The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-01-14
UNIVERSITY RERORT
Committee Visits University and
Are Well Pleased


| SPOKANE Wash, Jan 14-That tn,
University of Idaho is doing q grea
work for the state and that it merits
thorough cooperation not only of tht
people of Idaho but of the neighbor-
ing state as well. Is the belief of &
committee Of Spokane business mer
appointed by the Chamber of Com.
merce to visit and report on the uni
versity. This committee comprises
George w. Dodds. editor of the Spokes
man Review; r. R. Rogers, manager
of the Vermont Loan and Trust com
pany; Thomas H. Brewer. president OF
the Fidelity National Bank; Waldo G.
Paine. vice president and traffic man
ager of the Spokane & Inland Empire
railway; L R. Hamblin, attorney, and
Gordon c. Corbaley. secretary of the
chamber of commerce. The report OF
this committee follows:
The Idaho Committee of the Spo-
kane Chamber of Commerce visited
the University of Idaho December IA
and 49, 1914. and made an investiga-
ton OF the institution and plans of
President M. A. Brannon and asso-
ciates for the expansion of it's work.
The visit was for the purpose of bring
ing about q closer cooperation be-
Idaho.
What We Say.
The committee made the trip over
the experiment station farm and was
very much impressed by the fine grade
of stock. The farm and stock are for
the practical instruction of students in
the college Of agriculture, the depart
ments of which are in Morrill, Hall
A comprehensive survey was made OF
the colleges activities-bacteriolo
and chemical soil testing, pest investi-
cation by the horticultural section, the
department of soils studying hard
wheats and other problems and the
mall model creamery. In the next
building we saw a retort distilling
turpentine from yellow pine roots and
limbs We also examined specimens
If Idaho wood treated by the process
hat is being developed to make this
wood suitable for interior finishings
The mining building and the fine roomy
gymnasium were visited en- route to
Science Hall, where most of the engi-
neering work is centered. There we
saw wood testing, engines and cleo
trical equipment in operation, the
work shop with benches for the young
men and the crowded rooms of tn
department. of chemistry. Our trip ter
minated at the administration build
ng, in which are housed the law school
and the general college of letters and
ciences.
Carrying the Work of the University
to tho People.
AS we went through department af-
er department, we could not but feel
he need Of putting this work before
he people of Idaho. For instance. If |
very farmer could go through the |
larry barn and see the herd, he would |
earn lesson that would enable him
O make more money. If the lumber
nan could see what is being done in
he forestry department; if the house
wife or man or woman in any line Of
york could see with their own eyes
he different activities under the guild
nee OF experts, the result would be
etter and more valuable work by all.
In this feeling we were glad to find
ye were in accord with DR.. Brannon
lis theory is that the university is
university for all the state, and much
f the work done and great part of
he planning for the future are based
pom carrying the university to the
eople.
daho and the University Must Pro-
gross Together.
The university of the future must
e a university that will be a vital
nd integral part of the life Of the !
ountry it seeks to serve. Such a
motion is the hope Of the men who
re building the University Of Idaho
This university and its work will
avel with the progress OF the state.
the state is to expand and meet its
roblems intelligently, so must its uni
srsity BY expansion we do not mean
utting up great buildings. Fine build
gs are not as useful as work. But I
lis university must be built into a '
-eat school, not alone for the value a
Iat 1t can be to the industrial and So t
al progress Of Idaho, but for the in n
tuition that can be created for train t
& the young men and young women Z
the Idaho Of the future. These c
,ung men and young women must be i
aimed in culture-culture Of the mind Il
I'd that still pleasure Of the work Il
self. j
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