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

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A Good Idea Blossomed Into A Great Idea Somewhere along the line, someone had a good idea. Maybe it was the founding fathers of Montana State University (then known as the Agricultural College of the State of Montana ACSM): including such now familiar names as Story. Koch and Willson. Maybe it was one of the early college presidents Ryon, Reid. Hamilton. Atkinson. Strand. Maybe it was the first set of instructors, or the Board o Regents. Today we can only speculate as to where the “good idea” came from. But wherever the “good idea” had its beginnings, it has proven over the years to be a great idea. Putting an institute of higher learning in Bozeman not only benefitted the immediate locale of th Gallatin Valley, it benefitted the entire state. Montana students could gain a degree within the border:

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table of contents introduction .....................4 features ........................12 entertainment ...................34 reading writin’, ’rithmatic .....76 blood, sweat tears ...........118 diversions .....................150 faces in the crowd .............204 herds, flocks, gaggles .........230 friends, Romans, countrymen . 262 index ..........................296

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In Bozeman of Montana, specializing in Montana’s indiginous problems and djupBtic hardships. IK The older buildings on campus have observed many changes. M fciew faces. Accelerating paces. Kut a flavor of the original ACSM still seasons the air on the campu gjfiontana State University’s ability So incorporate old with new, historic with modern, traditional wit|ffpvolutionary, makes the ‘‘good idea capable of becoming a ‘‘great idea”. £Sr A sense of pride, you could call it. Dignity. Grace. Endurance. Alfteat idea. by Anderson. Sanders and Publications News Services