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

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DEAN OF AGRICULTURE The State College, located on an alluvial bench, and surrounded by a beautiful park of lawn, trees and shrubs, commands a broad view of one of the richest farming areas in Montana, extending for many miles and backed on every side by mountains, grass covered, topped with conifers, and on the highest peaks covered with perpetual snows. Truly a magnificent setting for a College of Agriculture. The mountains are nature’s reservoirs that supply the irrigation systems which water the valley farms, while on their foot hills abundant crops are obtained from the rains which condense as the clouds climb the mountain slopes. As we travel into the mountain canyons in the spring time, what is more beautiful than the rushing mountain streams, the new grass and flower cover of the rolling hills, or the freshness of the mountain fir, spruce and pines? While with the first frost of the fall, the foliage of the mountains change to brilliant crimson and gold, backed by the brown of the grass and the deeper color of the evergreens. All these things are within from five to twenty-five miles of every student, whether he desires to walk or go by horse or auto. This abundance and richness of nature should appeal to every sense of material need or pleasure and inspire an earnest desire to likewise excel in the preparation for the work of life which the College affords.

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THE DEAN OF MEN About fifty years ago the rapid building of railroads in the United States so radically changed the habits of our people that we became the greatest travelers in the world. Now for the second time the automobile and good roads have revolutionized the habits of the American people. We have built and are operating motor vehicles in such numbers that the whole population is literally living the out-door life. Where are these millions going? What is the loadstone that will attract them? Beautiful scenery undoubtedly has the strongest pull. These tourists are out to enjoy themselves. They are seeking the thrill of variety in the clear bubbling trout streams, the majesty of the snowcapped mountain, the fragrance of a carpet of flowers, the excitement of wild animal life. Such attractions are to be found only in the big, open West. Montana is fortunate in having more than its share of scenic attractions. Extending from the Great Plains on the east, over the Continental Divide, to the head waters of the Pacific, there is no kind of scenery lacking. Flanked on the south by the only real wonderland, the geyser land of the Yellowstone, and on the north by the Switzerland of America, the Glacier National Park, there is absolutely no call for scenic beauty that Montana can not satisfy. 1

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DEAN OF ENGINEEERING The theme, “Scenic Montana,” is a welcome invitation to pause and take time for contemplation. We are prone to consider scenic beauty only as it may revive the spirit through recreation or feed the soul through inspiration. These spiritual benefits “Scenic Montana” offers in abundance to all who possess the capacity of appreciation. In addition, it presents to the engineer the inspiration to high endeavor, the far-seeing vision to plan, and the challenge to dare. In glaciers and eternal snows, in mountain lakes and rivers, he may see waters to be fed to the fertile valleys and plains. In the secret depths of the mountains and upon their timbered slopes he may find in abundant variety the materials of construction and of industry. In mountain pass or deep crevasse he may find a challenge to his constructive skill. And so, in gratitude for the material and spiritual bounty of “Scenic Montana” we may well say with the psalmist: “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.”