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

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THE 1934 POLY K g We The Billings Polytechnic Institute today represents the vision and N 'l work of two brothers. Lewis T. Eaton, and Ernest T. Eaton. ln the fall of at 1908 they came to Billings to establish an institution for the purpose of L -. 'N training the young folks from the surrounding districts who had no op- R L portunity to complete their education. The real objective was not merely lb M to train these young men and women for their life's work. but to give them TT actual experience in practical Christian living. 7:15 ,FE For the lives of service and self-denial which the Eaton brothers have 'Q pf.. given to this cz use. thousands of young folks have. through their contact Q 0' vi ' and relationship with the Polytechnic. become better men and women. W more able to serve their respective communities. The visions of the two T .7 l' 1 brothers have not been completely realized. but the material growth of the F g fli t v institution from a deserted beet field to its present status is almost phe- ig 3 LEU ' 'p nomenal, considering the many hz rdships encountered. ff P l ij In T ' Un one of their many tl-ips to the east during the early years of the EQ it I H :M schools growth. the two brothers met Mr. Willis E. Lougee. at that time F P' -p l ,M trcasurer of the Congregational Home Missionary society. After consider- ,V it I P ing the objectives of the school he said. You have a cause worthy of ten V T- 1' V men's lives, and I am sure you are going to win. From that first interest T. ,p it Mr. Lougee has advanced his support. until he finally gave up his position T .' mls? Q to devote the rest of his life to the new institution. He is honorary presi- L Aly... ' In dent of the school at the present time. ' 'TH ' T . With the passing this spring of Director Lewis T. Eaton, an added i burden has settled upon the shoulders of President Ernest T. Eaton. Only f. Qt i two of the members of the original board of trustees are on the present legal in ' 'I board: Mr. P. B. Moss. treasurer, and Mr. l. D. O'Donnell. Other mem- T' il bers of the board of trustees include Chzrles J. Chapple, presidentg O. M. lmjjili Wold, vice-president: Ernest T. Eaton, secretzryg Hon. Scott Leavittg H. lmjjajj T. Heddeng Rev. J. G. Powell. D. D.g Harry C. Carpenterg Rev. Claton S. ' .. Rice, D. D.g Chandler Cohageng Dr. Roy V. Morledgeg and Dr. Riley Best. mmm . f 4, - D ' ' K mimi -' - f ,. J'-i T ..... 1 . if it P f T t 'i? 'fl Q21 W N B'f'UUf1tmQu1 f P it 'K-.ffl 3f:'ff,Jf-'ff'aE..E,.eif'F-' ' , T , 'P 1 I 1 .Q Y K 1433? ' ,,ff4, ,.z. sz.. by -Q 's -g - ':sRaQ+sf.iS'f '

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THE 1984 POLY A Message from the President I wish I might somehow express on a page of this annual All the hopes of all the years as the Institute enters its second quarter century of active educational work for the Inland Northwest Empire. Twenty-five years ago a little group of students, faculty, and friends gathered in Science Hall, the one permanent building on the then treeless campus, to witness the graduation of five young people from the academic department-the first graduates from the infa nt institution. During the years that have intervened, mighty changes have taken place in the Polytechnic. No one would recognize in the campus beautiful of today that bleak, unattractive scene of 1910. Yet what glorious dreams of the future greatness of the institution were in the minds of those who controlled its destinies that day. Unly a half dozen persons were present this year at commencement who strode through mud and fields of alfalfa to have a part in the exercises of that day long ago. To these the sight of a thousand trees, the beautiful flowers, grassy lawns and magnificent buildings as compared with mem- ories ot' the earlier graduation was as if a miracle had been performed. Yet each stone in the buildings. each tree and each blade of grass rep- resents a drop of some ones heart's blood as work, worry, sacrifice, and agonizing prayer have gone into the building of the Institute. ' Another quarter century is at the threshold-what will the fiftieth commencement at Poly bring? Surely, with the foundations so nobly laid in sacrificial devotion, the future is bright with prospects. May I be permitted to prophesy? I see a. vision of two score college buildings, a hundred faculty homes, eighteen hundred students, three hun- dred caps and gowns in the line of march, a busy, throbbing industrial com- munity-a really outstanding institution of learning, of living end doing. when the Class of 1959 shall receive their diplomas. Shall this dream become a reality? It is within you to make it come to pass. ELM if 238533