Montana State University - Sentinel Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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l Dean T. C. Spaulding SCHOOL OF FORESTRY The School of Forestry, developed from a Govern- ment Ranger school in 1909 to a part of the State University in 1910 and established by the state legis- lature in 1913, includes students from almost every state in the union in its enrollment. An under- graduate course of four years allows specialization in the various forestry branches, and a graduate course leads to the degree of Master of Science. The Forestry club, composed of students and fac- ulty members of the School of Forestry, has the distinction of being the wealthiest in the world, due principally to the large student loan fund it spon- sors. Much of this capital is proht derived from the Foresters' ball, the only dance of its kind in the world. One of the two big projects of the past year was the establishment of the arboretum in the forestry nursery. lt extends from the new tennis courts down ,lohn's avenue to the Kirkwood Memorial grove, and includes fifteen different species of trees native to this country as well as important exotics from foreign countries. The other project includes experimental work up Pattee Canyon in the Lolo National forest. where fifteen hundred acres were loaned to the School of Forestry by the United States Forest Service for experimental purposes. VVith the help of Recon- struction Finance Corporation labor, fifteen sample plots have been established for experiment in Douglas fir and XVestern Yellow Pine stands. This work is under the supervision of Professor Fay G. Clark. Since fall quarter Dean T. C. Spaulding has been on leave of absence, and Professor I. XV. Cook has been taking his place as acting dean. T251

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i DeLoss Smith SCHOOL OF MUSIC Four men and two women now compose the staff of the School of Music, in contrast to the time of its founding in l9l3 when DeLoss Smith, now dean. was at once instructor of voice, sight singing and ear training, director of the glee clubs and orchestra, and teacher of public school music courses. Mrs. Smith was oflicial accompanist and instructor of organ and in addition there was a teacher of piano. Instruments courses have been added recently in wood winds and brass, under the direction of Stanley Teel, who joined the staff this year and is also director of the Grizzly band. There are also new classes in strings, including violins, violas and cellos. Recitals have been given this year by the XVomen's Glee club, the Choral society,-recently organized to include both men and women,-John Crowder, piano instructor, and the State University Symphony or- chestra, under the direction of Professor A. H. Wfeis- berg, besides the other programs sponsored by the School of Music. Rock of Liberty, Pilgrim's Ode by Rossetti G. Cole, given during the spring at the high school audi- torium, included a chorus of 90 voices from the Mic-n's and XVomen's Glee Clubs and the Missoula Choral society, under the direction of Dean Smith, and was distinctive among the events of the year. Membership of Sigma Alpha Iota, women's national music fraternity, is made up of juniors and seniors who have shown outstanding ability. Two hundred fifty people are now taking music in some form. l24l

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Dean A. L. Stone SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM 'Professor Carl Holiday of the Department of English taught the Iirst journalism course at the State University, but A. l,. Stone, present dean, officially opened the School of Journalism in l9l4 by borrowing tents from the Fort Missoula commandant and setting them up over night, unknown to anyone. About fifteen students enrolled, and the canvas class- rooms achieved fame, for their pictures were printed in newspapers all over the country. Later a small room was obtained by enclosing an old bicycle shed. used until the state constructed a new Shack, After the World VVar, the school moved to its present location in Marcus Cook hall, then the war barracks. Today it is a class A institution, including in its curriculum courses in all forms of news and edi- torial writing, advertising and printing. The School of Journalism now owns its own print- ing shop, and its greatest growth in the past year has been in the printing laboratory. New pieces of machinery, type, linotype magazines and matrices have been added recently, as well as additional laboratory courses. The Montana Kaimin, campus newspaper published twice a week, is edited entirely by student journalists. The Press Club is open to all students in the school, while Sigma Delta Chi, men's international profes- sional fraternity, and Theta Sigma Phi, women's national honorary, bids students of distinction in the held. The teaching staff includes four members. During the past year, extended outside contacts have been made, and more than ten thousand inches of general university news have been sent out through the School of Journalism. tzoi