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

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The wapsihe Qllruss V I Where part the winding, poplar-shadowed ways, From His rude cross with time and lickeers brown, The image of the patient Christ looked down Through the long years, alike o11 sun-drenched days And when the winter, with its tender grays, Veiled all the landscape. From the little town The humble peasants brought oft-times a crown Of modest flowers in the Saviour's praise. Then the wild tribes that owned a fiercer god Smote all the smiling land and with their rain Of iron death laid low amid the slain- T he soldier-heroes with whose blood the sod lVas wet-the cross that simple faith had wrought, The cross their work of carnage set. at naught. France II Earth smiles again. The wounds upon her breast Are hid beneath her garments shimmering green. Beside the road the poplar's whispering screen Of sun-flecked leafage spreads and from her nest The meadow-lark wings upward. Here to rest lvere sweet. lvhere once the ancient shrine had been There rises now a lowlier cross and clean, Above the grave of one who gave his best. Out of the west across the sea. he came And here in alien soil his dust is laid Now ours forever, since his life had paid Its purchase price. With gratitude aflame , g . . I' he humble peasants deck his cross with flowers. YVho died for France and right, in those dark hours. -CAPTAIN Wn.LI.xi1 J. BERRY

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HERBERT TYILLIAM PEART was born in lNIelbourne, Australia, on April 10, 1894. He wasa graduate of the lVIount Yernon High School and a student at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before he came to Brooklyn Tech. He was a winner of the Carnegie Hero hledal for a rescue from drowning. Peart enlisted in April, 1917, and received his commission at Fort. Sheridan. He was promoted to First Lieutenant, and attached to the 31-Oth Infantry, and later to the 103rd Infantry of the Q6th Division. On Oct. 10th Lt. Peart succeeded in capturing sixteen German prisoners with the help of two men. He was gassed but remained on the line until Nov. 10th when while in command of his company he was killed in the Argonne Forest. Lt. Peart was cited for bravery by the Division Commander. HAROLD CAMPBELL FULTON was born in lllontgomei y, New York, on June 24, 1895. He was a graduate of Richmond Hill High School, and entered Brooklyn Tech in 1913. At Tech he was a member of the Chemical Society for four years and was the President in the fourth year. On the declaration of war he enlisted in the Naval Reserve and served as chemist at the Naval Proving Grounds, Indian Head, 1NIaryland. Here he was promoted to Chief Petty Oflicer and was waiting to be sent overseas as Chemical Ensign when he was stricken with pneumonia and died at the Proving Grounds Hospital on October 14, 1918. JOHN ABRAHAM TANDY, J R., was born on November 8, 1895. In 1916, he graduated from lXIanual Training High School and in the same year entered the Polyteclmic as a student in lNIechanical Engineering. He was a member of the Anvil Club. the lNIechauical Engineering Society, and the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity. At the end of his Sophomore year, he enlisted in the United States Navy, and while stationed at the Pelham Bay Naval Training School died on October 17, 1918. WILLIAM H. F1sHER was born in Brooklyn in 1898, and was a graduate of Manual Training High School, entering Tech in 1915. He was elected president of the Freslnnan class, was associate editor and then editor-in-chief of the Reporter, and a member of the Polywog staff. He was a member of the Gamma Eta Kappa and Psi Sigma fraterni- ties. During the sunnner of 1918, Fisher was commissioned as Second Lieutenant. at Plattsburg, and was trans- ferred to Camp Taylor, where he was commissioned Second Lieutenant. of Field Artillery. He was killed by light- ning on August 18, 1919. IIERMAN N. COHEN was born on Dec. IQ, 1896. He was a graduate of Boys' High School, and in 1915 entered Cor- nell University, coniing to Tech the following year. Here he was twice elected secretary of his class, and business manager of the Polywog. In his senior year, he was appointed an assistant in chemistry. He was a member of the Phi Delta Pi fraternity, and was graduated a Bachelor of Science in 1918. Cohen was a sergeant in the 23rd Regi- ment, N. Y. G., and in 1918 enlisted in the Engineers' Reserve Corps, U. S. A., and was later made a sergeant. He was drowned at YVind Lake, N. Y., on September 8, 1919.

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TI-IE PGLYWOG Year 13007: Qf flze PI1I'UfC'0lIIlI.C I11.91'z'1'1l1'e Qf Brooklyn ESTABLISHED 1887 PUBLISHED BY THE JUNIOR CLASS VOLUME XXVI EDITORIAL STAFF A. BERNARD IJIBNER I'f11'1'1'm'-hz-C'lzief TTENRY T. 1'TOTl'HKISS, JR. ARTHUR S. VVEBER fl.vs1'.w1f1111' Icfllilllkl' .flsszlstczrzi Editor TVALTER LINDENTIIAI. GERSON FRIEDMAN S1n'1'el1'e.w A H11 et ies CIIARLEE PEACE ARTHUR H. W EHLE .flrt College News ABRAHAM ROSENBEIRG I'Il'6'llZ.IIQ Departnlent BUSINESS STAFF LEROY JENKINS 1311s1'11e.w.w Mcmczger TVILLIAM F. CIIIGSTICR CARL INI. FREY ERIC S. TTARIIUN AYILLIAM H. DIEL'K