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

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Dean of Women Peameat J. Frencu To Dean PeRMEAL J. FRreNcH goes the task of directly supervising the women’s living quarters in Moscow, and the managing of Hays Hall, Forney Hall, and the College Women’s Club. Dean French also maintains the sorority house rules, and the rulings gov- erning all campus social functions. Dean French, who was educated in the public schools of Idaho and the College of Notre Dame at San Francisco, holds M.A. degrees from the University of Idaho and George Washington in W ashington, D.C. After serv- ing as State Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion, she became Dean of Women at the Uni- versity of Idaho in 1g08, and since that time has aided thousands of students to lead hap- pier, better developed lives at the University. A thoroughly interesting conversational man- ner and the ability to remember every person she meets, makes her a frequent dinner guest at all of the fraternity and sorority houses on the campus. Dean French is active in the administrative affairs of the campus and serves on the Health and Housing Committee, the Committee on the Residence of Women Students, the Stu- dent Organization Committee, the Academic Council, and the Calendar Committee. A true Idahoan, Dean French holds the growth of her alma mater as one of her greatest ideals. Page 19 Graduate School Crartes Wittiam Huncerrorp As yer the University of Idaho does not graduate a doctorate in any field, but the Graduate School does offer courses leading to the degree of Master of Arts, and the masters’ degrees in the various sciences. In addition, the Graduate School grants professional de- grees in the five branches of engineering. More than thirty departments offer majors toward the master’s degree. Charles William Hungerford i is Dean of the Graduate School, and is assisted on the Grad- uate Council by Dean Messenger, Dean Farmer, Dean Fahrenwald, and Professors Hubert, Johnson, and Miller. Ella Letitia Olesen is secretary to the Graduate Council. Dean Hungerford holds a B.S. degree from Upper lowa University, an M.S. and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. From 1915 to 1917 he was Scientific Assistant in Cereal Investigation for the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture; between 1917 and 1919 he was Assistant Pathologist of the United States Department of Agriculture. Since 191g he has been with the University of Idaho, and is now Professor of Plant Pathology, Assist- ant Dean of the College of Agriculture, and Vice-Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station. He is a member of the American Society for the Advancement of Science, of Sigma Xi, and Alpha Zeta.

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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

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College of Agriculture Eowarp Jous Ippines BeLievinc THAT the best farm relief is the education of those who operate farms, the University is preparing hundreds of young men for scientific farm management and for efficient work in the agricultural industries. Besides offering excellent facilities in fourteen fields of major studies, the College of Agricul- ture offers service to the farmers of the state through its Extension Service; through the County Agents, the latest information on research, and accurate forecasts of economic conditions are made available to residents of every county in the state. The Agricultural Experiment Station, in connection with the University, carries on research in over one hundred and fifty separate problems of vital interest to the farmer. Dean Edward John Iddings of the College of Agriculture was graduated from the Colo- rado Agricultural College in 1907, and was for a time a Special Agent of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Since 1910 he has served the University, taking time out in 1924 for a round-the-world tour. At present he is the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion, and Director of the Extension Service. He is a Fellow in the American Association for Advancement of Science, and a member of Sigma Xi, national scientific honorary, and Alpha Zeta, national agricultural honorary. School of Business Administration Ratexw Hunter Farmer THE INCREASING ATTENTION being paid to the economics of government has brought new interest in the School of Business Administra- tion, and this year finds two hundred and seventy students enrolled, twenty-five of whom will be graduated in June, 193s, with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Freshmen and sophomores who expect to enter the Business School take the usual Junior College courses, but the junior year brings advanced courses, and the opportunity to choose one of five majors: General Business, Accounting, Commerce, Extractive Industries, or Secretarial Science. Subjects are not confined entirely to the busi- ness school. Students in this school are served largely by the faculty staff of the College of Letters and Science, and by nine highly trained men in advanced business subjects. Dean Ralph Hunter Farmer received his A.B. degree from Oberlin College, taught school near Cleve- land, and then served Minnesota until he came to Idaho in 1927. Since that time he has built up a progressive and attractive school, Assisting Dean Farmer are Associate Professor Erwin Graue; Assistant Professors Elmer E. Davison, Ellen Reierson, Carl Tjerandsen, Willard J. Wilde, William C. Moore; and Professor Thomas S. Kerr. Page 20