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

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING » «=A tense, energetic manner distinguishes Ivan C. Crawford, dean of the College of Engi- neering, as one of the University’s best-known men. Dean Crawford received his degree from Colo- rado. He was graduated from the War College at Washington, D. C., and during the 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 later a member of the American commission to negotiate peace. Two hundred and seventy-nine students are enrolled in the five divisions of engineering— chemical, mechanical, agricultural, civil, and electrical. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION » » » Enthusiastic and alert, Ralph Hunter Farmer has been dean of the School of Business Adminis- tration since 1927, when he came to Idaho from the University of Minnesota. Although especially interested in banking and taxation, Dean Farmer watches eagerly for any improvement in his school. During the last few years there has been a marked increase in inter- est and enrollment in graduate work in statistics and in a course which makes it possible to com- bine law with business. At the present, with 102 enrolled in senior college and 225 enrolled in pre-business, the School of Business Administration is the Univer- sity's third largest division. Ralph Hunter Farmer Ivan Charles Crawford 23

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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE » » « Edward John Iddings is dean of Idaho's nationally-renowned College of Agriculture, which offers courses in fourteen major fields of study. The Extension Service aids farmers of the state, while the Agricultural Experiment Station carries on research in more than 140 problems of interest to the farmer. During the year about 220 students have been enrolled in the College of Agriculture. 22 » « » John Anton Kostalek, dean of the College of Letters and Science, except for one year when he was with the Chemical Warfare Division of the United States Army, has served continuously as a member of the Idaho faculty for twenty-five years. The Northwest Science Association recognized Dean Kostalek’s contributions to, and interest in science, by electing him president for the year 1930. The years he devoted to scientific experi- ment in a commercial field are reflected in the thorough and accurate manner in which he has filled the position as dean of the School of Letters and Science. Before he came to Idaho, Dr. Kos- talek received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Wisconsin, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois. John Anton Kostalek

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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION » » « James Franklin Messenger, dean of the School of Education and director of the summer session, says his greatest interest is the same as that of many other deans— 'the hope of advan- cing education and promoting a finer, more beneficial school system.”’ Dean Messenger received his A.B. degree from the University of Kansas, his A.M. from Harvard, and a Ph.D. degree from Columbia. He came to ermont in 1920. in the summer school during the 935 was about 890, which is almost ed more than were enrolled in the dames Franklin Messenger JUNIOR COLLEGE » » « An Idaho facultyman since 1924, and dean of the Junior College since 1929, T. S. Kerr rep- resented Idaho as a speaker at the Institute of World Affairs held in California this winter. From the Institute he went directly to a meeting of the National Business Law Association in New York City, where he again spoke. As Chairman of the public events committee, Dean Kerr has brought such speakers to Idaho as General Hugh S. Johnson, former NRA chief. The dean says: The Junior College curriculum is being devel- oped for the student who hasn't yet discovered his calling; by employing individual guidance, the course gives such a student an opportunity to find himself'.’’ Thomas Stone Kerr