The college grew quickly under Reid, who provided the campus with 10 years of stability and relative harmony. The school's first classes were held in rooms in the Gallatin County high school, and later that year in the shuttered Bozeman Academy (a private preparatory school). By the time Reid assumed the presidency of the college, the student body had grown so quickly that the college completely occupied the high school building. A vacant store on Main Street was also rented to provide additional classroom space. The college had long been promised of land on the south side of Bozeman, and the donation of land finally occurred in 1895. Under Reid, both the Agricultural Experiment Station (now known as Taylor Hall) and the Main Building (now known as Montana Hall) began construction in 1896. The agricultural building was the first to open, and both structures were occupied in 1898. To accommodate the rapid rise in enrollment, Reid also hired a large number of faculty. The university football team was established in 1897, and the college graduated its first four students that same year. The curriculum expanded into civil and electrical engineering in 1898.