Rocky Mountain College - Yellowstone / Poly Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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3 Academic Department E 1 A URHETORIC CLASS IN SESSION ' 'Iio eliminate from our vocabulary the woixls I cant' and to hll our mental shelves with I aim, is the aim of the ,Xcademic Ibepartment of our Polytechnic. Our colors are the Poly's own, green and gold: the green being' eniblamatic of our condition upon entering the held, and the gold, signilicant of our worth when we have completed the course. Our flower is the forget-nie-not. Our number is legion, for as each and every student seeks entrance into the Institu- te, he talks with our President. The latter, during' this little conversation, makes a few mental notes and when the prospective stu-lent mentions his perplexity regarding a proper selection of studies, he advises linglish, and Ifnglish it is from then until the completion of the whole curriculum. Even when the work is SLIQZII'-Ct1ZI'ECfI with the title Conversational English, it is as Iinglish in structure and founfclation as the formal Rhetoric and Grammar. Oh, if only we can be a truly English speaking people, not an ungrammatical, slang- producing' state. XVe hold as our first purpose, to teach ourselves to use It is I, and I have seen, then to see if we can write a paragraph or letter or paper with sufficient intelligence 'that the reader may be able to assimilate our thoughts without a revised speller and slang lexicon at hand. One would think as we advance, that the faculty are trying to End our particular forte or field of capabilities, as we are requested to debate, describe, explain, exhort. and narrate until one day we are lifted to the highest pinnacles of hope in ourselves only to be cast, the next day, into deepest glooni. But we are trying, and we know,that by perseverance we can succeed in this, the most essential study from the viewpoint of our later life. NYe, of this department, appreciate the verity of the statement that Education is prepa- ration for complete living, and as a corollary, we add that the more complete the prepara- tion, the more complete the living, so it is that it is worth our while to spend much of our Valuable time learning the conjugations and declensions of Latin and German that we may

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Ti-113 POLY I .., -1.3--wgwl-3 A.. .1 N .. CLASS IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING operation uncler the trees, arounfl which are gatherefl over fifty boys anil girls, eating' apples ancl clrinlqing' sweet cifler. Another pleasant feature of the farm has been the egg feeds and the abunclance of fruit and vegetables on the tables. 'Ifhe farm has niacle it possible lsr surrouncl the school with that icleal honie influence which woulcl, otherwise, have been impossible. Every stuclent of the Polytechnic this past year will praise the name uf Blr. blames tl. Hill for making the splentlicl gift of this farm to the school. -L. T. E. lYest hears a great commotion in the hall as of cyclones mixefl up with battering rams. and as he hastily inquires into the trouble, is tolcl by one of the innocent bystanclers that the radiator was in its last spasm anil the gurgle he hail just hearrl was the railiator's will mafle out in the name of Peace filasj A-Xt the finish an inch may measure the ilistance between success anil failure: but the next clax' the distance is measurefl in miles. HARVESTING THE GOLDEN CROP I

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THE POLY broaden our vista of the future by appreciating. and entering into the life and culture of other people. NYe are proud to say that our Latin students all belong to the infantry, no ponies being used. An interest in Latin. gratifying to the faculty, has been shown by the large class that commenced First Year Latin the second semester and that, by S'El'l1Q'g'll1lg on with two recita- tions a day. will be prepared to read Caesar next fall, thus proying' that we can do what we will-and we will. So may we learn to say with Caesar, yeni vidi vici, tl came, l saw. l conqueredl not veni vidi yictus sum tl came, l saw and I was conilueredl, and may we have some of the academic and collegiate life with which to live our lives to the fullest extent. ll. P. How would the tollowmg' be tor an oath ot allegiance to tlre Poly or to the school ol your choice? ' ' XX'e will tight for the ideals and sacred things ul. the lnstitute, both alone anal with many: we will revere and obey the laws of the Polytechnic State, and do our best to incite like respect and reverence in those about us who are prone to animl or to set them at naught: we will strive unceasingly to quicken our sense will loyalty. Thus, in all these ways. we will transmit this school, not less, but greater. better. and more beautiful than it' was transmitted lo us. M. M.: I lid any one take my book again qX. .X.: Here it is-I thought to pick it up for sal-c-lfeepiiigfl M. M.: People get put in jail for safe-keeping: Diligentissimus. XYallace-- ',llo Harrison! with this snowball scrap, l've got a lot of studyin' to do. Guiler. speaking' to Miss Burlison in kitchen: I smell scorched cabbage. Miss Burlison: You should not hold your head so close to the radiatorf Mr. Dyer- Mr, Sherry, now just suppose you had a case. Mr. Dyer llln the lab.D : Mr, Holt, be careful or you'll break that lady's lingers. -X despondent Poly student saw this advertisement in the city not long' since: Billings Dye House. Une door distant a second sign. l'ndertaking' liistablislinientf' But a rod ahead still another. XYhy walk around in misery when you can be comfortably buried for thirty-five dollars There is still some hope for the poor lookers, for Throssel, Pauingartner and llklund, Photographers, have given this warranty: Where there is beauty we take it, where there's none we make it. Miss Connelly: Elsa, do you get any social hour dates now? Elsa: 'flhl ever and anon. Miss Connelly: XYell, so do l, but mine are all anon now. Mauser, making out his schedule: l want to take Commercial Law, what time does it come? Mr. Kline: Eight o'clock. Mauser: Nothinff doinff, that is too early for me. n 5 . -27-