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

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The College of Agriculture, one of the first schools to attain the status of a college on the University Colle é O r. riculture of Idaho campus in 1901, offers curricula in agri- 2 eS culture phases of education, engineering science, and management. Actual classroom techniques are ap- plied in the college-maintained greenhouses, farms, and land acreage which is used for instruction and research. Also maintained by the college are six branches of the Agricultural Experiment station and the state wide Agriculture Extension Service Agencies. Through its graduates and through its many services offered throughout the state, the College of Agriculture has played a vital role in Idaho’s agricultural economy. James E. Kraus has been Dean of the College of Agriculture since 1955. He first came to the University in 1941 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Wyoming. He re- ceived his B.S. from Colorado State University, his M.S. from the University of Wisconsin, and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. Dean Kraus has made his major contri- butions in research in the area of physiology and genetics of vegetable crops. He is a member of the University Executive Council and past chairman of the Experiment Station section on agriculture and land grant college stations. He is the past president of Moscow Lions Club und a member of the Agricultural Committee on the Moscow Chamber of Com- merce. Dean Kraus’s hobbies are golf, fishing and bowling. Dean and Mrs. Kraus have one son who graduated from the University and now teaches science in Coeur d’Alene Junior High School. James E. Kraus Dean College of Agriculture Aggie Honor Roll Members of the Aggie Honor Roll represent the “scholastic cream of the College of Agri- culture’s crop.” These students are required to maintain a 3.5 grade point average. Row one: Pat Long, Terry Branen Ray Poe, Milton Osgood, Row fwo: Cecil Johnson, Ronald Scott, Thomas Christensen, Jr., Linda Hamp, Terry Hollifield, Tom Schotzko, Glen Stolte. Row three: James Haskett, David Westendorf, John Mundt, Dick Rush, Rick Ross, Larry Church, Bob Cal- lison

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Phi Eta Sigma Phi Eta Sigma provides rec- ognition and honor to fresh- man men students who at- tain high scholastic standing. Any freshman male who at- tain a 3.5 grade point aver- age is elegible for member- ship. Row one: Ed Torgerson, Tom Crowley, president; John Baker, Bob Orness, Reed McKnight. Row two: John Bond, Gordon Matlock, Raymond Turner, Bill Leege, Bruce Allen, Don Harmsworth. Alpha Lambda Delta Alpha Lambda Delta is a national freshman women’s honorary that recognizes outstanding freshman women’s academic achievement. A student must have a 3.5 grade point in the first semester or an accumu- lative 3.5 for her freshman year. Annually a tea is held in the fall in honor of those women who have earned a 3.0 grade average and above at midterm. Row one: Maureen Snow, Jane Slaughter, Amie Paroz, Polly Thompson, Sally Harris, president; Miss Ruth Anderson, advisor; Patricia Beaudom, Linda Frazier, Mary Ann Stedtfeld, Mimi Henrickson. Row fwo: Jeanne Jacobs, Rachel Norris, Margaret Nelson, Carol Henrikson, Barbara Swenson, Sharon Bean, Trish Lanting, Bev Johnson, Roberta Houston, Phyllis Washburn, Andrea Peterson, Nancy Johnston, Elaine Axelson Not pictured: Melinda Weeks, Linda Balster, Nancy Ward, Pam Zehner, Marsha Clifford, Pam Jones. . ! Phi Kappa Phi Phi Kappa Phi is open to all departments of the Univer- sity with election into it resulting from high scholas- tic achievement. Seniors and a few second semester juniors are eligible for member- ship; however, membership is limited to less than ten per cent of the senior class. Graduate students and staff members may also be elected to membership. A = 0 praca 28 . soe 1 Ne — - Row one: L. Inouye, C. Hoffman, M. Heglar, M. Harris, E. Gittins, J. Echerton, M. Doughty, V. Curts, J. Cates. J. Carlson, R. Butler, K. Ardrey. Row two: L. Branen, J. Wilson, L. Wiese, S. Smith, M. Skok, E. Sawyer, J. Satre, D. Reilly, J. Monroe, T. Merlan, P McCollister, T, Kirkland, L. Jeffres. Row three: J Berry, L. Auer, W Kemp, G. Totten, L. Nelson, R. Whiting, J. Runsvold, J, McDermid, W. Junk, E. Higginson, J. Griffith, C. DeCoursey, G. Anderson. Row four: L. Rognstad, J, McCollum, D. Ehlke, J. Craine, R. Bunting, J. Anderson, R- Timm, J. Scheel, M. Malmberg, D. MacPhee, D. Hatch, C. Groves, S. Bruns. Row five: E. Hayes, Hervon Snider, faculery; Elmer Raunio, faculty; Robert Furgason, faculty; K. Warren, G. Smith, J, Tsoh-Chuin Kung, J. S. Gates, C. Storti.

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Alpha Zeta Alpha Zeta is an honorary for stu- dents majoring in agriculture, It promotes scholarship and leadership among its members and provides yarious services for the College of Agriculture. To be eligible for membership a student must be in the upper one third of his class and receive a 2.7 grade point average for three semesters. Row one: Carl Montgomery, Jim Snipe, Cecil S. Johnson, Larry Branen, Carl Van Slyke, Melvin Myers . Dennis St ady, Georne Wells, Rich Hoge, Rick Ross, Truman Kohtz, Wayne MecProud. Row two: Russell Zenner, Jim Haskett, Henry Carpenter, Glenn Waller, Jim England, John Lanting, John E. Dixon, advisor; Vernon Lolley, John Couzens, Duane Erickson, Loren Nelson, Bob Callison, Dick Nedrow, Ron Scott, Myron Huettig, R. E. Christian, advisor; Al Slinkard, advisor. College of Agriculture Animal science students determine animal carcass qualities by measuring amounts of lean meat, fat and bone The agricultural student learns about the complexities of soil nutrients and agricultural biochemistry in soils laboratories such as this one.