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

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The Poly Athletic Department has had a long and memorable existence. Under the early direction of Mr. LeRoy Durborow, Poly participated in three sports: Basketball, with Mr. Arthur Meinhold, present director of the Athletic Department, as its coach, Rifle, under the leadership of Mr. Walter Shanessyg and Wrestling, with Mr. Alvin Banks as coach with Eddie Collins taking over in 1946. The early basketball teams prac- ticed in the Old Fellows Hall on Livingston Street, where playing facilities were greatly improved by Dr. Rogers. The Rifle Team practiced at a range in the building on Livingston Street directly across from the Loew's Metropolitan. 1 The tennis team was organized in 1957 by Mr. Meinhold and has been under his direction ever since. Its matches have always been held at the Caton Tennis Courts. The year 1939 saw the birth of the Track Team, under Coach Jack Brown. The team was suspended during the war, but was revived in 1946 by Ed Russell. In 1948, the Swimming Team was organized and Harry Benvenuto was engaged as its coach. All meets are conducted at the Central YMCA. Under the direction of Mr. Ben Cusomano, the Fencing Team was begun in 1955. Mr. Tom Moy, the present coach, was engaged one year later and ably directs the team. Water Polo and Bowling were both born in 1956, and are currently ranked as minor sports. At the present time, .Poly has ten sports under the direction of six coaches, the use of Brooklyn Central YMCA for basketball, swimming, and water polo, along with Red Hook Stadium for Track and the Annual Spring Sports Days, Caton Tennis Courtsg Van Cortlandt Park for cross-country, and our own gymnasium for wrestling and rifle. ATHLETICS Left to right. Messrs.: Lane, Collins, Russell, Meinhold. Arthur H. Meinhold Chairman 29

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'FZ' ,V 4 , , -rt W 'K r W1 ' '9 a Y 1 1 l at ' J W2 J 'Y lift Af fa 'G f 11 ff ' 2 f mia f ,, y ff v Q14 ff! XZ Y f .al ,f y 7 1. f, f ' 1 l J Thomas L. Donahue C bairmzm , my f ff ..., ,, 1, ,ff s 0, 1, if if ' ' f , Y? y ,Q f.. V, ,ff , 5 , , , 5 f 1 f J 1 7' 1 I 4' f ,A aw ' 0 2, f Left to right. Professors: Zukofsky, Obermeyer, Cavanna, Halpert, Pollock, Baym. Of the many great names which occur in the more than one hundred years history of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, a significant proportion were members of the Department of English. Polytechnic has had a long enduring tradition of English studies. It was Kellogg's Grammar in the late nineteenth century that was accepted all over America as the standard work in basic English. Dean Chandler of the University of Cincinnati was head of the English Department at the beginning of the twentieth century. The names of joseph Wood Krutch, S. Marion Tucker, and George Schuster, now President of Hunter College, figure significantly in the history of the department. For the past twenty years Professor Leo E. A. Saidla has been its head and now Pro- fessor Thomas L. Donahue is head of the department. Polytechnic, because of its history, has always maintained a deep, enduring devotion to humanities. Its graduates have gone forth well trained in communication. The alumni of Polytechnic can be certain now, as ever before, that they face maturity in their pro- fession with basic training in English composition, and in the deep, abiding understanding of those great classics which are the tradition and the heritage of all professional men. Left to r' lot. P f W, J, Miiir, Katia? ' ' , S 01116, Thompson, Donahue, Mandel, S031 Winters, W H Miner 0 1, enfrgy--fag, -- .. . . .ff- .f- -z-.-11: zvfftifwafw-ti-iziizfzrF . -V-iw . C222 f ' 'G -L ii . . . . , Ir. -5:2 ,.',1'fff-1!l'f'? vviv, -- -' 'f z 5 its-2, fast' tYyee.Ww1?':2Izi'.-5.4: '!lZ'I5+2'i'-.- -nr twirl Ma. in 'ff it .5 'f.7-:2'1.'?s3'41Ii1L'2g.'f-:LE 'ig1:EZ'E .g A : 4 .ff-41 -. - .t -wa ,w N w1':Hf 1-2--7-1-it 23 'wif' 4 n.'vi'?':fe' -1P?lv'v t5.'a':-HP-' -KVQEYIQ il so '1- azm-E1 If-r.slf4Xtzb?i. If. gift? 'v r' xg:-ga:-' A .:fitm:H'1i'-5-Mft?-a' -mfg:-24 iff .1.a,..,f4fL4, -- 5-.,wg,f::p..Q 'Hr' 'Z-A. -5 ' .'-'7 3954 21391 L f X' Mi-ffffwai-yt Qgf'.?3if:.e' Q-i55:.f,'s':nE' '33?x4:f- sffwif --5?'.,-g'-,g1::11qg,'f?-..Qi:-,,,5- ,r1.qrr,g3'?g ' Wm Avmaqgi-,ag,,::.,, fig 4Q.ji,,y1v3:,.,-54 at gn. ',, -i'a2it9-gifim ar-afi. :big1 ey'::f,-54?-5C5gig?E,.52QQ-E h- I-'f'f,g:.f -LST: :T-3256? 1: ff:-'25 '---was '-?br,96Qf,r'r:3S-- ff - -gfgxhfvrjlxw 151: 1 -r :'-,'- L31-, aiu? ,, '- ,A QD. L-7,5 K -,g-1 ,5 4 r'-'fix' F?:3.:'f'r, Q:-'iligbqt-fL5'f ' .W f- Q -11' .mst-vraieh -A4 , 1' 1-my-sHf,:f 41, an - wg --'ing ' ' gt' sis? U 432' Tl:-Ll 5. 'Egan i , gi' 1. 95 ,L if ,, 5 . . . T'-25!+.,ggl'S.ii? . , 557255 -,. it .fi -Tia-fi .fi-1+ I - c,,1,.fi ,,,.Af.f-.,m., .am 2. aww,- 5-i1Q.g'. J' 1.4-,g of .- ' Q ' ' '. 33: 'Sf3LiE4iyyff7fisf5xA:?f 5f''5g.:2'3:'1:7,g6 hh 1 . .. trim ,gif .ggi-.gf ' F. fu- --'tai 14.4-1- 1 at '- QIYJL1-'fetish N HQNQQGY -?a'3?f7.3rnZ:-ze-if-1..?-gaz.fvff'ff-mfk-1. tlljjeqftlgzaql

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MODERN LANGUAGES In 1953 the late Dr. George Stuart Collins was the language department teaching German, French, and Spanish with equal facility, assisted by 3 few part-time teachers for the evening and 6 parallel 1 day sections. Today there are five full-time faculty members and an equal number on the part-time staff. In addition to its regular teaching schedule, the department is now also respon- sible for the administration of the sizeable semi-annual Graduate Languages Examinations. Languages are generally subject to the tenor of the times. Back in the 19503, French was dropped for lack of interest, but at the same time a move to strengthen our Latin American relations brought about a revival of interest in Spanish, today the trend appears to be reversing itself, with a rise in French and a dropping off of enrollment in Spanish. Happily, German did not suffer the same stupid fate of ostracism as during World War I, and its continued teaching during the past war may have had a direct beneficial effect in its military utility. Russian was recently offered as an elective course, but regis- tration plummeted sharply in one year from an overwhelming initial interest to a low point which caused the language to be discontinued. Modern Languages today in a technical school are faced with a dilemma: should they continue purely as technical tools, or should stress be placed upon their importance in the development of the humanistic side of the educated person? Neither engineering nor science has itself made up its mind, but at the Polytechnic, the Department feels that it can continue to offer effective service in both directions. sedffdl left to right. Professors: Rechtschaien, Middendorf, Smeaton. Standing, left to rzglot. Professors: Kreiling, Homberger, Bobetsky He11fY Q- Middendorf Chairman