“On October 3, 1892 the first students of Idaho climbed over a stile and hiked across a field to the still unfinished "Ad” Building which then comprised the University of Idaho. Fourteen years later, this building was destroyed by fire and the present “Ad” Building was erected in its place. 

The stile is gone but the students still make their way in the early hours of the morning to classes in this most prominent building. Here they mingle with the faculty in an ardent search for truth, wisdom, and a date for Saturday night. Good old “Ad” Building. Long may it stand!“

From the 1946 Gem of the Mountains Digital Yearbook