Tech’s early years quickly established a routine: struggling to make ends meet financially, grappling with the political wrangling of powers-that-be that would rather it not, well, exist, at least not in its present form, and a fiercely regimented routine. These are almost entirely thanks to the first man at the helm: Dr. Isaac S. Hopkins.
Perhaps you’ve noticed a thing or two about the characters of the memories of the days gone by as you’ve read through the first couple of weeks of the history column. Surprisingly, the names aren’t that unfamiliar, especially to, say, former residents of East Campus dormitories.