Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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Page 1 8 Faculty Administration Ernest O. Holloedl President Dr. E. O. Holland has been chief executive of the State College since 1916. He received his B. A. degree from the University of Indiana in 1895, and his Ph. D. from Columbia University in 1912. Before coming to the State College he was an experienced educational administrator, having taught in various schools in the middle west, and was for several years Superintendent of Schools in Louisville , Kentucky. He has been an extensive writer and investigator in his own field, and has written several text books in conjunction with other writers.

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Pa gc 1 9 J Faculty Administration W E HAVE increasing evi¬ dence that college men and women of today appreciate their opportunities and respon¬ sibilities. Despite rumor to the contrary, I am sure that there is less misbehavior and less fool¬ ishness among college students today than there has been at any time during the last quar¬ ter of a century. Last fall, without undue pressure by the faculty, the sophomore class of 750 students and the freshman class of 1200, agreed to eliminate the “bush¬ whacking and disorder attend¬ ing their former plan of carry¬ ing on a mild type of rowdyism for a week or two, and, in some cases, for a month or six weeks, in the fall. Furthermore, the scholarship of hundreds of freshmen and sophomores in the last two or three years was seriously af¬ fected by this campus warfare. I wish to offer my congratula¬ tions to the freshman and soph¬ omore leaders for the fine way in which they have handled their “supremacy” contests, supported the football and other varsity teams, and carried on their college work. These are real achievements. We have a spirit of coopera¬ tion in evidence on the W. S. C. campus. There is good will, team-work, a happy attitude toward life, and an earnest de¬ sire to make the most of the opportunities offered by college training. The commendable spirit of the freshmen and sophomores is a definite reflection of the spirit of cooperation and good will found in the leading men and women on the campus. I am proud of the “hello spirit at W. S. C. A student is not hon¬ ored simply because he has money; and he is not looked down upon because he must work his way through college. Young men and women here are rated largely upon their scholarship, and their individ¬ ual worth as college citizens. Graduates of the State Col¬ lege of Washington are filling important positions in indus¬ trial and vocational life and in the leadership of the North¬ west. The final test of this in¬ stitution, supported by federal and state funds, is the conduct and the success of graduates who go out and take their places in life.