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

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STUDENT ADMINISTRATION

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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 @

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George E. Horton Cap's office, always busy, but unusually busy for the cameraman ... Election day ... When A.S.U.1. ‘‘big shots'’ are chosen for next year by hook or crook. GRADUATE MANAGER » » » Back when football players wore lengthy pantaloons, their ‘'l'’ sweaters for jerseys, and no shoulder pads—that's when the Vandals were captained by a gangling kid named George Horton. The year was 1900; Idaho was champion of the Pacific Northwest. Today the Vandals think they still have a champion in that same George E. (Cap) Horton as Graduate Manager of student activities. He is ‘‘Cap’’ to every one. “Cap” still plays a square game in foot- ball and other athletic contests at Idaho, but he now works as ‘‘captain of the pock- etbhook.' When it is a question of disburs- ing funds for student activities—such as athletics, publications, and a score of others— 'Cap Horton is the authority for making the move.