Montana State University Bozeman - Montanan Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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S t nt t u i S ANO'l HER college year draws to a close it may he well to pause for a moment and briefly review, at least, some of the many events that have contributed to its success. It seems to have always been the custom in all such reviews to speak of the particular year a the most successful one in the history of the institution. Perhaps this is sometimes due to the fact that the writer was an optimist, but nevertheless it has been the ease. So it is with this year. Like others perhaps that will succeed it 1909-10 has really been in many particulars the most brilliant period in the history of M. A. C., and so it is with the greatest of pleasure that a brief outline of it is here set down, not simply because the present students have profited by it. but because they earnestly hope and feel they have a right to believe that as time a t r n r f a Roes on future students will still be reaping the harvest from the seeds of prosperity that have been sown this year. While the rceord in football was not noted for its victories it is left in the students' memories as a season not to be regarded as a failure. Although the team failed to win we feel proud, and justly so. of the effort it put forth and the spirit of determination it showed from the beginning of the season to the end. Handicapped by lack of experience and promising material there was little hope for a winning team, nevertheless there is satisfaction in knowing the games were desperately fought, and that the boys did their best. With basketball it has been the same old story—intercollegiate champions of the state of Montana. The season’s end left M. A. C. with this honroed title for the fifth successive

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year. Although defeated by Billings and the University of Utah the boys made a splendid showing in these games and when they met Utah they went down to deieat to the best basketball team that ever played in Bozeman. The season also proved a splendid success from a financial point of view. As for spring athletics conditions were never more favorable than they have been this year. With better weather than usual ior out-door training and a special coach to help with the baseball squad the college is assured of a winning team. The track work, under the direction of Coach McIntosh, promises championship results. About thirty-five candidates reported in March. A triangular track and field meet—the first of its kind ever held in the state—was held May 11 in Missoni.. and the University and School of Mines being the two other contesting teams. The M. A. C. regimental band and a bunch of rooters went along to cheer the boys on to victory. In general then it may be said that athletics for iyo()-io have been very successful and much good will certainly come from the effort put forth. And in connection with athletics the Boosters and Boostcrines have contributed largely toward maintaining interest and success has been due. at least in part, to the effective work of these organizations. Along other lines also progres has been rapid during the past year and through the efficiency and determination of the Exponent staff the X-Club was organized and as a result of its members' willingness and ability the institution may now boast of one of the best college weeklies in the northwest. It i . a credit, not only to the staff, but to the institution as well. The paper has already contributed to the broadening of student life and it will continue to grow. The lack of interest shown in the literary societies has probably been due to development along other lines and the organization of other societies, but the Arena, now composed of both girls and boys, is making more progress than it has for the past few years. For the first time in the history oi the institution an intercollegiate debate was held with a college outside the state in addition to the annual debate with W esleyan University. There was the largest number of speakers in the Oratorical contest that ever took part, and so in a literary and oratorical way this year has been especially noted for the interest taken in those activities. Besides these things the girls' dormitory is no longer a dream, but a reality, and in its appearance and equipment it will not be surpassed by any in the state. Work will be started on this new structure as soon as the weather will permit in order that it may be ready for occupancy by the opening of college next fall. The work on the ne.v college athletic field has also been started. The cinder track is now in good shape and the remainder of the field will probably be finished within a year. By this brief review it may be seen that the year just closing has given birth to new ideas and these ideas have been carried through successfully. And no;v the college has passed through its infancy. Many difficulties have marked the path of those who have gone before, but the overcoming of these difficulties has made us stronger year bv year until now it has been our good fortune to see the first rays of light that have come to mark a new era in the development of the institution. Necessarily the beginning has been slow, but now that mature growth has come, more rapid strides in its further progress may be expected. 4