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

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SCHOOL OF MINES « e « Arthur William Fahrenwald acts as dean of the School of Mines and professor of metallurgy and ore dressing. His B.S. and Met.E. degrees were received from the South Dakota School of Mines; his Engi- neer of Mines degree from the New Mexico School of Mines. Coming to the University of Idaho in 1929, Dean Fahrenwald has made a brilliant record as ‘‘one of the boys on the hill.” His hobbies are golf, tennis, fishing, and hunt- ing. In the fall of 1935 he turned “navigator” as guest member of the National Geographic.expe- dition down the Salmon river. The enrollment of the School of Mines is ninety- four, with fourteen to be graduated in June. Arthur W. Fahrenwald ———— a— ——— = SCHOOL OF FORESTRY s » » Dwight S. Jeffers is dean of the School of Forestry, and professor of forest management. He is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan and the Yale Schools of Forestry, receiving his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University. Dean Jeffers came to the University of Idaho in September, 1935, from the University of Wash- ington. With him came the highest recommenda- tions. An enthusiast for outdoor life, he has as his personal hobbies camping and hiking. A recent survey revealed that all Idaho Alumni Foresters are employed. The School of Forestry now has an enrollment of 323 students. Twenty of these foresters plan to be graduated in June. Dwight S. Jeffers

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DEAN OF WOMEN » » s Permeal J. French, dean of women, has served the University of Idaho for more than a quarter of a century with an enviable under- standing and ability. Her remarkable memory, interest, and alertness have made her one of the most widely known women in Idaho. Miss French is a true Idahoan, being educated in the public schools of Idaho, and having received her M.A. degree from the University of Idaho. She became dean of women in 1907, after g as State Superintendent of Public Instruc- : sr activity in the administrative and affairs of the campus, Dean French has DEAN OF FACULTY » « s The dean of them all in point of strictly continuous service on the faculty, Jay Glover Eldridge, came to Idaho in 1901, and was in 1903 made dean of the university faculty—a title which he has never relinquished. From 1903 until 1909 he was the one and only dean at Idaho—direct- ing the “‘ags, ’ the engineers, the scientists—all students. Dean Eldridge, a professor of Modern Lan- guages, presides at academic council meetings in the absence of President Neale. Add to his Phi Beta Kappa key and a Yale Ph.D. degree his latest achievement in the schol- astic field—teing initiated as an honorary mem- ber of Phi Eta Sigma, national scholastic honorary. day Glover Eldridge 26 @

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION s « » Besides training many students for teaching and coaching positions, the physical education program has as its purpose the regulation of facili- ties for affording every student—man or woman adequate exercise. Ted Bank, head football coach, is also the nominal head of the men’s Department of Physical Education. To Percy Clapp, head of the intra- mural sports program, he has delegated the direc- tion of many maneuvers of the department. Direct- hysical education is L. Janette Wirt. during the freshman and sopho- ’ Physical education offers everything gymnastics and folk dancing for olf and boxing for men. With these “Jack should not be a dull boy.”’ Ted Bank . wr-——————$$$$ CC —— SOUTHERN BRANCH s » » Students and faculty at the Southern Branch were faced in the fall of 1934 with what they thought would be a difficult task—finding a new man to fill the vacancy created by the untimely death of beloved Dean John R. Dyer. The man chosen was John R. Nichols. Students who transfer from the Southern Branch, to the University proper, now comment: “Dean Nichols has gained respect and admira- tion; capable, cheerful, and obliging, he has assumed his many responsibilities and fulfilled them all.” This year’s enrollment at the Branch was about 900. The institution's steady growth has given impetus to a drive for a full four-year curriculum. John R. Nichols 268 @