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

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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

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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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School of Hducation James Franxuin Messencer Ar tHE time the School of Education was first established, only two superintendents of Idaho’s schools had been graduated from the University of Idaho; at the present time nearly all superintendents are graduates of the University. The School of Education keeps in intimate contact with every school in the state, and offers courses fitted to the needs of the schools. During the summer session the School of Education is nearly as busy as it is during the regular session, since a state law requires that all persons who teach in Idaho shall have spent one session in residence at an Idaho college or university. Enrollment during the summer of 1934 was nearly six hundred, and will probably show another great increase during 1935 James Branklin Messenger, Dean of the School of Education and Director of the Sum- mer Session, received his A.B. from the Uni- versity of Kansas, his A.M. from Harvard, and his Ph.D. from Columbia. After his graduation he taught successively in the University of New Mexico, Harvard Univer- sity, Columbia, Virginia State Teachers’ Col- lege, and the University of Vermont. Since 1920 he has been affiliated with the Univer- sity of Idaho, and has written considerable work on the history of education. Page 21 College of Engineering Ivan Cuances Crawrorp SeEPTEMBER, 1934, brought an increase of a hundred per cent in the enrollment of the freshmen in the College of Engineering; a thirty per cent increase in the enrollment of the whole college brings the total to three hundred and twenty-six. The present period of building and development offers consider- able encouragement to the forty men who will be graduated in civil, electrical, chemical, mechanical, and agricultural engineering this spring. Dean Ivan C. Crawford of the College of Engineering has had a most colorful and interesting career. After taking his degree from Colorado, he was graduated from the War College at Washington, D.C., and dur- ing the World War completed the course of training at the Army School of the Line, at Langres, France. He was chief of the Building Section of the Belgian Mission, and finally a member of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace. At present Dean Crawford is one of the University’s best-known men; in state circles he is known as the State Engineer for the Federal Public Works Administration; in national circles he is known as one of the directors of the American Society of Civil KE ingineers, and one of a committee of seven to accredit engineering schools throughout the United States.