The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-17
TO OPEN IN HE FALL
The School of Mines Will Be
Started in a Few Months.
ATALK WITH Mr.. RICHARDS
The New Trustees Will Hold Meeting
Soon and Will Take Hold OF
the Work With En-
erEy.

Within another year the School of
Mines will be in working order. The
fine, large brick and stone building in
for several years, or since 1t was COM
pleted, in silent repose, waiting for
something to turn up. 1t stands on a
prominent rise Of ground ana cannot
but attract notice from everybody, and
especially do strangers and visitors no.
tice 1t. The question has been asked:
What building is that? and what do
they propose to do with it? Why
hasn't 1t been equipped?"
After rather varied and not lit
tie troublesome career the building
tok on pretentious proportions only
fund with which it was in
tended to equip it and put it in
running order. The next step is to fur
nsh it and select the faculty. This is
the duty Of the new board of trustees
elected by the state board at Its recent
meeting at Helena; The old board re-
signed and the following were select
ed: Ex-Governor ]. e. Richards,
James w. Forbls and George e Moul
throp for the four-year term, and eX-
Chief Justice Pemberton and ]. Y.
Long for the two-year term. This
board has been directed to open the
school not later than Sept. l next year
The last legislature appropriated $25,-
800 to be available in 1900. With this
amount tha board is expected to open
and maintain the school until the next
legislature shall make another appro-
prIation. The faculty Is to be selected
| by the board, which, however, must be
confirmed by the state board of educa-
| ton. The branches to be taught In the
| School OF Mines are those named in the
statutes as follows: Chemistry, metal
lurgy, mineralogy, geology. mining,
mining engineering, mathematics, me-
| chanics and drawing.
Ex-Governor Richards, one OF the
newly appointed members OF the beard
of trustees, said yesterday: I cannot
say just what we will do, as 1t will hrst
be necessary to meet and formulate a
tice from the state board of education
to go ahead and open the school. we
do not assume the duties Of our Office
until the first of the year, and sx-
| pect we shall meet early In January
and take the initial steps towards ar
| ranging for the necessary furnishing.
With the money available it Is not pos
sible to fully equip the building as per
original plans, but I think that way
will be found to soon install first
class equipment. Then the faculty il
to to be selected All this is going tc
take more or less time, and think
that by the LIST of September the schoo
VIII be in shape for an suspicious
opening. There are many details to be
arranged in the meantime and nun.
bred and one minor matters to attenc
to before we shall be able to go ahead
and complete the arrangements fo1
the formal opening. At this date 1t Il
impossible to give anything like an &C
curate forecast of the operations of tht
board"
The citizens of Butte are pleased t
know that the school is to be orensd
They have waited for long time tol
the instructions which the state boart
recently gave out. During the months
of idieness the building has been sub
jected to more or less indienities at tn
| hands of reckless young Vandals VIII
found pleasure in breaking window
and in other ways committing depreda
| lions. A Waterman has been lcok'n:
| out for the building, but there wer
| times when he wasn't looking, and thel
the young outlaws had their fun.
The School of Mines is the last or al
the several state institutions to D
| ODened,