The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-15
Urgent Demands of
School Fully Met
Moscow Presents Good Environment,
Moral Tone and Accommoda-
tons for Students

ENVIRONMENT is of great import
l. ance in selecting a college or uni
versitv home for young men and young
women There must be ample provl-
sion for housing and for board. There
must be community life marked by
industry and by such orderly conduct
as will encourage young people to fill
their college days with real achieve
ment Of things worth while. 1t is of
first Importance that disorderly ele-
ments. gambling and other tempta-
lions. be entirely absent from the
college community. There must be,
furthermore, a really progressive body
of citizens, well organized religious
and fraternal influences, and an at
mOsphere strong in home sentiment
and standing for clean living and right
thinking
Good Moral Tone
Moscow, the home of the University
of Idaho, meets in every way the high
standards set forth above. The town
is OF medium size with a population
of approximately 5000, and the people
sire we'll educated, Industrious, and
have high moral standards of life.
Saloons were driven cut three years
before the advent of the local OPP
ton laws, and the people CT Moscow
tolerate only the highest ideals of cit
izcnship.
~ How Students Live
Housing for young women is pre-
vide in Ridenbaugh hall. a dormitory |
for ladies under university control
and supervision, and in sorority
houses. The young women are all
,under the general administrative care
,of the dean of women. The young
men room in fraternity houses, in
clubs, and in private
homes Eight modern houses, some
rof which are reproduced in these
pages, well equipped and fur
are owned by students through
the fraternity and sorority organiza-
lions.
Moscow and Its Setting
I2tal county is a rich agricultural
section Moscow is the county seat,
AID has paved streets, modern business
blocks and many fine residences The
campus is west of the main part Of
The town, and the university buildings
are beautifully located on an eleva-
lion that overlooks the business sec
ton Of the city. On every side may
be seen the rolling farming lands
in the distance tile pine-clad slopes
Of Thatuna Range of Mountains. Such
a location for Idaho's state university
gives the atmosphere that encourages
scholastic achievement and leads to
he development in young men and II
young women of the highest ideals r
If private life and public service. L
Few Facts From History
The University of Idaho was estab- "
ishel by an act of the territorial leg =
stature in January, 1889 In Novem- "a
oer 1889, this act establishing the .
and locating it at Moscow .
was embodied in the constitution of L
he state.
The contract for wing of the main
building was let October l, 1889, and
he university was opened October ),
1892, with President Franklin B.
Iault and one other professor con- C,
shutting the teaching staff OF the a.
35 students of the first university tt
year all but six were of preparatory V,
grade. The preparatory department S
vas discontinued in 1913. al
Growth of the School IL
The present faculty numbers 80 men a
md women, and rs additional workers
re engaged in experiment station CT
nd extension activities. The student tn
,ody of 1867 was approximately 700