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

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Q Message from iBrssihent Qtkinsun To THE STUDENTS! I am glad of this opportunity to extend to you my cordial greetings and to express on behalf of the Faculty their full recognition of the line spirit that has prevailed during the year. The remarkable progress that has taken place at the Polytechnic in the development of standards of scholarship and high ideals of character and leadership would not have been possible without the enthusiastic and thoughtful cooperation shown by you. lVhile I, as President, shall always attempt to provide the best material conditions surrounding your work and to select wisely the men who are to teach you, I shall, also, as will my colleagues on the Faculty. encourage such supplementary activities as will tend to make your college life a happy one. ' As Americans you have the fullest opportunity to serve freely in the social and industrial struggle now taking place. As trained men who have been taught to think clearly on all questions, you have as well a special responsibil- ity to assist so that this almost revolutionary movement shall result in better conditions of life and happiness for the greatest number possible. Only as you realize this will the world be better for your having lived. Very sincerely yours, C

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1 . ' , 151' rQN 'fgf 1 if ,f 5 I , ' 7 A if WV Q La f . ' I Whatever may be the outcome of the Wlorld War it is beyond doubt true that we have just passed thru an era that will quite definitely decide the future of the human race for many centuries to come. vVl10tllCI' the outcome of the titanic struggle will be worth the price paid remains also a question for the future. Yet it is for us the living to decide what shall be done with a universe left to us by a self-sacrificing humanity. The war just passed has shown a greater expense of life and energy than any other human und H men of a scientific trend of mind. it must be difficult to grasp the fact that such enormous sac-r' ' ideal. Pour la Patrie and For Democracy were the words that hurled millions of them brave the untold iniseries of war. There was not a nook on this globe tl ' humanity was at war, and there was not a great nation in existence that di It may then be definitely said that no matter how uncerta' aged we may be due to the state of flux in which our inst' have striven for an ideal and any step taken must America was among the nations idealism was the basic cause of l the abolition of a hostile a ual to claim to hav helped Amer' crtaking and as ihces were made for an men across the sea and helped iat was not alive to the fact that d not take a major part in it. in the future may seem to us: no matter how discour- ltutions are at present. yet we cannot miss the fact that we be in a direction toward it. that took a stand in the questions involved. and it is proverbially true that ier move. America asked no material comforts and demanded none. She fought for utocratic state among the family of nations. It should be a source of pride for any individ- e been a participant in the struggle, and equally much pride can rest with any institution that lea in those hours of need.