BUTTE - Montana Technological University started right here in these old buildings known as the Montana School of Mines. This fall the Butte university is celebrating 125 years of growth and change.

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“I thought it was a quality institution when I came to it. It’s still a quality institution,” said retired Montana Tech staffer Doug Coe.

Coe worked as an instructor and staff member at Tech for 37 years. Beginning in 1981, he’s seen many changes in that time.

“Tech has gotten bigger and they’re a little more diverse, which is a good thing, because at one time they were a little too reliant on a small number of degrees,” said Coe.

When the school’s Main Hall opened in 1900 as Montana School of Mines it only offered degrees in mining and electrical enginee

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