The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-04-06
BY Roy Tillman

Beautiful in design and architec
ture, modern in construction and ia
cilities and adequate to all possible
demands of near future growth ant
expansion-that is the new forestry
building at the State university a
Missoula. In size it is exceeded only
by one forestry school in America
while in equipment and arrange
ment it is second to none.
The supporting skeleton is of rein
forced concrete, while the exterior
construction is of notified brick on a
granite base. Wide caves beneath a
roof of green tile contribute an artis-
tic effect to the architecture as do al
so the Corinthian columns on either
side of the main entrance which faces
the west.
The exterior is Sc by $50 feet in di-
mension, and is three stories high.
Between the second and third story
windows are 81 terra Gotta spandrels
each bearing in relief the emblem of
the Montana Forestry club, the pine
tree and M in green and brown col
ors. Thus the very architecture is
typical of the profession the school
was founded to advance.
Total cost of the building exclu-
sive of $4,000 worth of new equip
ment, is $4,000. In common with
the other buildings now under con-
struction at the State university the
new forestry building is erected for
permanence, with allowances for
greater growth to come.
The new ediface is a fitting home
for that school of forestry which can
conservatively boast of ideals and
standards of scholarship as fine as
the highest and of advantages of To-
cation and environment equaled BY
no other similar institution in the
United States.
Situated as it is, in the heart of the
most extensive section of forest re-
serves on the North American CONT |
nent, the Montana school of Forestry |
offers opportunities for practical /
study and training which are not |
possible elsewhere. The school in
sists that all students supplement the
theoretical and technical training of
the classroom with practical work in
the field during the summer months.
The Lolo, Bitter Root and Missoula
National forests, the boundaries of
which are adjacent to the Montana
school, serve as laboratory for this
work. Over 100000 acres of gov
timber lands are included in
,hese three reserves.
Within 100 miles of the school are
he boundaries of IL national forests,
hree other government timber reser-
7ations and a national park. Yellow
pine. lodge pine, white pine, fir,
arch-in fact, almost every forest
ype of the inland Northwest, may be ]
ound within few miles of the
chool. Two transcontinental rail-
'oads, three branch lines and an in {
erurban electric line place the in l
titution within easy reach of extern {
i've logging, numbering and lumber t
manufacturing operations. II
The school is fortunate in being To- t
ated in the same city with District {
10. of the United States Forest ser /
ice. Outside of Washington, d. c.,
ossibly no other city in the world S
an boast of as many forestry Off g
ials and experts as are located in
Iissoula. These men take an active
interest in the Montana school, and I
ften give their services in the way II
lectures and general information.
Almost at the institutions back
DOR arises the steep slope of Mount