Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-12-02
CHANGES IN COLLEGE STAFF
MANY ADDITIONS MADE
LARGE INCREASE IN ATTEND
ANCE
Eastern Institutions Prefer the Grad
yates of Our Western Colleges
The Demand for Western Men In
creases Yearly 80!
Special to The Evening Teller.

MOSCOW, Dec. 2.-The appoint
ment of two new instructors to the
teaching force of the State Universi-
ty has just been made public.
Prof. r. f. Hyslop Is on his way
West to take the chair of agronomy
In the College of Agriculture, and
the position of agronomist in the ex-
pertinent station. Mr.. Hyslop is a
Minnesota man, studying first at the
University of Wisconsin, but later
transferring his work to Missouri
university because of the better IA
cilities offered in the latter school
for his speciality. ,.-
From this institution he gradual
ted in 1903 with the M. S. degree.
He has since held positions in the
Colorado State Agricultural college
and Wyoming university as instruc-
tor in his branch of science. He Is
unmarried and a young man of fine
ability. This fills the position left
vacant by the resignation of Prof.
Crosthwait last year
The second appointment is to the
place of military instructor. Sec
ond Lieutenant Andrew w. Smith,
Third cavalry, now on duty in the
Philippines, will arrive in this coun-
try early in February and at once
report for duty in the above capa-
city. The lieutenant has a most ex-
cellent reputation, vouched for by
military men we'll known in the
state. His wife Is a Spokane lady,
daughter of DR.. Mozee Of that city.
Aside from these mentioned, six
other new names appear on the roll
of instructors this year at the uni
versity. With this considerable in
crease of staff, the teaching force is
still insufficient, because of the heavy
increase of students for the year. A
IA per cent gain in attendance over
last year puts the University of Ida
no we'll at the top Of the list among
the institutions of the country in
this respect. Kansas university ties
with Idaho in per cent of advance.
Georgia, the oldest state institution
in the nation, heads the list with Is
per cent gain. Many Of the older
Eastern schools show a decrease Of
from to 8 per cent. But Idaho has
as yet hardly struck her pace of ad-
vance, and there are centuries of un-
interrupted growth ahead of her in
stitution before there is any chance
of her having filled her field and be-
ginning to retrograde.
That the work done in our West
ern schools is appreciated by those
in position to judge is shown by a
recent report of the General Electric
company of Schenectady. They find
the men from Western institutions
more resourceful and self-reliant
than those of the East
They are better prepared to do
the work required of them on enter
ing the testing department of the
big company than the graduates of
many of the best equipped schools
of the East. The Western graduate
is more ready to put on overalls and
soil his hands than the Fastener.
Recognition of our work comes
from another source, when the scien-
tific magazines of the East turn to
the men who are experimenting in
our far Western laboratories solicit
ing reports of their work and their
new finds for the readers.
If this practical work is valuable
in the East, much more is it of value
here in the region where these young
experts are trained. And this train
ing is appreciated. A few years ago
all the mining men, all the engineers
and the creamery experts had of ne
cessity to be brought out from the
East, and the frst-grade men were
culled more or less before we got
to select.
Now we produce the men on the
ground, acquainted with the country
and the conditions, with the re-
sourcefulness inbred-the qualities
that they come from the East in
search of-and trained as carefully
in our own schools as they can be
in the East. The only present re-
greet is that the supply still falls
short of the local demand.