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

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Dean J. E. Buchanan Jesse E. Buchanan, since graduation in 1927 from Idaho with grades that caused heads to turn, did hard-headed highway and other engineering before returning to Idaho to be- come Dean. His department, despite lack of elbow room, turns out thoroughly competent men. The Dean enjoys popularity and confi- dence of his professional associates. Dean T. S. Kerr Dean T. S. Kerr, a versatile educator, has his finger in many academic pies: he teaches political science and business, heads Letters and Sciences, sa the athletic” com- mittee, serves the American Business’ Law Association as president, secures speakers for assemblies. He studied first at Indiana, fin- ished at Michigan (LL.B.) Dean Pendleton Howard Thorough college training and rough, tough professional experience . . . assistant district attorney in New York City... are Pendleton Howard’s law background. He was graduated from Texas without an accent, took Master’s and Doctor’s degrees in Public Law and Jurisprudence at Columbia. Student govern- ment is good training for life, quoth the Dean.

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Dean J. G. Eldridge Dean Eldridge, who has grown with Idaho for many years, went through all three degrees at Yale, getting his Ph. D. in German Having sent four children through Idaho, he appr -ciates every side of the college pic- ture. Dashing off a sonnet or a hymn in odd moments, he has seen more than a few in print. Dean E. J. Iddings likes to travel, has been to Europe . He received both Bachclor and Master dewmecs at Colorado State Agricultural Col- lege, and has always liked the Pacific North- west. Animal husbandry and livestock in general are his strong suits. His department's “Tirtle International” show exhibits prize winning animals each spring. Dean J. F. sglencariacian Talk “summer school” to Dean Messenger and his face lights ae Working toward greater enrollment of graduate students in summer study, he counted 460 graduate noses there last year. A.B., University of Kansas; Master in P hilosophy at Harvard, and Ph.D. in Psychology at Columbia are his degree “« scalps.”

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Dean Arthur W. Fahrenwald true hard-rocker himself, Dean Fahrenwald has developed processes of flotation for the procuring ot metals and has also put the fin- ishing touches on some mining machinery that was patent-worthy. Has been called to some great distances from the local field to figure out mining methods for commercials. Dean Charles Hungerford Dean Hungerford liked plant patholegy so well after undergraduate days at Upper lowa University that he became a Ph.D. in it at Wisconsin. Problems of Idaho farmers excite his interest and sympathy. He organ- ized Idaho's plant pathology department. His plant pet is the iris. Dean Dwight S. Jeffers Tall and lean is the Dean. Carries himself with the bearing of a military officer, and has had enough practical experience behind him to make him tell Paul Bunyan stories with the best of the old lumberjacks. In the forestry school, students prepare for govern- mental and commercial positions. Dean R. H. Farmer Dean Ralph Farmer came west to teach afrer doing his undergraduate work in economics at exacting Oberlin, polishing off graduare work at Chicago and Minnesora. ‘Taking a keen interest in his majors and their place- ment, he finds time to give local Boy Scouts and Kiwanis activities zealous help. 24