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

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THE MONTANAN Jntrniiurtxnn OURIXGthe course of its four years of existence.the junior annual. The Montanan, has come to fill an important place in the institution. To it is devoted a great deal of time and attention with the purpose of providing students and facult) with a history of the varied activities of the college. This history, if confined to a dry statement of facts, would be intolerable, and so the institution known as the annual has grown to be featured principally with pictures and scenes connected with the life of the year past In preparing this volume an effort has been made to profit by the experience of the predecessors in the field. The tireless work performed by those who have had charge of previous editions should bear and has borne fruit by making possible a stead) improvement up to this time. Probably the most conspicuous changes which should make for a more interesting volume have been in the shortening of the articles on class and society history, the introduction of a more detailed account of athletic activities, the recognition of the remarkable growth in literary activity, and the presentation of the names of those in the various group pictures. For the stranger the last named innovation, or rather, extension of former policy, is probably the most important. A sea of faces with no means of identification is little less than confusing to the ordinary observer and this has led to the adoption by many of the annuals published in the country, of the policy of presenting the names with the pictures. W hether or not the athletic activities of a given year have been universally successful, it is always interesting to have a brief account' of the different games and of the causes which contributed to success or defeat. Relieving in the truth of the above statement, the annual this year presents such summaries, with the schedule of results in addition. To devote all the space and attention to the athletic events would be unfair under any conditions, but doubly so when it is considered that more rapid strides have been made in other lines this year than ever before Owing to this expansion and growth, opportunity is offered for making more of a feature out of debating, speaking, and other literary efforts. Probably the feature of former editions which has commanded least attention has been the history of the societies and classes. This is a necessary part of the book, and total neglect of it would result dis- P a g e 10