Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn - Polywog Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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- W.. ...---- f. 1 - - I -: S A MESSAGE FROM DR. NICHOLS Mslrcli l, lfllS. Enrron, 1918 POLYWOG, MY DEAR SIR: The Corporation of the Polytechnic Institute acknowledges with pleasure the honor conferred by the Junior Class in dedicating to it the 1918 issue of the POLYWOG. It is not unmindful of the fact that such yearnbooks may be of very great value to the institution and are not issued simply for the amusement of the Class. It is sure that the motives are high, and that the good which the publication can do the Institute vvill be considered by the editors and their associates as the principal dividend which they will receive for their services. With this idea in view, I XVQIQOIHQ your invitation to Send a brief message to The Institute, Its Faculty, and Its Students, and in order not to run to too great a length I will confine 1ny thoughts to a single one. The members of the Corporation have made many sacrifices in the past in order that the Polytechnic might be what it is today. I regret that in doing this they have not been encouraged over 1nuch by concerted financial action of the alumni, and yet it is on these very alumni fits children, so to speakj that the Institute must depend for its future growth and efficiency. Of course, primarily, the best thing that an alumnus ca11 do is to lead a life which will reiiect credit on the institution, but in addition to this there is something he can do to help the institution concretely. Every student who leaves the institution pays only half what it costs to educate him. He should there- fore consider himself in debt at least for the other half. If he becomes very successful, he should have ambition to return much more than his debt, but it is hard for me to conceive of a graduate who will be so unsuccessful that he cannot at least make that good Within a reasonable time. Most educa.tional institutions have regular returns from graduating classes which form an extremely important part in the conduct of the institution. Is it too much to expect that the Class of 1919 shall early take cognizance of this great truth and take steps accordinglv? Other classes which have already gone forth from our halls may thereby be encouraged to take united action., i . Our message to the Faculty would be to go on as they have been doing. The work of its members has been of a high order and has been thoroughly appreciated by the Corporation. . The Corporation sends its cordial congratulations tothe Class of 1919 With the hope that every nieniber of it will make good. ' ' Very sincerely, I Qiqftgizedj Wm. II. Niwliols. i S

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