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

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4. For over thirty years, Dean Iddings has reconciled the practical and book - learning for Idaho aqgies. He began as animal hus- bandry instructor in 1910, became dean in 1918. He is a cosmopolite, has studied ag con- ditions in sixteen European countries. One of the oldest campus schools, the Col- lege of Agriculture was established in 1892. Its extension program was inaugurated in 1914. Popular short courses now offered include dairying, poultry, and a tractor course. Faculty big names include Prof. C. W. Hungerford, of the experiment stations; Prof. H. E. Lattig, assistant dean; J. W. Barber, county agent leader; and Marion Hepworth, home demonstration leader. Long with the college has been Prof. C. W. Hickman, animal husbandry head. Nation- ally known, Prof. Hickman judges stock at some of the largest fairs in the west. Dean T. S. Kerr of the College of Letters and Sciences specializes in business law and directs the University's largest division of instruction. His two books on business law are used in leading colleges. Graduate of the University of Indiana and the Michigan law school, he was president of the American Business Law Association in 1939. Letters and Sciences professors are agile with their pens . . . witness a partial list of their most recent work: C. J. Brosnan on American history; C. W. Chenoweth on phil- osophy and democracy; C. W. Hammar, treatises on friction in physics papers; R. F. Daubenmire and N. J. Gillette, botany; Henry Wilson and Kenneth Hoag, freshman Eng- lish; Dr. Dorothy Atkinson, modern language articles; and Geoffery G. Coope and John Beckwith, English biographies. Dean J. E. Buchanan first leveled his tran- sit for a California contractor, then worked in a Washington mine before his Idaho student days. He was graduated in C.E. in 1927, with grades that made the registrar blink. After irrigation surveys, research engineering, and other experiences, he returned to Idaho as dean in 1938. The College of Engineering was created in 1907; courses were juggled until the present organization was reached in 1928. Present enrollment is 300. To date a total of 582 bachelor’s degrees have been awarded, 30 master’s degrees and 11 professional degrees. Department heads include Prof. Henry F. Gauss, mechanical engineering head and ground instructor for CPT training; Prof. Ho- bart Beresford, ag engineering head; Prof. L. C. Cady, chemical engineering; and Prof. Hugo Johnson, electrical engineering head. Both he and Prof. Gauss have seen many articles in print. Dean E. J. Iddings Dean T. S. Kerr Dean J. E. Buchanan B.S., Butler College 1899-1901 A.B., Indiana University 1913 B.S.(C.E.), University of Idaho Colorado Agricultural College, 1907 LL.B., University of Michigan, 1918 M. S.(C.E,), University of Idaho Dean of the College of Agriculture, 1915 Dean and Professor of Political Science, Dean of the College of Engineering, 1940 Director of Experiment Station and Direc College of Letters and Science, 1938-41 tor of Extension Division, 1924 26

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OUR GOVERNOR CHASE Av CLARK Millions of people throughout the world today would give every- thing but life itself for the privilege of coming to America. They are tired of war. They are tired of old-world methods of doing things. They have heard of this land of opportunity, this land of peace and justice. The advantages of being an American citizen are so common to us that we must frequently stir ourselves to the realization that it is only in this part of the world that the privileges we enjoy are available. Even in this restless era it is hard for us to appreciate our good fortune in America. May it not be necessary for us to be plunged into war to arouse our appreciation of being Americans. May each year bring to us greater devotion to our flag and to the republic for which it stands. May we all contribute our share in making our government a suc- cessful, working democracy, which will continue for centuries to come to give hope to the oppressed peoples of the world. CHASE A. CLARK, Governor. 25

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DEANS Civil and criminal cases are more than textbook references to Dean Pendleton How ard, who served for eight years as Assistant District Attorney, New York City. He came here in 1929, has been Dean since ‘34. Dean Howard took law degrees at Columbia, acted as political science and law lecturer there. He is a member of the Ameri- can Bar Association, Idaho Bar, and Idaho's Commission on Uniform State Laws. Established in 1909, the College of Law was admitted to the Association of American Law Schools in 1914. In 1925 it was placed on the approved list of schools by the Ameri- can Bar Association. It gives scientific legal education to intellectually mature students. Department members are Edward M. Shealy—he replaces Prof. A. L. Harding, called by the army—Prof. Bert E. Hopkins, and Prof. Elmer M. Million. Shealy holds degrees in engineering and law, practiced in Wisconsin before coming here. Prof. Hopkins took degrees at Wisconsin, Yale, and Colum- bia. Prof. Million has his LL.B. from Okla- homa, and J.5.D. from Yale. Dean A. W. Fahrenwald of the School of Mines is justly proud of his instructors. ‘Right now we have the best staff in the history of our school,’ he opines. ‘‘We published last year more research than any other school in the West.” Dean A. W. Fahrenwald Created in 1917, the School of Mines finds it hard to supply enough graduates to meet calls of leading firms. Special attention is now being given to research in alloys used in national defense. Instructors: Prof. Joseph Newton, metal- lurgist, has authored an outstanding text in “Introduction to Metallurgy.’’ Prof. W. W. Staley’s ‘Introduction to Mine Surveying” is widely accepted. His pamphlets on placer mining are best sellers. Dr. J. D. Forrester, geologist, acquired extensive experience with Anaconda Copper before coming here. Prof. Vernon E. Scheid serves the U. S. geological surv ey during summers and is an outstanding instructor nine months of the year. Dr. John A. Wilson, youngest member of the staff, deals with the “‘oldest'’ subject paleontology. Tall, dignified Dean Dwight Jeffers directs the Bunyan boys who congregate here from many states. He came here in 1935 from the University of Washington to be dean. He took his doctor’s degree from Yale. Forestry became an independent school in 1917. Idaho ranks among top-notch accred- ited schools in forestry, and around 50 per cent of forestry’s enrollment comes from out of the State. Dean D. S. Jeffers A.B., Illinois Wesleyan Univer sity 1906 Dean Pendleton Howard B.A. and LL.B., University of Texas Eng. Metallurgy. South Dakota School of M.A. and Ph.D., Columbia University Mines 1916 M.F., Yale University Forestry School 1911 Dean of the College of Law, 1934 E.M., New Mexico School of Mines, 1916 Ph.D., Yale University Graduate School Dean of Mining School, 1935 1935 Deon of School of Forestry 1935 27