University of Montana Western - Chinook Yearbook (Dillon, MT)

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Since the placing of the cornerstone of the first building on April 7, 1895, Western has tried to expand campus facilities to meet the needs of an increasing enrollment. Building has taken place whenever funds have been made available. When students arrived in Dillon in September of 1897, they found no spacious dormitories to accommodate them. The people of Dillon had to take them into their homes. The need for on-campus living quarters was soon realized and a dormitory for seventy women students was provided in 1902. The first housing for men came in 1903-1904 with the partitioning off of part of the women's dormitory. The addition of housing has been a constant goal at WMC. (Top) Students enjoyed the parlor in the first dormitory. (Center loft) In 1937 the present Women's Residence Halls were built. (Center right) Campus- Hall was added in 1919. (Right) Styles and interior decorations changed in the dining room and recreation hall which was built in 1921.

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The early administration at WMC realized that one of the foremost requirements of any sound educational institution is its reference materials. From the beginning a sizeable portion of the school's funds were set aside to supply library materials. The 180-volume library of 1897 has been expanded to the present 45,000-volume facility. This expansion reflects the interest that the administrators at Western have always taken in the improvement of facilities for future use. (Top) The first auditorium is now the site of the art gall and the music room. (Center) The first dormitory was c ploted in 1902. (Left) Students enjoyed th© home-like roc in the early dorms. (Below) in 1906 a new addition added to the first dormitory.

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The changing pace of today's world is impressively evident throughout the WMC campus as yesterdays make way for tomorrows in a myriad of cultural and technological evolutions. Geared to the challenge is a $3,200,-000 building program, now under way at Western and due for completion by 1969. Initiating the program was the construction of Clark Hall, a dormitory designed for 150 men. Clark Hall brings the total facilities for men to over 400. (Top) Home economics used to be an offered course. (Left) Laboratory work has always been an important part of much of Western's curriculum. (Below) The library was completed in 1925. (Bottom) In 1952 the new auditorium was completed. 7