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

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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.

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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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School of Forestry Rrowaro E, McArove Since 1909 the students of Idaho have se- cured adequate preparation in forestry, and have entered the lumbering industry prepared for positions of leadership. The school is with- in a short distance of dense forests and some of the largest sawmills and logging camps in the United States. Excursions are made at all seasons of the year to sawmills, logging camps and various forests in order that practical field work in all branches of the science may be had. The University has approximately 10,000 acres of experimental forest land, complete arboretum and nursery, and well- equipped laboratories for instruction in all branches of forestry. Foresters at Idaho are allowed to choose either General Forestry, Logging Engineering, or Range Management. Employment of the nineteen graduates prom- ises to be good, many of the men going direct- ly into the Forest Service, and others entering the service of private firms. Dean Richard E. McArdle, installed Dean of the School of Forestry in September, 1934, comes to us with his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Since 1924 he has been with the Forest Service, recently as Associate Silviculturist of the Pacific Northwest Forest Experiment Station at Portland, Oregon. Junior College Tuomas Stone Kerr Ir 1s the aim of the Junior College to offer the new student two years of general and cultural subjects, arranged so that he will have a good preparation for any field of advanced study which he may decide to enter, and planned to give him an adequate basis for making an intelligent selection of a profession or vocation. The increasing de- pendence being placed by the average stu- dent in the services and the opportunities for consultation and advice offered by the Junior College is shown by the increase in enrollment of over forty-five per cent over the figure of last year. The total enrollment of six hundred and thirteen includes all freshmen and sopho- mores who will enter the School of Business Administration and the College of Letters and Science. Thomas Stone Kerr, Dean of the Junior College, was superintendent of schools at Bonners F ‘erry before coming here in 1924, and since that time has written a book on business law which is now being used as a college text. Dean Kerr won his B.A. degree in Political Science at Indiana Univer- sity, and his LL.B. from the University of Michigan. His time in Moscow has been well spent, for he has guided thousands of stu- dents through their first years, and was presi- dent of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce. Page 22