MONTANA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS, made one of the component parts of the Uni versity of Montana in 1913, founded in 1893, is located at Bozeman. It was endowed by a land grant of 140,000 acres, of which 41,543 acres have been sold, the cash and deferred payments amounting to $668,637.50. This draws interest. The number of students in 1917-18 was 789-382 men and 407 women. Several hundred additional students were en rolled in the short courses for farmers and their wives, and ministers. The total number of instructors, not including Experiment Sta tion workers and members of the extension service, was 66. The alumni numbered 353. The State Experiment Station, with its di rector and staff of workers, is connected with the college. The college receives the benefit of the Federal land grants of 1862 and 1890, an also State and Federal appropriations. The income in 1918 was, for the college, $241,668; for the station, $106,250; for extension service, $93,023. The total endowment fund from land
grants amounted to $680,250. The college course is offered under several groups: the College of Agriculture, the College of Engi neering, College of Applied Science, College of Household and Industrial Arts, School of Home Economics, School of Agriculture, School of Music and Vocational Education. The degree of Bachelor of Science is given for the completion of the various courses, and graduate work is offered. Short courses are offered in some lines of work. Farmers' Week brings several hundred people for intensive work. Ministers' Week has brought together nearly 50 each year. The buildings are modern and of permanent construction, and include the Main Hall, Hamilton Hall (dormitory for women), Agricultural Hall, Chemistry (new), Drill Hall and Engineering, with many smaller buildings and barns for experimental and lab oratory work.