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

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NINETEEN TWELVE (Dfttrrrs President .... YM. !. TKKMl'Elt. Vice-President .... IKKXK PIKDAU H Secretary-Treasurer - IKKNE C AKIl Colors: Brown and Blue Motto: Let us have peace, even if wc have to tight for it. i 0 t n r tj GENTLE wind rustled the trees of M. S. C.. September 12. 1907, as slowly and timidly small groups of Freshmen came into the old Hall to register. A week passed and plot and intrigue began. On the morning of September 18. as the first Freshman climbed the hill, a flag waved from the steeple of College 1 iall and the numerals 10 were conspicuous upon it. The first two lectures were not well attended that morning and after 10:30 a general holiday ensued. After hours of toilsome labor a hero of 'll climbed up the steeple and removed the disgraceful banner. Then a mighty battle started. Down through the stair and halls 10 and 11 fought and out near the electric laboratory a two hour struggle took place, the lTs retaining practically all of the flag. After this the Freshmen were more at home. A big party was held bv 11 at Martin’s hall. 10 came in a body and a joyous “scrap began. On the dark street 11 and 10 were locked in battle, 'file cops arrived with drawn “billies and the mob was slowly dispersed. 10 came back again and were cordially received by tlie guardians of the law. A resting place for the night was provided them at the city hall but 11 went in a body and secured tluir release. The next great occasion wa- the tug of war over the station “frog pond. A mighty cable was secured and stretched over the deep dark water. Twenty-six Freshmen versus twenty-six Sophomores. As the pistol cracked the great rope tightened and broke with the enormous strain. A new one was secured, being two inches in diameter and of finest Manila fibre. Again the pistol cracked and in ten minutes ’10 and 11 wasted 10.000 H. P. without either side gaining a victory. The class was reduced to forty at the beginning of the Sophomore year. In turn we nailed our flag to the highest point on the hall and tile 12’s with the aid of the faculty tore it down. Again a battle or. the campus and a rending of clothing. ’ll party and 12 visits in a body; the doors of Maxwell - hall not Page 29

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THE MONTANAN designed to resist great impact; only four ll's in the hall when '12 secures entrance by breaking in the doors; the arrival of the law saved the refreshments that night. Roundups,'' calculus and exams played havoc with the class and at the beginning of the Junior year only about thirty answered roll call. Mechanics. Higher Plane Curves and good positions took a few more. Our greatest undertaking during this year was the “Junior Annual ' Two of our number worked incessantly to make the annual a success and the result was the best “Montanan ever turned out. The Senior year found only twenty of the old class back, l ive more were added to this number, students who had either changed courses or had remained out a year. Our first class president and the editor of the 'll Montanan left the class in the middle of the Senior year, having accepted a good position in the Schlechten Studio. Only a third of the original class w ill bid adieu to M. S. C. in June 1911. WILLIAM ( U KEN TREMPEK. Helena High School, 03. Civil Engineering Miosis: Design of Reinforced Concrete Highway Bridge. President Senior Class, President Civil Engineers’ Society, Busi He-, Manager Engineering Annual, Foot-hall manager, Boosters. Arena. IK EXT MARY PI EDA LI'E, CL C. H. C., '07. Home Science. Thesis: Course of Study in Domestic Art for Secondary Schools. Vice-President Seniors, Vice-President Boosterines, Bachelors Maids, Arena, Home Economics, Reporter on Exponent. Page 30