The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-07-31
THE COLLEGE OF MONTANA.
Extracts from the Second Annual Cata-
logue. ....r

Extracts from the Second Annual Cata-
iogue. ....r
The College Of Montana Is growing stead
lily In the favor and confidence of the public,
and is rapidly acquiring a recognized posi-
ton among the foremost educational insti-
tuti ons of the West. ...-
As IL is five hundred miles from any other
College, il is quite evident that 1t came into
existence-not as a rival Of any other insti-
| tuition, not as an instrument for the promo
ton of any sectarian interests-but rs an
agency to meet an existing and increasing
demand. The excellent public schools--the
High Schools in the several cities Of Mon
tana and contiguous Territo ries-the intelli-
gence and the progressive energy which
have originated and sustained the growth
Of these communities and SO far developed
this remarkable country, and the rapidly in
creasing population, call for thoroughly
equipped institution. Emulating the wis
dom of older portions Of our common coun-
try In early planting such institutions, and
| avoiding the error OF many Of them in start
ing an unnecessarily large number of half
| equipped, sickly colleges, to be thinned out
| by starvation, our aim Is TO enlarge every
| department and increase the equipment of
| each so as to meet every reasonable demand.
HISTORY.
This College owes its existence primarily
| to the untiring effort and generous gifts of
Mr.. Ed. III. Irvine, sustained by the CO.
operation and large contributions of Hon.
Conrad Kohrs, Hon. A. II. Mitchell NJ. D.,
L. j. Sharp, Esq, s. L. Larabie, Hon. w. A.
Clark, and others Of the prominent citizens
Of Deer Lodge, by whose gifts and many
labors the land was procured and the build
ing erected and furnished at a cost of about
S25, 600. Prof. Clinton II. Moore, the first
Principal Of the Institution, rendered valu-
able service, not only in conducting the
school through its earlier years, but in de-
vising means and procuring apparatus. Hon.
Hiram Knowles was perhaps the first per-
son to voice sentiment, that began to grow
that 1t would accrue greatly TO the advan-
tage of the Institution to be under the con-
troll and patronage Of some religious denom-
ination. The first to respond to this senti-
meut were the Presbyterians, who appointed
a committee consisting of the Rev. Messrs.
J. X. Russell, K. j. GroeDeveld, and ID. j.
Mcmillan, to correspond with the Trustees
of the Institution, with view of putting 1t
upon q different basis. A conference be-
tween this Committee and the Board of
Trustees of the Montana Collegiate Insti-
tute," as 1t was then called, resulted in q
conveyance of the entire property to Trus-
tees appointed by the Presbytery of Mon
tana, upon condition that the Institution
was to be immedi ately opened and then en-
larged and equipped, as its growth and needs
might demand. A debt of about $1,000 hung
over the property, which Mr.. Alanson Trask,
of Brooklyn, n. Y, legatee of the Mar
quanG estate, very generously removed. The
new Board Of Trustees incorporated March,
1884, under an Act Of the Legislature Of M on
tana, approved March 8, 1888, with the name,
| "The College of Montana" The articles Of
incorporation place the College under the
auspices Of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America, and provides that
"any vacancy that may occur by death,
resignation, or by such manner as may be
provided in the Bylaws of this Corporation,
shall be filed by the remaining Trustees, but
any choice by them shall be subject to the
approval and confirmation of that Synod Of
said Presbyterian Chuch within whose
DounuS tue SAiu CoHeRe VI "outana may NO
situated"
The gifts Of Nj. Trask, already received or
pledged, amount to more than $4,000, and
| make HIM the most generous benefactor the
College has yet found.
Mr.. w. III. Murray, of Chicago, comes next
on the list of indi viduAl givers; then Messrs.
/ s. Z. Larabie and 4. l.. Bonner, of Deer
Lodge.
| The Board of Aid for Colleges early adopt.
ed this enterprise rs one Of Its wards, and by
its generous help has brought it through the
| two years of its existence.
| '-" LOCATION.
| 1t Is located at Deer Lodge, beautiful
village Of 1900 inha bitants, on the Utah and
Northern Railway, eleven miles from Its
junction with the Northern Pacific. The
village Is equally distant from Helena and
Butte, the largest cities in the Territory. 1t
is connected by telephone, as well as by tele-
graph and railroad, with all the cities and
towns Of central and western Montana.
The altitude is about 5000 feet above sea
level. The climate is unsurpassed for health
fuIness. The grounds comprise about 20
acres Of elevated plateau within the village
limits. The buildings command view Of
the valley for thirty miles, which Is inter
rupted only by the picturesque mountains,
which are round about The loftiest peak in
the Territory rises in full view.
| TRAsK HALL.
| This il the original building, and contains
the recitation rooms, the library, the school
| of sciences, and large assembly room used
for chapel and anniversary exercises.
| DoRMIToRY HALL.
This new building is now in course Of con-
struction, to be completed by September Sta.
| 1t will contain, when finished, sleeping
apartments and private parlors for seventy
students-all heated by steam. The Refec-
tory and Laundry are in the basement, and
the whole under the supervision Of = com
petent and experienced Matron. The apart
ments are arranged in suites-each suit COM
prising parlor and four single bed rooms
| The plan gives to each student private bed
room with clothes closet, and q fourth In
terest in parior-with a voice in the choice
of the three companions who shall share
| that parlor.
! r' co-EDUcATIoN.
| Experience confirms the wisdom of this
arrangement. The presence of each sex Is
constant Indictment to study and restraint
| upon the conduct of the other. They meet,
however, only in the dining hall, In the
chapel, in the class room, and on such social
occasions rs the Faculty arrange or approve.
] .... r RELIGION. a.a. r. #i Z -
| II is the aim of this College to do what it
can to correct growing evil In these days,
viz: the divorce Of intellectual from relig-
ious training. 1t believes In and acts con-
scientifically upon the principle, that all edu-
cation must be one-sided and radically de-
fective, which does not include the forma-
ton Of personal character, as well as the
development and cultivation Of the mental
powers. The essentials Of the Christian re-
ligion must be wrought into the conscience
and the heart. IL progress In knowledge and
in the culture, founded on knowledge, Is TO
| be safe and healthy. The College of Mon