The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
is IN SPLENDID SHAPE
University Begins New Year
Next Week.
IT is WELL EQUIPPED
Largest Opening Attendance in It's His
tory-Much Valuable Material
Obtained in the Sum-
mer Camps.

versity of Montana will begin its school
year next week under the most en-
couraging conditions. President Craig
and other members of the faculty have
spent considerable time this summer
in presenting the advantages of the
school to the people of the state, with
the result that there will larger OPEN
ing attendance this fall than the uni
versity has had at any time in it's his
tory. The fact that the university is
now equipped with a splendid lot Of
apparatus for it's work and that 1t is
now installed in it's permanent build
ings have given 1t greater prestige than
1T has enjoyed before. The work will
begin this year in splendid shape and
the coming year should mark a new
epoch in the history of the university.
The improvements that have been
made in the grounds about the univer-
sity buildings have been material and
have added much to the appearance
and convenience of the institution. The
lawn, the drives, the walks and the
entire environment have been greatly
improved and the university will soon
have home that will be a source of
pride and an object of admiration.
The scientific work that was done at
the summer camp of the science de-
partments on Flathead lake has re
suited in the acquisition of much val
liable material for the museum and
for biological work in the laboratories.
Added to this the collection of fossils
that has been made in Western Mon
tana this summer by Professor Smith
and Mr.. Douglass will make the nu-
scum an important feature of the uni
FlAy.Gi txyfl l,ne, leo
been received at the university for the
museum large portion of Montanas
display at the Omaha exposition, which
will be classified and placed upon the
shelves of the museum as rapidly as
possible. This work will be in charge
of Mr.. Douglass for the most part, and
this lnSureS correct arrangement of
the specimens. The addition to the col
lection Of the university that has been
made this summer is an important one
as much of it represents original work
on the part of the faculty and stu
dents. This is the beginning of great
work and one that will advance the
standing of the university Snaterially.
AS the head of the public school sys-
tenn Of the state of Montana, the State
University is now prepared to- do, a
line OF work that hassheretofore been
impossible on accountEof% the limited
amount of space that was afforded by
the temporary quarters that were oc-
cupied by the institution prior to the
completion of the new buildings. The
university plan of work that has bee n
followed in the past will be continued
in the future and will give the sch3ol
the broadcast possible scope, always,
however with the understanding that
the university does not encroach upon
the special work of the other state in
situations of higher learning.
President Craig has done magnificent
work this summer for the school. This
has been not only in the proper adver-
Using of the institution. but in the
planning and directing of the work of
the coming year. In the beginning of
the work of the university many fea-
lures were overlooked that are essen
tial to university work proper. The
development of the school along the
lines of scientific research and study
has been satisfactory. but the literary
side of the work, the ethical and clas-
steal departments, have been some
what hampered. This will be brought
forward and made the predominant
feature Of the university, as it should
and there will be no sacrifice made of
the ethical to the practical. The insti-
tuition is to be made true university
and this work will be given the impor-
lance that it demands in such a cur
riculum.
All Montana should be proud of the
university. Its splendid buildings are
a testimony to the deep interest that
Missoula feels in the institution and to
the regard that her citizens have for
the welfare of the school. 1t is hoped
that this interest will spread until the
citizens of the entire state share this
earnest desire to further the univer-
sity's welfare. AS has been said the
coming year opens full of promise for
the future and this should be banner
term