The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-08
BEGINNING A new YEAR
The College Of Montana Opened With Z
Large Attendance.


Special correspondence of the standard.
DEER LODGE, Sept THE College Of
Montana opened ON Thursday with n large
attendance. Every Of the faculty
was present except Professor Notcstein
who has been delayed ny illness In Ohio
where he spent the vacation. He has since
arrived. Every department Is better equip
ped and the accommodations are more
tudents are delighted tn see Miss Calvin
back i'm her old place, associated with Mrs.
McMillan, i'm charge of the department
of music. Mr.. and Mrs q. G.. Bcckwith,
who have been sd widely and favOrably
known i'm connection with the Melrose
eating house, are i'm charge of the boarding
department, which fact il IA sufficient guar
untee of an excellent and bountiful table
and splendid service.
lars worth of books wers. added to the IL
brary, among which the En~cyclopcti,a
L. {. d., of Poughkeepsie, n. y. occupies
IA prominent place. A beautiful mural
tablet has been placed i'm the corridor Of
ena, i'm honor of Mr.. Alanson Trask, of
Brooklyn, N. Y. for his part i'm founding
the college. His gifts amount tn aDout
26,0O
The campus has been graded, and
treated To IA coat of soil in preparation for
seeding in grass and planting in shrub
pose a friend Of the college has recently
With buildings ample and modern,
%strunnents of all kinds new and com
plete, five separate and distinct apart
mcnts of instr,iction, with several DIFF.
faculty of thirteen professors and teach
ers, the peers of amy i'm the land, it is not
has had a wonderful growth in patronage
which promises to he exceeded i'm tine
present year.
Tho college is now six years old, and i'm
no year of its history has it's growth been
less than twenty-five per cent. upon the
previous year. This year the increase
promises to- be even greater.
With AN excellent system of steam
heating, perfect provision for ventilation
and physical exercise, complete and COM
Portable furnishings of the dormitories,
abundant service of the purest water,
nothing seems to be wanting tn insure the
health and comfort of the students. The
general atmosphere of cheerfulness
throughout the buildings and upon the
campus speaks volumes for the manage
ment.
Among the new members of the faculty
academic department. Miss Eva Wood.
folk in the art department. aud Mrs.
chair of Latin and Greek made vacant 10y
Prof. Brantley's resignation, will be filled
Immediately by "a first honor man from
Harvard University.
Among the new Students are Mr.. David
Walker of Anaconda and Mr.. Barnley,
who enter the school of mines, Miss Ma
bel and Mr.. Oscar Scdnlan of Virginia
City. Mr.. Aubrey and Miss Lottie Blair
and Miss May Redmond of Anaconda,
Miss Belle Catlin of S~tcvcnsyille, Miss
homson of Missoula, Miss Nellie Larson
of Helena, Miss Gertrude Martin of Great
Falls, Miss Rose Blake of White. Hail,
Mcssrs. VIM. Wicks and George Warner
of Boulder, Misses Edith and Mabel Earle
of Willis, Miss Bertha Wells of Glendale,
Mr.. Louis OdeIi of Missouia, MesSrs. Al.
len Bowie and Oscar krogcr and Robert
Lindsey of Philipsburg, Mr.. Louis Lelson
of Beartown, Mr.. Charles Horton Of Stone
Miss Osia Joslyn of Illinois, and former
students too numerous to mention, have