MONTANA UNIVERSITY Lewis and Clark County

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Lewis and Clark County

MONTANA UNIVERSITY
The University opened for the first term on September 1890 with forty-four
enrolled students.  The Rev. R.E. Smith secured 235 acres of valuable land
for $15,000.  The building, situated on the electric road near Helena, had
the foundation of stone of its fine college laid in 1889.  In 1890 the
building was completed.  It is 110' x 140', has five stories including a
basement and an attic and is furnished throughout.  The culinary department
and heating apparatus are in the basement, reception and assembly rooms are
on the first floor, and students are housed on the floors above.  A supply
of excellent water is abundant and three bathrooms, on different floors,
are furnished with hot and cold water.

The ladies apartments are entirely separate from those of the gentlemen.
Young ladies and gentlemen meet in the recitation room, dining hall and at
socials in which the professors participate.  The whole building is heated
by hot water.  The walls are of brick and granite and the building as a
whole is a most substantial and beautiful piece of architecture.  The
electric railroad stops at University Place.

Trustees:
Wilber F. Sanders, President
Richard Lockey, 1st Vice President
Rev. Jacob Mills, 2nd Vice President
James V. Sanders, secretary
Fred Gamer, treasurer
Rev. W.W. Van Orsdell
Rev. William Rollins
J.J. Ayleswood
Goerge King
J.E. Richards
F.P. Tower
Rev. Frank E. Brush
Wilber F. Sanders
John W. Thompson
H.L. Hamilton
Mrs. H.H. Barnes
Joseph Scott
Massena Bullard
James Maulden
W.H.H. Dickerson
A.G. Clark
W.A. Chessman
Peter Winnie



Faculty:
F.P. Tower, teaches ethics, psychology and philosophy
Osmer Abbott, A.B., teaches modern languages, Latin and English
J.C. Templeton, B.S., teaches science and mathematics
Mrs. M.S. Cummins, preciptress, teaches modern languages, Latin and English
Miss Laura Fitch, common English
Miss Mary Jackman, shorthand and typing
M. Francis Nunvar, piano, violin, organ and harmony
Miss Bessie Stevens, vocal music
Miss Mary C. Wheeler, art director and instruction 
Rev. T.V. Moore, English Literature
J.J. Luser, M.D., hygiene
Rev. J. Wesley Hill, special topics
Prof. R.G. Young, didactics
Rev. F.E. Brush, special topics
Chaplain C.C. Bateman, special topics


History of the State of Montana, by Joaquim Miller, Lewis Publishing
Company, 1894