Rocky Mountain College - Yellowstone / Poly Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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SOME POLLY STUDENT GROUPS

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land demonstration farm of six acres is also to be a part of the work of the institute. The agricultural work is to be carried on by students and it is expected that next year's dining tables will be well supplied with all varieties of vege- tables. THE FUTURE.-As the first year closes the Polytechnic has promise of better equipment, a new shop building, a gymnasium, and at least two new dormitories with which to open the second year. The enrollment will no doubt reach the three hundred mark next fall, new courses will be offered and a number of new teachers will be added to the faculty. We are sure that next year's annual will tell the story of marked progress for the Institute. 'The first year of the Polytechnic's history is recorded. It has been a strenuous year indeed, full of severe trials and testings. Many lessons have been learned which will help to make the school stronger and better in the coming years. This first year was necessary if the Institute was to have a beginning, and as an initial year we are satisfied that the futiire historian will give it credit for being a most important period in the life of the school. What the future has in store for the Billings Polytechnic Institute only time can tell with cer- tainty, but those who stand nearest to its plans and possibilities predict that it is to be the great- A Cosy Nook on the Campus. est institution of learning of the Northwest. The prediction is based upon the facts of its wonderful beginning: its many strong friends, its unique and popular foundation principles, and its location at the center of a great coming empire with every promise of a marvelous de- velopment. A great future for the Polytechnic can only be assured, however, by the unswerving loyalty of all connected with its affairs. Laying aside petty annoyances and personal feelings, students and faculty must unite to make this new insti- tution of learning one of the strongest schools of the country. The glory of its success will be shared by every graduate and old student in the coming days, and the brightness of this glory will grow as the sons and daughters of the institute increase in number and influence and remain faithful to their Alma Mater. ..aiulf' UNION DEPOT, BILLINGS.

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First Commencement of the Polytechnic HE. BILLINGS POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE will have five graduates this year-Emory Mudd and Otis Mudd of Fishtrap, Montanag John R. Jones of Whitehall, Miss Ruth Carl- ton of Deer Lodge and Miss Ruth Wheatley of Huntley. K This class of young folks has been laboring diligently throughout the year and it is the belief of the faculty that it will be hard to find a new school, whose lirst graduates are as cap- able as are the members of this class. Four of the class complete the regular course the pre- liminary work having been done in Western Montana under the Professors Eaton before coming to establish the Polytechnic. Miss Ruth Wheatley finishes the normal course. Commencement week will take place May 22 to 27. During that week will be gala services at the school, including an able address by the State Governor, the laying of the corner stone for the Losekamp industrial hall and for other buildings, which will be ready for the students the coming fall. Regular diplomas will be granted the graduates and they will long be cherished as the first to be given by the Billings Polytechnic Institute. SQ, WW Address of Class President--Miss Ruth Carlton ITHIN a few short weeks our lives as students of the Billings Polytechnic Institute will be ended and we will leave Alma Mater to step unto an unknown future. . The months we have spent in these walls have left a deep impression upon our mind that will be called back in after years, we know not how often. There have been times when everything went wrong and it seemed we could not go on. But we must forget these moments and remember only the brighter side of our life here. The days will seem like a dream-a dream from which we will not want to be awakened. In school we have formed many intimate ties and it is hard to realize the time has come when they must be broken. Commencement day is looked forward to eagerly as the beginning of our life work, but it is the breaking of our school ties. It is then we realize how closely we are bound to one another, how much we have in common. Although our paths may branch and lead us far from here we will al- ways have the memory of the days within these halls fresh in our minds. As a mother eagle puts her young out of the home nest to test their wings so are we to try our wings for the first time. ls it to be success or failure. Suc- cess we all hope. To THE BOARD or TRUSTEES.-AS we leave these buildings and step into the future we realize how much you have made it possible for us to be here. Through your belief in this young school, through your encouragement in time of dark despair, for the time and money spent in our interest and welfare we are deeply grateful. We realize how heavily you have been taxed to give us this opportunity and we appreciate the honor of being the first class to graduate' from this institution. As time rolls by and the graduating class increases in num- ber each year, we hope the members will ap- preciate this as much as we, the first class, do. To OUR DIRECTORS AND THE FACULTY. -To you we give many thinks. Through your