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

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Carl Minden ASUI President Edith Jones ASUI Vice President and President Barbara Long ASUI Secretary Twenty ASHI Leaders War again reared its ugly head and added further to the changes and adjustments that the ASUI executive board had to meet this year. The two members of the board who did not return, Jerry Skiles and Sherman King, were replaced by Barbara Long and Bruce Jepson. Marian Franson, secretary, left school tempo- rarily because of illness, and Florence Marshall replaced her. Barbara Long was chosen secretary to fill the vacancy. Carl Minden, able ASUI president, and Rey Rein- hardt, board member, graduated at the semester. Vice President Edith Jones moved into the executive post, and Bruce Jepson was elected vice president. Frances Larsen and Fred Watson took over the posi- tions left vacant by these changes. Kathleen Wood- worth left the University in March, and Ruth Leth was her successor. A BMCC at Idaho, Carl Minden took time out from winning scholarships to earn membership in Silver Lance, Blue Key, and Sigma Tau. He served on the Interfraternity Council and was president of SAE, among many other important activities. Edith Jones broke a long-established precedent by becoming the first woman ASUI president in several years. Among her activities were Mortar Board, Car- dinal Key, and Phi Chi Theta. She was president of both Hays Hall and Elizabeth House, a member of the Associated Caucus, and the Independent Council, and held a class office in her sophomore year.

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Department Heads The war continued to force many adjustments upon Idaho's depariment heads. Vacancies caused by the call of government and defense positions added to the problem of keeping the University’s educational machinery running smoothly. The Army Specialized Training Program doubled the teaching schedule of many department heads. Despite the heavy demands made on their time, they continued to give assistance to any and all students who needed their guidance. Idaho's heads have proved that to them a student is more than a name on a registration card, by helping their charges over the personal mountains that war places in front of ‘war-babies,”’ The department heads can mark the past year as a successful one. They were asked to meet the war with the students, and they did a job of which both the students and the University can be proud. Dr. Harold L. Axtoll Prot. Prances 8. Bascom Prof. Herbert Beresford Dr. L. C. Cady Classical Languages Physical Education for Women Agricultural Engineering Chemistry Dr. J. W. Barton Prof. Alvah A. Beecher Dr. C. 1. Brosnan Psychology Music American History Prof, C. W. Chenoweth Prot. John H. Cushman Dr. J. Donald Forrester Prof, Henry F. Gauss Philosophy : English Geology Mech, Engineering Dr. Frederic C. Church Dr. Paul A. Eke Dr. Flayd W. Gail European History Agricultural Economics Botany Dr. William V. Halverson Dr. Karl H. W. Klages Prof. T. J. Prichard Dr. W. E. Shull Bacteriology Agronomy Art and Architecture Entomolooy Prot. ©, W. Hickman Prof. Clifford E. Lamprnan Prof. Margeret Ritchie Anima! Husbandry Poultry Husbandry Home Economica Prof. Robert S. Snyder Prof. William F. Swindler Dr. D. R. Theophilus Prof. H. A. Winner Agricultural Chemistry Journaliem Dairy Husbandry Aaric, Education Dr. H. Walter Stetfens Prof. Eugene Taylor Dr. Leil Verner Zoology Mathematics Horticulture Nineteen

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Vacancies on the publications staffs were a sharp thorn in the executive board's side, Claire Bracken and Marian Franson were chosen co-editors of the Argonaut. In Novem- ber, Marian submitted her resignation. Betty Smithers, managing editor, replaced Marian as co-editor, and Mary Jane Donart became managing editor. Claire resigned in January, Mary Jane and Shirley West taking over the co-editorship for the remainder of the term. Betty Echternach was appointed managing editor to replace Mary Jane. Helen Howard served as business manager for the entire year. Many accomplishments were recorded in the executive board log. The board worked in collaboration with the Student Activities Board in studying relationships between the service men and the students on the campus. University dances, a dating bureau, house exchange dances, and other social functions resulted from the efforts of the two organiza- tions. They were more than successful in establishing a ‘“‘close-to-normal’’ campus so- cial life which the students had sadly marked as another ‘‘war-casualty”’ last fall. The Rally Committee continued to operate under the direction of the board. Despite recurring vacancies on the committee, the board kept it in active operation. A new yell queen and six duchesses were selected. The executive board did not confine its activities to war problems and current student activities, but delved into post-war plans for Idaho's returning students. Discussions were held on maintaining student activities on as normal a basis as possible, to guarantee the continuance of these activities after the war. The need for enlarging the Student Union Building has been recognized for some time, and the board formulated plans and sugges- tions to help make the project a reality as soon as circumstances permit such action to be taken. The board can record both mistakes and accomplishments in its record this year. But in the light of the problems and difficulties which it has had to overcome, the success of the majority of its projects show the balance to be in its favor. Claire Bracken Bruce Jepson Florence Marshall Kathleen Woodworth Rosen Tom Collins Billie Keeton Rey Reinharct Marian Franson Twenty-One