Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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5. Find the greatest common divisor: 2 x 7 x 2 — 12 x + 5. — 4- — = b, c + by = a. — x y « 6. Find four terms of the square root a-J-1. + x 2 +5 — 8x and Solve. 7. A banker has two kinds of money; it takes a pieces of the first to make a dollar, and b pieces of the second to make the same sum. If he is offered a dollar for c pieces, how many of each kind must he give? Curriculum Finally, to show better than anything else how much the courses of study have developed, get out your last year’s catalogue and run over the schedule laid down in the many courses, and compare what you find there with the following schedule taken from the first catalogue, which was issued three years after the Tech started: i 23

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To make this article complete, a chronology of the Tech has been compiled, and it has been made as complete as the space would allow. The major points are given in this, while the minor points are left out. These minor things are often more interesting to read about than what is written here; for instance, the various forms of athletics, and the many scrapes and troubles in which the students have been involved. However, 1908 will be satisfied if the students get enough out of this article to know some¬ thing about the college they are attending, and are stimulated to sacrifice a small share of their time in developing a more intelligent and hearty Tech spirit. Worcester Polytechnic Institute Chronology 1865May 1—Sum of $100,000 was given by John Boynton of Templeton, Mass., to found a Free School of Industrial Science. June—A charter was granted by the Legislature and a corporation was formed. Sept.—The building fund, raised by individual gifts and popular subscription, had reached the sum of $50,000. 1866 Mar.—General plans for building formed. Nov.—Plans of the architect accepted ; contract let to Tower, the building to be completed July, 1868. Ichabod Washburn offered to erect and equip a machine shop, and to give in addition a sum of $5000 as a working cash capital for the first year, and thereafter the income from $50,000 during his life, with the provision that at his death this sum should be given to the school. Gift of $10,000, and later $10,000 more, by Mr. Salisbury, for instruction, and finally $50,000. 1867 —Death of John Boynton. C. O. Thompson elected principal. 1868 —Boynton Hall dedicated. Opening of school. Size of first class 32. Death of Ichabod Washburn. 1869 —$50,000 granted by the Legislature. 1871 —$10,000 given by Mr. Salisbury as a “graduates’ aid fund.’’ Prof. Sinclair became a member of Faculty. First catalogue was issued. First commencement—fifteen graduates. Gift of a wall on Boynton Street by William Knowlton of Upton. 1872 —Apprentice class formed. Public school teachers’ class in industrial drawing formed. Gift of $40,000 by Mr. Salisbury, the income to be used in the department of English and modern languages. 1873 —Alumni Association formed. 1874 —First annual meeting and banquet of the alumni. 1875 —First regular baseball team. 25