; George E. Horton, Graduate Manager; Robert F. Green, roe: tor of Men. This group of officials has the cooperation of alumni groups and townspeople, and car- ries on the business of the University in a manner as efficient as that encountered in any private competitive concern. Besides thus serving the University, the officials give very real assistance to a number of students each year by giving them positions as stenog- raphers and assistants in the various offices. Many Idaho graduates have found perma- nent positions in these offices where they worked as undergraduates, and others use experience gained here to secure positions.

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C. Bew Ross Governor of Idake

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Southern Branch Dean of Faculty Jous R. Nicnots Tue Stupenrs of the Class of 1927 at the Idaho Technical Institute climbed Red Hill one day, and with some ceremony changed the big white “T” to an “I. ’ Established in igo! as the Academy of Idaho, the school had grown until it had earned recognition as a branch of the State University. With full standing as a Junior College, the Southern Branch now offers very nearly the same work as is encountered in the first two years of any course at Mascow; in addition, the Southern Branch now has one of the finest and best- equipped Schools of Pharmacy in the West. This school has the fine record of having placed in responsible positions nearly all the students who have ever been graduated there with their Bachelor of Science degrees in Pharmacy. Students who have transferred from the Southern Branch to the University at Moscow have found the change was not difficult, and very many of them have won distinction in athletics, scholarship, and in dramatics. Attendance at Moscow of students who have transferred from Pocatello neared two hundred during the past year, and more than twenty will be graduated this year. Executive Dean John R. Nichols has won the support of his students, and deserves credit for his promotion of friendship between the Branch and the University at Moscow. Jay Grover Ecprince As EARLY AS 1896, Jay Glover Eldridge was a Phi Beta Kappa at Yale University, and shortly after that accepted a position on the faculty staff of the same institution. He came to Idaho in 1901, returning to Yale only long enough to take his Ph. D. degree in 1906. Since that time he has filled a number of positions at the University of Idaho, serving at different times as Director of the Summer Session, Dean of the College of Letters and Science, and Dean of the Graduate School. His broad experience enables him to fill effi- ciently the position of Dean of the Faculty, with the duty of acting in the absence of any other dean and presiding over the faculty meetings in the absence of President Neale. He is also Professor of Modern Languages, and teaches German, Old Norse Language, and European Literature. In 1926 he was instrumental in securing a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Idaho. During the World War, Dean Eldridge accompanied American Expeditionary Forces in France as Y.M.C.A. Secretary. Since that time he has been active in civic and educa- tional work. He is a member of the Advisory Council to the Simplified Spelling Board, and sponsor of the International Relations Club. During 1930-31 Dean Eldridge served as Grand Master of Masons for Idaho. Page 18