Montana State University - Sentinel Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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ADMINISTRATION OFFICERS The Sc-ntintl isfur- RjUt hifttcil-J- and full nf information. But it con- tains moro information than just facta. As hi i»he t crit i dim bn gleaned manj, ' truths from I ndian lejrends, no may your own mature analysis [»lean many truths about yourselves from the perusal of this book in 1 4G. Sounds like a long time ahead, but 1906 dues DJ f i-n i M lone ago to me. It is my hope that this book may preserve for you some of the youth - ' mI upiril of your pres- ent days. Charles IT. Clanp t President. In an am-ient Book is a ir|M rt ttf a. cnnlniYer- sy of the Loffd before the Mountains. The con- clusion of that contro- reay is my raMHjte t« The it»2ft Sentinel. Hp hath shewed thee, O man, what is jroodi ;l ill I W ! .; i C iinl li in- l.i Kt require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy - ' : Melvtn A. Branrwn, Chancellor, l ' «ui ' ' . :iyiri K , hay hy day in every way I §m L ' t ' ltinR better and beti ' M ' . ouild have been snid by the State University during the t hi ity-une years since its doors opened. This, in spite of the many vicissitudes through which the in- stitution has had to pass from time to time — trials which loomed lanrc when they arrived, but always the Univer- sity has become stron- ger and belter by them — Thm University of 3l H ' il:isiJi ' .;in hut ■!; . ' Frederick r. Scheuvh, Vive President, Budget-Polity Commiitw I ' |i :itW nHf I ' v I I.HTKKH JESSE Si.iM (ri: 1.1 rt Mkkriix 1 ' iTii.ur fHttrifftn ' ittiftif t ' lmnttittfr Row Fhkuji.VN S| ' .vii,[hm: Si ' iii:i:ini:i; Ki.imw JsbSe Mi:iEitn.i. Skuuan i:i sou I A I GHTEK8 I.KII ' IE SIM '

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CAMPUS LORE Montana ' campus is rich in the traditions of an early day. The site of the thriving: University, its buildings grouped artistically at the foot of old Mount Sentinel, has a history romantic and unique among the annals of American colleges. Its situation on the eastern rim of the basin which the first white settlers knew as Hell Cale Ronde the ancestral domain of Chief Victor and his Selish tribes, makes it one of the important spots in the building up of the state. At the southern post of Hell Gate Canyon lies the University campus. The name of the famous pass, so incongruous with its natural beauty, is traceable to the experience of the early Selish (misnamed Flathead) occupants of the valley. The canyon, as well as affording an eastern gateway into Missoula valley, was the one available route to the exten- sive plains of the Black foot country where larj-rc herd of buffalo ran in the summer and autumn months. Both Blockfeet anil Flatheads looked upon the skins and meat of these animals as the natural gifts of the Great Spirit to them alone. Each tribe was stubborn in the belief that the privilege to hunt U| oii these plains was, theirs by ancestral right. Although the Flatheads were justified in their belief by early prece- dent, the Blackfeet had managed to obtain from the Astor trading posts firearms to which Chief Victor ' s warriors could oppose only their bows and arrows and their unflinching outrage. The Blackfeet, ever cowardly and treacherous, and having the natural advantage of greater tmifiU ' rs. were wont to ambush on the eastern slopes of Jumbo when they knew their enemies to be starting on a hunt. Cruel conflicts which ensued caused Indians lo name the country round about — it was near the conflu- ence of the Rattlesnake and the Missoula rivers— Mn-i-sul-ctiku, which means at the stream of ambush. This minn 1 the- Hudson Bay men aj - plied to the Canyon in the picluivsrpie and more vigorous French phrase Porte lie 1 ' Knfer U lull ' s Gate). Thf English significance has flung to the pass and was, for many years, the name of the first actual white .settle- ment of Missoula Valley. The river, flowing through the canyon and the city, ill its mouth retain the name Missoula. which leather Pulladid has traced to it-s Indian source — Mn-i-subetiku. Before the days of transcontinental and electric railroads, Htdl Gate Canyon was singularly beautiful. An early description calls it The Canyon of Wild Roses ' for it was arched in places with sprays of the wild brier. The trail, itself, easily traversed save for a narrow passage or two, led through a splendid forest unbroken for miles.

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A I ) M I NI STRATI ON OFF1 CERS The U n i ve r - i t y L a ri inspiration, an opportu- nity is one of the old slojr ns handed down to US. The inapirat i ■ i ■ • i • pends upon the student; but even the rule and U-|n ' n. ' l ihi- 4 .f- fiiH ' n, on- intended 1 make the opportunity knock A littk- louder. J. B. Speer, Business Manager. Hegiatrav The c»rHJH-l whr.-h f have formed with young men and women from all over the state of Montana during my five years ' experience as I) fan of Women have convinced me Hurt ths most prorniainjr invest- ment of the people of :his .»u js ir.s firend-r University. Harriet II. Scdmnn, Dean of Women. The Sum- Tiiivn-rsity hclonjrx to all Montan- »ns, present and fu- ture- It is intrusted to us for a few years and we pass it on — a belter or 11 poorer place. Its bWMftti, not only to u but to those who come after, arc dependent on the exercise of our Loy- alty, intelligence and industry here and now. Richard IT, ..li ' ssv. Datn of -Men. CurrieuUttn Committee I ' i:i:smh: t II, I ' i.ut, rtti: ht.AMS or S.u s, i : ilKTBAB, fu.uicMEX or Ma.km: I )i:i-akt vkstm Ctitttptt ( a lopnutti ffdifttntitee li V l A M GlOOQ KlltKlViMl[ ( Si ' A 1 1 r.i »i n ; S w BA it i m . i ; n .I fhirtifx Committee 6 ISaXtKH SWU I.Mxi; W K Si KW A irl ' J E SK