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

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The 1929 Poly Their 'Dream Comes True Young, and with the spirit of God upon them, the Eaton brothers came to Mcmn- tana a quarter of a century ago, and dedicated their lives to the realization of an equality in educational opportunity for all the youth of our vast, rapidly developing Inland Northwest. For five years they served in our public schools, while they studied the Held and gathered materials, from every available source, that would forward the realization of their dream. In 1908 they came to Billings and set about to build at this strategic center the institution which has become known from coast to coast as one of the most worthy and successful projects in Christian education ever undertaken. This year, our Polytechnic is twenty-one years old. The wisdom of its founders is evidenced by the fact that in these years, the most difficult in our nation's history for the building of a pioneer school, Polytechnic has grown until today it possesses material foundations valued at more than six hundred thousand dollars, enrolls up- wards of four hundred students annually, and has won and held a host of friends throughout the United States. And now the Eatons are engaged in a campaign for endowment and enlargement which will enable Polytechnic to care for one thousand in its class rooms and employ four hundred in its student self-help industries. Those who know the Eatons know that success will be achieved, because they plan always and work with God's own hand to guide them. T The institution the Eatons have dreamzd and builded and yet propose to build is more than a school. It is a community and life, with farms, homes. schools, in- dustries and religious, social and political organizations, all managed and directed by students and instructors working together as citizens of one commonwealth. VVith the advantages and problems of any normal community, we receive at Polytechnic a practical preparation for the life that we must live. There are no academic en- trance bars. Each individual is encouraged to discover and develop his native talents. Those without funds may work their way. This is the Polytechnic the Eatons have dreamed and made real, and this is the Greater Polytechnic they are bringing into being. Already ground is breaking for new buildings. Christian friends of larger means are enlisting in the cause. Student registrations are rapidly increasing. The Eatons, with God move forward and their greater dream comes true. 171 r

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The 1929 Poly E RN ICST T. ICATON IAPIIUX t'uIlt'p.1'+', li, Ph. Stxntt- IT11iw-Vsity nf Imvn. M. S. l inn1n'iLtl Svwrw-t:t1'y nl' tmllege nl' Alwntzlnzt, lim-1-IPS. lfntnnlm' nt' liillings l'nlytw'lmit- Institute. Stntv Svlliltlill Swv VVhw's XVhn In Anwrir-il. l'1fllIHll'iIll Dirwfnr LEXVIS T. EATON Lenox Cnllege, M. S. President nf Voltage nt' Montana, N904-08. Ftfllntle-1' nf Billings .l'ulytm-Chniv Institute. Sew XVhn's XVIN1 In Anwric-at. IlNllIll'Ilfi0llll1 lJil'f'l'f0l' U31 A

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The 1929 Poly The Faculty lJ.fXNlliI. XVAIUJ, Dwm 1 Y' ' n f 1 hiistmn I nlversity, Ie., S., M. A. ,llrake l'nivei'sity. l'nix'm-rsily of 4'alifoi'ni:1. 1'oloi'udo Stale- 'I'e:iehe-rs Pollepge, IE, A., Bl. A. Uiiive1'sity of ffolorado, Always sincere in his interests for the welfare of the students and the institutiong solicitous for those whom he felt needed a guiding hand to lead them toward their chosen goal and a steadfast friend and counsellor to those who asked of him assistance to meet the prohlems of life. Mus. RIARY 'lwimviziz F1.oi2'ri2, Ilrfm of ll'omen Loyal to the interests of the institutiong en- dowed with the sense of right and duty which demanded the hest that a student had to offerg helpful to those who sought her counsel and ever ready with aid and encouragement for any project undertaken for the henefit and progress of either NfllllCIlt 111' Stllnrml. H. lL. HIDDINCI R Pflllllpfll 131151116159 College Graduate Rot-hester' Pollege. Vories Business Pollege. Alexander Hamilton Institute. Exemplifying the highest ideals of both work and playg demanding no more than could he offered without undue lahorg having that courage and understanding which made him the guiding hand of the many who worked with him, prepar- ing themselves for a life in the world of business. ISI f