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

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Poly Peaks ' E The Chapel Administration Building

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POLY WCG '18 The Dawn of the Greater Polytechnic AS SEEN BY A STUDENT Yea, the Greater Poly! The Greater Poly, friend, is a great big idea, conceived some years ago, inspired by the most unself- ish of motives, planned and furthered to victory over all obstacles, and finally materialized ill the Year of Uur Lord, 1917. The who and the how of this project make an interesting story of accomplishment. l'll tell it to you as 1 saw it acted, even though 1 perhaps saw only the last part of the show. h p h As a Freshman here at Tech, in 1915, 1 first heard those words, the Greater Poly. Occasionally 1 saw them in print-in the '4Reporter -and on more seldom intervals I had heard some penetrating, far- sighted prophet utter them with that supercilious air of mystery known only to student-prophets. But I didn't get the idea immediately. i 1 In fact, the whole meaning of the thing only comes after a prolonged soaking-in process such as, for instance, must precede the revelation of the meaning of that Sphinx of mathematics, the integral sign, or some such enigma. At least, so it seemed to me, and finally, when 1 did get uthe drift, it left lots of food for thought and contemplation. ' The Greater Poly-a Poly that was to be greater. That was my final definition, and simple though it may seem, the how of that proposition took some pondering to answer. 1 at last decided that Poly was great just as she stood, and this opinion has always been vehemently upheld by all our grads and want-to-be grads with whom I have ever spoken. Hence, 1 argued, it consequently followed from the natural premises of the problem, that the only way for Poly to become greater was to become bigger, and 1 suflixed my E. D. However, it was not to be Quite Easily Done, as was.soon evident. 'For' to become bigger meant, primarily, to become bigger in size. And right here my mental' building process hit an impenetrable wall of fact which unfortunately surrounded us on two sides. Upon further examining the natural premises above referred to, 11