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Western Montana College of Education Turns 1890s Millstone Into Pride
Dillon’s Western Montana College of Education traces its growth from the 1890s Normal School origins to a modern campus including main building residence halls library and gym with pool. It has educated 4214 two year diploma holders since 1898 and 380 four year degreers since 1931, and long carried accreditation from national bodies. The article recalls early meetings led by B F White and R B Smith proposing Dillon as the Athens of the West with land grants and bond funding enabling construction of a Gothic brick campus begun Sept 18 1895.
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Western Montana College of Education
State Normal School
Montana State Normal College
Tana
Superintendent of Public
Ulations
State Board of Education
American Association of Colleges For Teacher Education
Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools
Dillon
Eliel
B. F. White
Territorial
Montana
Normal Schools
The
Normal
Twin Bridges
Normal College
Normal School
Frank Eliel
W. M. Oliver
Poindexter
Orr
Missoula
C. Sutter
J. C. Paulsen
Helena
Examiner
Montana Street