Dr. Upham Given Warm Farwell
Students and Faculty Give Retiring Pnfiident Great Ovation
at Final Assembly.
Presented with Watch
/caving Because
: Called Snc-
itrodticed.
University of Idaho, Moscow, Jan. 23.—Students and faculty
today bade an affectionate farewell
io Dr. Alfred H. Upham at a special
assembly. Dr. Frederick J. Kelly,
appointed president late Sunday, was
As Dr. Upham arose on the assembly platform, the greatest applause
ever accorded a University of Idaho
man was given as the 1000 students
and teachers sprang to their feet. He
was given a watch by Frank Click,
student body president, on behalf of
ihe students.
"I need no such memento of these
alorious years I have spent at Jda.ho,"
Dr. Upham said, "but just as some
meaning, 'I count only hours of sun-
sun dials bear the Latin inscription
shine,' so will '.his watch recall happy
hours at Idaho. Personal contact
with students and faculty, whom I
regard as my big family, have been
my greatest delight.
"I am leaving Idaho, not because
of material advancement, but because
of sentiments that I can not stifle. I
go to answer the call of my alma
mater. 1 leave my hope that you
students, who will linger here in tne!
im,ier""is~,,es a rail' lor duty," will feel
1 he obligation and respond.
"Rarely does a retiring- president
have the opportunity to int-oducc
his successor," Dr. Upham continued,
as he prepared to present President
Kelly to the student body.
Dr. J. G. Eldridge, on behalf of
Die faculty, wished the president
siiccess. Abe Goff spoke on behalf
of the alumni.
Board of education members were
by David Nyvall Jr., of the music
department, was sung by a male,
quartet, Forest Brigham, Orall Luke
and Norman Luvnas. Moscow, and