The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-20
ITS A GROWING COLLEGE
The Most Prosperous Year in Its
History.
GRAIN PROSPECTS GOOD
Gallatin Valley Product Will Be Far
Above the Average This Year.
Planting Will Be Late-Abun-
dant Water Supply.

Bozeman, April 1S.-Another of the
interesting articles on the college of
agriculture and mechanic arts is given
this week by President James Reid.
1t treats of the college in a general
way, beginning with short account
of the bill by which colleges of this
kind were established by the United
States, and then gives a short outline
of the various courses offered. The
college is being patronized more and
more each year as its many advantages
in education become known, and it is
an institution of which the people of
Montana in general and Bozeman in
particular are very proud. 1t has be-
come the established rule for those
who can afford it to graduate from the
Bozeman High school and then take a
course in the college. This affords a
chance to many young men and women
to obtain thorough education right at
home which they could not obtain be-
fore the establishment of the college
unless they went to some Eastern in
stitution. an expense many could not
meet. The following is DR.. Reid's
sketch:
THE college of agriculture and me-
chanic arts is enjoying the most pros
porous year in its history. The enroll
ment has increased from year to year
and the number enrolled up to the pres
ent date in all departments is $50, be-
ing SO more than last year. The OBJ
ject of the management has been to
give to the college work the widest pos
sible scope and character consistent
with the acts of congress under which
it is established and endowed. The
first Morrill, act gave the state 10000
.,f1 Loo Nit cod in
1862 when the nation was in the midst
of the civil conflict. No more import
, ant legisla ton has ever been passed in
the interests of national education. The
development of the resources of the
country began to impress practical
men with the idea that education
should take a more practical form.
Senator Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont
gave expression to this thought in his
bill. The act states clearly that the
object of the college shall be, without
excluding other scientific and classical
studies and including military tactics,
to teach such branches of learning as
are related to agriculture and the me-
chanic arts - in order to pro-
mote the liberal and practical educa-
ton of the industrial classes in the
several pursuits and professions of life.
The second Morrill, act was passed in
1890. by which the college receives from
the federal government $4,000 per an
mum. The rules in regard to the dis
position of all these funds are very
strict. They can be used only for in
struction and equipment and can under
no pretense be used for the purchase.
erection or repair of buildings. Should
the state by investment of any portion
of the fund or of the interest lose or
diminish it, it must be replaced, and
the state must pay all expenses con-
nected with the management of the
lands or the disbuI sement of moneys
which may be received from the lands.
Amy one visiting the college can see
at once the wide scope and charactG~
of the work that is being done. This
fact may be seen in the number and
variety of the courses that are offered.
A course in general science is given
which offers a liberal and practical ed
ucation and includes the mathematical,
physical, natural and economic sciences
and Latin or the modern languages and
literature.
"A short or a longer course in agri-
culture, as may suit the convenience of
the student, is offered.
"A course in chemistry is given, the
object being to give men a good tech
nical training as analytical chemists.
"A course is given in home science in
which the aim is to give practical
education to young women. The in
struction is both theoretical and prac-
teal and includes a liberal variety of
culture studies in addition to those de-
signed to produce intelligent home
makers.
Courses are also offered in mechan-
ical and electrical engineering equal to
those offered in Eastern schools. 1t
may be of interest to some to know
that our students are received in CO.
lumbia university without eXamlna-
ton. A preparatory course OF three
years is given which provides thor
ough drill in the common branches,
work in the natural sciences, with the
laboratory work with excellent facill
ties and equipment: also work In the
languages manual training and home
science. A course in music Is given
covering four years under an excellent
teacher A course in art extending
over three or four years is given with
all facilities that can be found in East
ern institutions. Courses of the most
approved and practical character are
given in bookkeeping, stenography and
typewriting. 1t would be impossible tc
enter into details in regard to the Varl'
Gus courses offered In connection with
all the departments of the work arc
laboratories equipped in the most ap-
proved design.
ID in addition to the courses outlined
assaying, metallurgy and the treating
of ores by the cyanide process cleo
trolytic methods, etc.
with such splendid equipment, an
excellent library and all other facili-
ties, we invite the inspection of those
who think of taking course in any
line he may choose
" Should the season be good one, as
many anticipate. the amount of grair
raised in the Gallatfn valley this veal
will far exceed the general average
The rapidity with which the govern
ment and railroad lands have beer
homesteaded and bought within the las
three years is astounding. There arr
still some good tracts left, but they arr
few and far between. A few weeks agt
a number of families arrived from Mis-
souri, and other Eastern and Middle
states, many of whom purchased farms
while others selected ranches from The
lands of the United States open to then