The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1913-09-26
Polytechnic S chool

! have enrolled durir g the past week
From present indicatio-s this years
enrolment will exceed that of last
year.
The Y. NJ. & Y. W. c, A held
its first meeting last Sabbath after
noon. Prof. Henry led the meeting
His subject was THE Pure Life"
/ These meetings are a great help and
inspiration to the students in their
Christian lite.
, The improvement going on at
Polytechnic this wees is the install
lation of a new boiler under Martha
Henry Hall. This boiler is almost
three times the capacity of the boil
er formerly used, and is sufficiently
large 10 keep all tie rooms of this
building comfortably heated both
day and night in all kinds of wealth
er.
Never before in the history of the
school has the work in all the diff
ferent departments started off so en-
couragingly as it has this fall.
From present indications this term 8
work is going to be the most satls-
factory to all parties c ncerned of
any terms work in this institution.
Almost any afternoon except Fri
day, one can find from twenty to
twenty-five young men on the foot
ball field. Two teams are to be Or
ganized this week. Prof. Henry,
who is coaching the boys has work
ed out and obtained from an Eastern
university coach about thirty differ
ent plays for 1918, and the boys
seem to be taking hold with vim
and determination never before
equalled at Polytechnic. Quite
number of teams are to be played
this year, including the preparatory
schools of Knoxville, Athens des
partment OF Chattanooga. University,
Carson and Newman College, Wash.
ington College and possibly Polk,
Hamilton, and McMinn County
High Schools. Some grading and
other Improvements on the Athletic
field will be made before the open
ing game of the season which will
be on SATURDAY, October 4th
The young people of this section
who have a good preparatory educa
ton and yet do not have he means
and time to complete a college or
university education are reading the
signs of the times and in realizing
what great advances are going to be
made within the next wear or so in
this immediate section are preparing
themselves for business and office
work by getting a business education
The Business Department at Poly
technic has never had as large an
in the fall term as it has
at present and several .more expect
to enroll within the next four weeks.
Another call last week from one Of
Knoxville's business firms for "a
stenographer had to be passed by
Our Business Dept. like other de-
partments of the school never rec
ommeds any one for a position until
we ale sure that he is qualified con-
sequently the business men of this
section have confidence in the work
d he and the students recommended
and a result of this we hava been
unable to meet the demand for
stenographers and book.
keepers, !
M,ss VIOLA Emert, our popular
music teacher, viii spend SATURDAY
and Sunday with her parents at
Athens. Miss Emert's father, Rev
J. N Emert is pastor of the NJ. e.
Chur b Of Athens. This is a strong
church and on account of the con-
nection with the Athens branch of
Chattanooga University, it is a field
Of great opportunity as well as great
responsibility.
The girls Of the preparatory de
pqrtmenC are very much interested
ia their work in Domesti Art,
which Miss Profitt has recently
in these grades,