The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-19


is it with the university this Christ
mas?
We have two large buildings, offer
ing the best of facilities so far as the
work is outlined. The students Of me-
chanical engineering have the large
shops with machinery run by a fine
50-horse power engine. They have a
large room in which to do their draw
ing and draughting. They have fine
forge shop, and just at the last short
period of time before the Christmas
holidays have the opportunity of do
ing the first work with hammer and
anvil. They have the machines of va
rious sorts, the lathes, saws, planners,
shapers, drills, benches and tools, with
room for work and material to work
with, though their wants are many.
Every day in the week the shops are
busy and a retrospect of the advance
and Improvement for them shows a
great Improvement. And the boys ap-
preciate it.
How is it with the physics and
chemistry? These departments are in
the same building with the engineers,
occupying the front part of the build
ing. Chemistry has a lecture room,
store room, private office with lab
oratory, qualitative and cumulative
laboratory, an introductory laboratory,
and balance and reading room These
go with the best that are to be had,
and give exceptional opportunities for
work. The physics has less room, but
has a lecture room and laboratory.
These departments in making a retro
spect of the past year must certainly
feel that much has been done.
In biology the work has been trans
ferred from one room to several, while
the museum is now separate The stu
dents are given separate tables of spe-
cial design. and have room in which
to turn round thing scarcely posi-
bic a year ago. There is lecture
room with a part of the room for lab
oratory, a room for laboratory eXclu-
sively, a work room in the basement
as also a dark room for photography,
and store room. The museums are
in two rooms, with third for I'M
packing and sorting material. These
rooms are full of cases and material
showing a great amount of work hav-
ing been done. Certainly the improve
ment and advance has been marked. :
The president now has space and
cases for storing his papers and rec
ors, while a separate room for faculty
meetings affords this dignified body
space commensurate with the work OF
the institution they represent.
The library has beautiful room in
which are housed the volumes, some
5000. which have been gathered TO-
tuition. The tables and racks are well
filled with papers, magazines and pam
phlets, and are extensively used. A
glance into the present quarters by
one who saw the old quarters would
say there was marked growth.
| The other departments have much
| to which they can look with pride as
| the outcome of a year. Each DEPART
ment has a room separate, with all
| conveniences in the way of desks, book
cases, wall ornaments, and the like.
| In the old quarters it became a prop
lem how to arrange the work OF inc
| different teachers with the increasing
| classes. Formerly the drawing room
| was in the chapel or assembly room,
| the president heard his classes often
| in his little Office, large classes were
crowded into small rooms, and one
often had classes in several rooms eV-
cry day.
In addition to these improvements
the walls in the library and halls are
! tastefully ornamented with casts and
pictures, the gymnasium has been
| equipped with material by the dona,-
ton Of a generous citizen large lunch
| rooms and cloak rooms are at the d1s-
posal of students at their vacant hours,
| and everything looks more as though
work was in progress.
Outside there is as great change
When the buildings were occupied IN
February last the teams would back
up to the stone steps in front and the
level of the vehicle was on a level with
| the step. Students and professors
alike hoped from stone to stone on
the campus in bad weather in getting
from the city, and from building tc
| building it was the same. NOW there
is a fine cement walk in front of the
buildings, the finest in the city. Stu
| dents can walk to the university II
| the muddiest of weather without incon'
venience. Two hundred loads Of rock
have been taken from the circle II
front of the buildings, and the circle
is as fine a lawn as may be found.
thousand loads of soil around the
buildings made the slope beautiful
lawn, and hundreds of trees arounc
the walks and drives make the place
as attractive inside as out.
The university is thankful. Thank
full to the citizens of the state for thu
OPPORTUNITIES that have been afforded
for doing this work. Thankful to thu
members of the state board of educa
ton and the local board for their un
selfish work in gratuitously glvlns
their services to the cause. Thankt u
to the building commission, the archl
tect. and the carpenters for doing tn.
work on the buildings so we'll, and ar
fording such opportunities for tn
work of the students. Thankful to tn
faculty for their tireless efforts in tn
endeavor to put things IN shape d
speedily as possible. often working "a:
and night and in vacation. Thankful
to the students for their zeal and en-
ergy in the work they have undertak
en-, for the success with which the;
have carried on the work of the uni
versity in it's various phases. Tn
university is for the students, without
them it would be a useless waste Q
time and money. The university as
sures the citizens of the state of Mon
tana that every dollar given to it ha
been we'll and wisely spent, and Whll
the present condition of affairs is b
no means as yet ideal, there is sue
a marked Improvement over the yea
that preceded that devout thanks TO
all the blessings is in the heart
every friend of the institution.
Paperhanging and painting. Simons