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PRESIDENT LiNDLEY
When President M. A. STannan resigned his position as chief executive
of the University in the spring of 19 I 7. the vacancy which he left
seemed too big to 1111.
Disorganization was rapidly extending through
the university force; the school seemed to be approaching disintegration.
The hut intimation that there were better things ahead came with the
appointment of Dr. Enoch A. Bryan to succeed E. O. Sisson as Commissioner
of Education, and this intimation became a certainty when
word was received that Dr. E. H. Lindley had been offered and had
accepted the presidency of the University.
No one needs 10 be told the story of the succeeding months. Upon
his arrival President Lindley was confronted with an infinite disorganization;
within a month the entire plant was running with the smoothnes'
and precision of a great Corliss. Team-work had come, and al\ minor
differences were lost sight of in loyalty to the common ideal of a bigger,
better University.
This unity of purpose did not extend only to the faculty, and student
body, and those intimately connected with the University-it extended
throughout the State. The people, through President Lindley's efforts,
have come to realize that Idaho is not "a University" abstract and intangible,
but "their University," concrete and usable.
to look upon it as an asset.
They have come
This, then, is the work that has been done by President Lindley
during his first year. It has been a big task to accomplish, and there
are bigger ones ahead. But he has the confidence of faculty, students,
and citizens, and. with such support, we feel that he will bring into
reality that ideal of every student. past and present: "A bigger and
better Idaho."
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