Montana State University - Sentinel Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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, .,...-, ,.,,.,,- , ,-., D ,,,. - , ,,.'-' 'x,K , , Q X , XX t. if ',II'l,.lE SE ' fx ' , . g.,t,,.,, ,Q ,K 1 Mm N E A -mm ,, Umym , , ,, ., Y ......,,-......x...,...,...... ......-,..........---7 1 P R E S S I O N S We 'ln the fulfillment of my promise for these few para- graphs, it seems appropriate to make this brief record of certain of my impressions groxviiig out of the observa- tions and experiences of the first months in Montana. Foremost of these impres- sions is that of the enthusi- asm, the good fellowship, and the energy of the students in the University. Close to this is that of the spirit of conse- cration on the part of the teaching' staff to the work and welfare of the institution, All the more marked are , these characteristics of students and faculty when one takes careful account of the many pressing' material lacks of the 'Uni- versity d e p a 1' t in e u t and schools. More adequate sal- aries with which to retain and secure superior teachers are indispensable. XX d d i t i on al buildings to contain properly equipped laboratories, li- ,.,,,M,,,, pl ,,:,A,4,,,,,-T braries and other facilities for educational work are demand- ed. 'DOl'lllitUl'lCS for men, as well as for women, must be erected in order to give proper living' accommodations to the rapidly increasing' number of students. For all of these needs, so self-evident to those who know the situation, more monev must be provided in the immediate future in order that the University may fulfil. even reasonable expectations and be fully deserving' of educational respect within the state and without the state. livery day l' have spent at the University has caused me to wonder how so much could have been done with so little, and in the face of so many obstacles. The outlook, though, is now most encouraging: Among the many needs of the 'University there appears to be yet another and more essential one: all the more important because it cannot be met directly by the expenditure of money. lfor the want of a better and more precise Word, 'I' shall call the thing' needed loyalty. The loyalty T have in mind is not to be identified or confused with the bubbling. evanescent, noisy, pleasant, and withal, valuable activities that the college world I'ag'e Twelve

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'x... ..,.. i, X Lifl'lgAiSE H, 4 srl fs X 1- y . 1 fy .- w ,,, ' lilwi -' W-'lH-.,.,,, ,.J- . .- .'-NN-in A Lak- V M, 1 1 JIIIIlllIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIlllllIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIIIIllIllIlIIIIiIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIlIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIllllllIII!IIIlllllIIIllIIII1llll!IIillllllllllIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllll GREETING! l llli State University has just passed its twenty- lirst year and stands at the threshold of a bright- er and more settled future. Like the wanderer who stops on his way following a beaten track or walk- ing through the wilderness, you, the students of the University, have been pursuing your object-education -and you are still seeking your goal. You have come to another milestone where, stopping for a moment, you wipe the perspiration of endeavor from your brow and survey the path traveled during your college years. The sun has not reached its meridian with you and you look forward along the path that. winding up the mountain side, loses itself in the misty future. The day will COINC when, glancing backward, you will see the points of your journey individualized by some ex- ceptional efforts made by you: the bridges you have crossed and steep inclines traversed. This is the jour- ney of a day, but it is also the journey of life. You are in the prospect today. May you all, when you reaeh the retrospect, see along your way a vision here. a gleam of sunlight there. and a Hash of storing but may you see more llowers blossoming through your kind- ness, more sunlight through your good deeds and hear more songs than sorrows. lyl ay the touch of your hand be kindness, the flash of your eye love. and may your hearts remain unchanged-filled with the happiness of youth. Acting President. lllllIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIlIIIllllIllIIIIIIIllIIlllIIIIiIIlllIIIIIIIlIIlllIIIIlIIIIIllIllIIllIlilllIIllIIIIiIlllIIIll!IIIIllIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIIIIIlllllIIIIIllllllIIIIllIIIlllIlIlIIIIIillllIIIIIlilllllllllllllllllllmi

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f H , , Xu ..--.., ,,.--'Ns ...U . --- -X jf- 7'-f ,, , S X z N M-q,'QttL' 't i A 'Tl-IE: SE l ' i hi .1 r ..f .i :gr W . ' L, ' is-ttlttgeittit usually recognizes as spirit. The common or garden variety of college spirit has its chief satisfactions in the marginal, the accidental and the too often transient features of the daily life of an educational institution. llecausc it is playful it adds a little vagrant joy to the students existence. We need to conserve, to develop, and to direct a proper college spirit. College spirit as we now have it is founded on play. 'lfhe loyalty l have in lllllltl is based upon work. It means a comprehension by every student of the underlying ideal for which the University exists: the ideal that prompted the lylontana pio- neers to build the University into the permanent foundations o-f the state. lt means the development of sound and distinctive traditions of student conduct, and of high standards of various acctmmplishments. To be loyal, a student body must give evidence that the University has impressed its intellectual, social, and academic individuality upon the personality of every one of its members. NVe need in Montana today the development of a student attitude of mind that will cause each young man and woman admitted to the University to become possessed of a sense of personal responsibility: that he is in the University, not alone to be benefited, but to confer benehts as well: that the institution will be better and stronger for his having been a student: that he must help to raise the standard of the serious work of the University. That student whose feeling of regard for the University is measured in terms of athletic prowess or of personal enjoyment is wholly lacking in that thing we call genuine loyalty. Above all the University needs today a body of graduates who carry loyalty outside of the institution. llefore we may possess a strong, vigorous alumni organization, the members of which look back with affection and reverence for the institution that gave them intellectual life, professional skill and moral responsi- bilities, we must have a strong, loyal body of students: loyal not for themselves, but for the future of the institution which holds so much in store for this state. We of Montana are rich in the treasure of youth. That youth is the priceless capital fr-om which will be returned men and women whose loyalty to the ideals of college will be transformed into service for the ideal of the commonwealth. N 4 w hm I 5 Xi Nt 9' 5 440- Q Q 363 .aim Rip izo Gsiyev 4 in f ww 'gli El W' 'li' ia' E ef ef r 1 l':lg'c 'lllllI'll'l'lI