Tweet. 1  There's a type of word in the English language called a collective noun.. It is a word used for a group of individuals. 2  A group of cats can also be called a clutter, a glaring, or a pounce. 3  It seems as though most groups of cats would prefer to go by something that sounds more regal, like pride.
Ricks College. In 1903, the school was renamed again as Ricks Academy in honor of Thomas E. Ricks, the Bannock Stake president at the time it was founded and the chairman of the school's first Board of Education.
In 1923 it was renamed Ricks College and functioned as a two-year junior college. It would serve as a junior college for most of the remainder of the twentieth century, except for a brief period from 1948-1956 when it operated as a four-year institution.