Montana State University - Sentinel Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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Ikvix W, Cook Tn die year hml j , ;i ranger school was eHtablisiied at the University or i Km tana hv the Government. Mr. Steel , now Professor in the Forestry School w:ts sit the head of I In- Imager School ami had sis Ink il sistatit, I r. Kii kw ouii. Foresii-y School chisses at this time were held in a little room in the attic of Main Hull with an attendance of seven student . The Stale Legislature created the School of Forestry in 1!H4. i ' rofessor Skeels secured $:ii JIIH» from the jjmorn- ment and built a shack far the Fort-Kiev School, which is dow ill A. s. I . H. Store, , The liiili- shark served well seven years. Wirl» the. in- crease of forestry students, the course dcmuiided a larger and batter building and in l! JI one if the finest forestry buildings tn the West was Imilt.

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AsiOCiate Proftitsortt AMistaitt Prt fc r r Ri;doi.7TT 0. Hoffmax Locisr. . Arnoldson B. K. Thomah Instructor Mrs, Flora Weis ebc Mm. Eva McKenzie Met a Peterson 1 ELMB KMtNOFJt HRt.F.K Terry In 1895,, the year of tlie organist ion of the University, Modem Languages were offered in connection with the de- partment of engineering Frederick C Scbeuch, now vice- juvsidHtt i f ih« miivfi ' silv. inking Huii e ' Imth depart Illl ' lltS. Two degrees were then offered : one in Modern Lan- -un-rs. llie mlirv in Aiu-ienl L;ui.u im es nf wliieli William . 1, Aber vvsiM professor. At his death in 1H18. tlie Ancient I .manage department wsis discontinued until W, l dark came in 1921. The departments then merged into one and 3i dcjjiw iii Foreign Languages was u r U v ], At (He order of f lie Council of Defense, the study of Cn»r- man was discontinued in V.ill. A huge bonfire destroyed textbooks and reference books of the language. Fortunately, a good tierman library was not destroyed. Two years ago 1 1n- si inly id ' i MTLiinu « ;is rex ived.

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GEOLOGY ?rofe or$ JasiHB P. Sowe Chairman C AiUtg II. Clapp J. P. BOWS Chairman J. P. Bowi Organizer Assistant I ' roffuMr Jons H, Braih,ky, Jb. Rdyle Howe Geology :ii Montana i» under I lit? supervision of expert authorities. Dr. Jesse P. Howe and Dr. Charles 11. Clapp have both done research work along geological lines, and have improved I lie department by adding to its supplies and collet-lions each yew. The department o|»cncd on heeciidier l. ' i, 11100 with l r. Rowe, present chairman, at (lie head. Fifteen students at- tended (he first class which wjis held in iwu moms in 1 lie Pharmacy building. The department now has over two hundred students taking Geotogy. and ten s|Knial students majoring in Hie c -sc. Tin ' Geology department has ;i large number of supplies, which it keeps en]|e ting and adding to each year; either by purchase, exchange or research work. Missoula is a rii-h territory in Geologic deposits and of- fers a wonderful opportunity, both to the Instructor and the student, to study in practical work of the Geologic field.