|
Gallatin County High School
The Gallatin County High School was organized in
1898, absorbing the Bozeman High School, and including pupils from
all parts of the county. It was held first in what was known as the
old Academy building on ground where the Holy Rosary Catholic Church
stands. The first Gallatin County High School building of ten rooms
was erected in 1901 and 1902, and an addition with a remodeling of
the old building was erected in 1914. G. B. Swan was the first
principal of the county high school.
The Bozeman Academy
The Bozeman Academy was opened in October 1872, by
the Rev. L. B. Crittenden and his daughter Mary Gertrude, in the
Good Templars' Hall, where the Episcopal Church now stands. Later,
the Academy occupied a building on West Main Street, continuing only
a few years.
Gallatin Female Seminary
Miss Gertrude Crittenden started the Gallatin Valley
Female Seminary in Bozeman in 1873, at a private residence. Later,
it was transferred to Hamilton where it was conducted for a few
years.
Holy Rosary School
The Holy Rosary School, under the supervision of the
Holy Rosary Catholic Church of Bozeman, was started in 1919, and has
pupils in all grades and high school, as well as a musical course.
The school has a group of specially prepared Sisters as teachers.
Schools in County
There are district high schools, as well as grade
schools in Belgrade, Manhattan, Three Forks and Willow Creek in
1932, pupils from some of the rural districts near these cities
attending, especially for the high school course, being transported
by busses. Manhattan has a separate high school building, and there
are substantial school buildings in all four of these cities. There
are now 69 active school districts in Gallatin County, with a number
of fine school buildings, including several two-room schools, some
with basements finished to provide for serving hot lunches.
Montana State College
Montana State College, one of the units of the
Greater University of Montana, was established at Bozeman in 1893,
through act of the third legislature of the state, the bill
introduced by C. W. Hoffman of Bozeman being signed by Governor J.
E. Rickards, February 16.
The State Board of Education, including Governor
Rickards, Attorney General Haskell, E. A. Steere, superintendent of
public instruction, members ex-officio, with Nelson Story of
Bozeman, Alfred Myers of Billings, T. E. Collins of Great Falls, R.
G. Young of Helena, James Reid of Deer Lodge, J. F. Forbis of Butte,
J. E. Morse of Dillon and J. M. Hamilton of Missoula, met in
Bozeman, March 21, 1893, and selected the present site of the
college, accepting a campus site of 40 acres donated by Nelson Story
and a farm of 160 acres given by citizens of Bozeman.
Luther Foster was temporary president when college
opened in the Bozeman high school building, April 17, 1893, and with
Prof. A. M. Ryon, the first president, college opened in September
in the old Academy building on Main Street, with 45 students in the
college course and 15 in preparatory. Dr. James Reid, second
president of the college, served from 1894 to 1904, when James M.
Hamilton became president and served 15 years. He then resigned and
became dean of men, being followed as president by Alfred Atkinson.
The cornerstone of the main building on the campus, now called
Montana Hall, was laid October 21, 1896. The first local executive
board appointed by the governor with advice and consent of the State
Board, included Walter Cooper, Peter Koch, Nelson Story and Gen. L.
S. Willson of Bozeman; E. H. Talcott of Livingston and George Kinkel
of Manhattan. |
