University Horse Riding Stables

Cloningers Appointed to Manage U Stables, Teach Equitation Lewis A. Cloninger and his wife, Ethel Fay Cloninger, have been appointed to the staff of Montana State University to manage the University stables and to teach courses in equitation, President Carl McFarland announced. Lawrence Hauck, North Lima, Ohio, will be their Read More

Early Missoula Community and UM Theater

Revival of Community Drama Here Recalls Daniel Bandmann and Old-Time Amateurs [1951] Missoula’s first community drama presentation since early in the century goes on the boards of the Simpkins Little theater Wednesday, starting a four-day run. “You Can’t Take It With You,” the Broadway hit by George S. Kauffman and Read More

“No Joke” – Equal Suffrage at U of M in 1912

No Joke – Equal Suffrage at U of M in 1912 College Students For Equality Equal Suffrage Club Organized At The University of Montana Only one incident marred the otherwise complete success which attended the first meeting of the University Equal Suffrage club yesterday afternoon, and that incident occurred before Read More

Local Treasures – 1936

Local Treasures – Missoulian 8/10/1936 University’s “Treasures” Will Have Real Home When Journalism Building on Campus Is Finished When the new journalism building on the campus of Montana State University is opened in the fall of 1937, the University’s “treasures” will at last have a home – a place where Read More

U of M’s Colorful Boxing History

M Club Meet Has Colorful History Boxers who tangle in the M Club tournament as an extra feature of Interscholastic Friday night will be vying for the Billy Merritt Memorial trophy, to be awarded to an outstanding competitor for the fifth time. From 1926 through 1952 the M Club awarded Read More

Dr. Harold Chatland – Mathmatics Professor and “Hockey Ace”

Dr. Harold Chatland – Mathmatician & “Hockey Ace” MISSOULA – Harold Chatland, who died last Monday after a brief illness, was born in 1911 in Hamilton, Ontario, to Sarah Hewitt Chatland and Albert Chatland. He graduated from McMaster University in 1934 with degrees in mathematics and physics. His Ph.D. followed Read More

Prof. Robert Sibley – Started U of M ‘Singing on the Steps’

Prof. Sibley Accepts U Invitation to Homecoming – Founder of “Singing on the Steps” Prof. Robert Sibley, Berkeley, Calif., Montana State University faculty member from 1903 to 1907 and founder of one of MSU’s oldest and best-known traditions, will return to the campus for the first time in many years Read More

University Golf Course Clubhouse Was Infirmary

University Golf Clubhouse Has “Medical” Background – (1939) Don’t be alarmed if, on any hot day when you are basking in the shade of the university golf course clubhouse, you suddenly detect a faint aroma of ether, cough medicine or the like. It is just a lingering remembrance of the Read More