The daily star-mirror., 1922-02-18
Committee men
Want BUILDINGS
NECESSITY OF UNIVERSITY
BUILDING PROGRAM SHOWN AT
MEETING OF EXECUTIVES

Members of the executive committe
of the University of Idaho board O
regents, in session here all day Fri
day, discussed the desirability O
pushing a general building program
for the University of Idaho. 1t wa
shown at the meeting of the absolut,
necessity of science and laboratory
building; third story for Lindley
hall, enlarged gymnasium facilities
and a new woman's building for the
home economics department.
University authorities are greatly
puzzled over the problem of how they
could care for 200 more boys at the
university next fall unless a third
story is added to Lindley hall The
absolute necessity of an appropriation
for science hall was shown.
All Members Present
The possibility and necessity of
getting the third story on Lindley hall
was thoroughly discussed by members
of the executive committee, which is
made up of Dr. Enoch A. Bryan, state
commissioner of education, Standby A.
Easton of Kellogg, chairman of the
executive committee, Huntington Tay-
lor of Occur d'Alene, newly appointed
member of the board, and DR.. A. H.
Upham, president of the university
and secretary of the executive COM
mfttee
The housing problem for men came
up in the presentation of the univer-
sity's financial report for the year of
1921 in which Ridenbaugh and Lind
ley halls were discussed. Members of
the committee discussed ways and
means for the construction of the
third story of the mems hall The
third story will accommodate so ad-
ditional men and will provide for the
housing problem for men for the time
being.
Housing Problem Acute
University authorities can take care
of women students at the university
in Ridenbaugh hall and the various
sorority houses but members of the
board were agreed that, if the uni
versity is to take care of further in
crease in male enrolment, the third
story Of Lindley hall must be con-
structed this summer.
Members of the committee approved
the enrolment report and the finan-
cial report. The extension budget,
which was not approved at the De-
cember meeting of the board on ac-
count of proposed changes in the SER
vice, was approved at this meeting.
The new feature of district work
which provides for district work for
the ten northern Idaho counties, was
included in the budget.
Cooperative Club Work
new feature outlined in the exten-
sion division budget was plan call
Ing for cooperative club work in five
counties of the state, to- be conducted
by mithHughes teachers. Similar
work is carried on in other counties
but the Smith-Hughes teacher is paid
by the district. Under the experiment
tai plan the five counties will have
5mith-Hughes teachers work outside
If their school districts The five
counties will be named later by ex- /,
,ension and vocational training heads ;
Pay for the vocational teachers in the
i've coupties will be paid the district
Another matter approved in general :
vas the plan of creating graduate fell
owships in a limited number of de- :
,artments where student assistants :
ire now employed. Graduate students !
# the university or other institutions
will be brought in to handle the grad
late fellowships, to receive certain :
ump sums for certain amounts of ,
york
Wakeland Succeeds Smith 9
The appointment of Claude Wake !;
and as experiment station entomolo- h
list was announced. Wakeland, who n
$ extension division entomologist.
7ill take the experiment station work
nd will also be responsible for ex-
ension division work Wakeland sue
eeds Ralph H. Smith as experiment
tation entomologist, who resigned to
ccept a position with California
reamery company.
Harold w. Bachelor, graduate of
-ansas State Agricultural college and
lboratory assistant there for three q
ears. was appointed assistant bac- v
sriologist of the experiment station O,
ere under DR.. Gibbs. He will take g
p his work here March 1. II
Other Appointments Made
Three extension division appoint OF
tents were made as follows: Carl 81
Z Grayson. county agent of Idaho tc
)unty; Ada B. Erwin. district home e.
agent for the 10 nor b,
fern Idaho counties; Allie M Smith, III
strict home demonstration agent for e,
lie southeastern Idaho district
carrie M. Jones, a graduate OF tne tn
mmonds college library school and sE
r the past two years cataloger of
e Minneapolis public library, was in
)pointed cataloger of the university tI
5rary. The appointment becomes tn
fective on March l. tn
lttempt Life of Egyptian Educator dc
Cario-(A. P.)-An attempt was til
ade today on the life of r Alfred ar
rown, controller general of the tn
syptian ministry of education. He ce
as struck bv a revolver bullet and M