The daily star-mirror., 1922-08-01
NSURES ERECTION OF TWO BIG
DORMITORIES- S-ORGANIZED
By MOSCOW BUSINESS MEN

DORMITORIES- S-ORGANIZED
BY MOSCOW BUSINESS MEN
Financial machinery for the erect
don Of two new dormitories at the I'm
iversity Of Idaho within the next year
was set in motion yesterday by Mos
COW business men at meeting held
at the chamber OF commerce.
One dormitory for girls, it is pro-
posed, will be erected at once, so as to
be in use before the coming school
year is over. A dormitory for boys
will be built next summer Each
building will cost approximately
100000.
These plans were made possible
through organization by Moscow citi-
zens of the University Of Idaho Build
ing association This association is
arranging with bond dealers to float
bonds to cover the greater part of the
cost price of the buildings, which then
will be leased to the university. Room
rentals, it is planned, will pay the in
terest on the bonds and will, in time,
retire the bonds and purchase the
buildings for the university
See Enrolment Doubled
Prospective doubling of the enroll
next five years, bringing the size of
the student body to 2500, was forecast
as a result of the growth normally
to be expected, in a talk by Presi-
dent A. H. Upham, in which he ex-
planned to the business men the need
for the new dormitories.
"One thousand students actually
have been added to the en-
rollment in the last five years. said
President Upham. "The present nor
NAL Increase in the size of the uni
versity is $50 students.
''This growth will continue for at
least four or five more years If we
will make it possible by providing
place for these students to live.
"The time is here, however, when,
unless some action is taken, girls and
boys will begin to go home from the
university saying that there is no
place at the state university for them.
Appoint Committees
Vote OF the business men to form
the building association was unan-
imous. A temporary Organization was
formed, with Chris Hagan president
and L. F. Parsons secretary.
The following membership and tenn
porary executive committee was ap-
pointed: Chris Hagan, chairman;
George Creighton, George N. Lam
phere, C. B. Green and G. l.. Butter
field. This committee is meeting this
afternoon at the university to plan
membership solicitation and to make
such preliminary arrangements as are
necessary for entering into a contract
with the regents Of the university and
with the bond dealers.
YnoQtinO aa11Qd for AupnSt II
to vote on Incorporation of the build
ing association.
Memberships in the association, it
was decided at Mondays meeting, will
cost $25 each. A total of $4,000 is to
be raised by the sale of memberships,
which will pay the commission for the
sale OF the first $4,000 Of bonds. The
first bonds, it is expected, will be on
the market within few weeks. Ac-
tual dormitory construction will be
started as promptly as possible, SO
that the building may be in use early |
in the winter.
VIII House 100 Girls
While no dfinite plans are as vet
under consideration, it is contemplate
ed that the new building will comfort !
ably provide for 100 to 120 girls, with I
adequate social and recreation rooms,
and with complete dining room and +
kitchen The mems dOrmitory, which !
will be equally large, is to be erected /
next summer and to be ready for oc-
.cupancy a year from this Sept ,mber.
President Lauds Citizens Spirit
1.-The building association" said
President Upham after yesterdays
lmeeting," is another evidence of the
loyalty of Moscow citizens to the uni
versity and the sacrifices they are
willing to make in order that the
young people coming in rapidly in
creasing numbers from all over the
state may have comfortable homes
while here at the university. Through
this association they have found a
way to finance the housing needs Of
the university by utilizing on favor
able terms funds which are seeking
investment elsewhere in the north
west. 1t is expected that the dormi-
tory bonds will be much in demand.
Zone of our biggest problems is
solved by this assurance OF two COM
mOdious dOrmitOries in the very near
future l cannot say enough to ex-
press our gratitude to these friends
Of the university who have realized
how cramped we are for room and
have found such an admirable way
to help us out. {
when we are ablc to show the tax !
payers OF Idaho that their sons and I
are to be housed here out {
of private funds and without expense t
to the state, they will be much more s
willing to help us with our problem =
IN adequate new science hall to pro-
vide for our laboratory needs. 3
st is of course unfortunate that {
The new hall for girls cannot be ready $
Tor some months after college opens, j
but am quite sure that the best !
homes in Moscow will be opened to
,ur girls for the short time until the
lall Is available"
Business Men Favor Plan
Business men at yesterdays meet
ny said they believed that they had I