UM students keep traditions alive ahead of Foresters’ Ball
Students from the Alexander Blewett III School of Law steal Bertha the moose from the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation. (UM News Service photo)
MISSOULA – Kidnapping a mounted moose head comes with challenges. Just ask the students in the University of Montana’s Alexander Blewett III School of Law.
A small group of law students snuck into the forestry building on a cold night last week to steal Bertha, the mounted moose head hanging from the banister. The heist is a tradition that dates back to the 1930s and fuels a rivalry between UM’s law and forestry students.
The law students, wearing blazers and carrying rope and ratchet straps, surrounded Bertha and for a moment were stumped. Eventually, the students swung a rope around Bertha’s neck and lifted the large moose head off the banister and carried it down the staircase to a waiting getaway truck.
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