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.
John L. Clarke became president in 1944, and served for twenty-seven years. He helped make Ricks into a four-year institution and then saw it changed back to a two-year college. He also struggled through the years when the Commissioner of Education tried to move the college to Idaho Falls.