Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-08-25
PROGRESS At
STATE UNIVERSITY
Interesting Facts Regarding improve
nenta and Work Of State Universe
" as Given by Member Of Faeul.
".

one Of the members Of the faculty
Of the University Of Idaho, Professor
Edward M Hume. OF the Department
of History, was in Payette on Tues
day and Thursday OF this week in
the interest Of that institution. He
reported the University al Moscow
as being IN the most prosperous con
dition Of It's career Last year" he
said 1--WE had 536 students. They
came TO us from every part Of the
state. Not one county was unrepre-
scented at the State University. The
I Increase IN the number Of students
from this part Of the state and the
prospect for a still greater increase
next year Is exceedingly gratifying
10 us For instance we had eleven
students from Weiser and we are to
have eight more next month. Among
the students from Payette were Lucy
Mason. Daisy Mason. Howard Mason,
Lester Albert Floyd Qunby, Gladys .
Ainey, Harry Redngton. ana Rosa
Strohbehn We shall have, in addi-
tion to these. eight new students from
Payette next month.
Our new catalogue contains the
names Of s. instructors Since the
catalogue went to press in May. lG
mere teachers have been engaged,
Two OF these have been added to
the Law School, two to chemistry,
and ore to civil engineering. We
already have four departments Of en-
cheering civl, electrical. mining
aud mechanical We are now to
hnye nfth--chemlcal engineering.
There is great demand for chemi-
cal engineers in sugar factories, and
I'm the manufacture of soap, paper, ce-
mont explosives. paint, and many 9th
err articles Of commerce.
We have 285 graduates in every
part Of Idaho. They are busily en-
gagged as engineers. teachers, business
men, editors. lawyers, ministers doc
tors, school suparintendents., farmers
and stock.raisers. We turn out about
so more each year In a few years
our graduating class will be 100 each
year. Ex.President Roosevelt recent
ly highly recommended that young
meen and women should attend col
lege within their own state borders
and become associated with the grad
yates of the state colleges.
Our catalogue gives the full schol-
ustlc career of every teacher in our
force. One should view with suspi-
cion any catalogue that fails to give
this essential information. our +,
teachers come from the greatest uni
yersitles in this country and in Eur
ope-from Harvard, Yale. Princeton, 7
Chicago. Columbia. Toronto. Paris, ,
Berlin. Goettingeu. Halle. Rome and !
Athens, q
We have a second gymnasium al
most completed Our first gymnasi- !
nm is the best college gymnasium in !
he northwest. Our second one will :
% largar-tSO feet long and 60 feet I,
vide. Il
We shall have zoo students next h
ear. And we shall be Of greater J
ervice than ever before to every +
,art Of the state Payette is fast e
,ocoming one Of the University p
irongholds ia the south. We greatly !,
appreciate the loyalty OF The citizens y
L Payete to the State University.
m euro they will continue to be
oyal to It in the future. The Uniyer- =
ity belongs TO Idaho. TO every part
{ It. We want every citizen in the
to become Interested
d the greatest educational institution
, tha state