The Georgia School of Technology was created as the latest in education, an institution solely dedicated to the instruction of the next generation of Georgians in the skills of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It was at first seen in a skeptical light, but, as the fervent support surrounding the initiative grew, its stance as the logical evolutionary endpoint of education in the industrial age became more apparent. Even then, it barely got off the ground. For years it struggled as an underfunded, outmanned school that made tremendous hay with the modest resources it was given. It is fitting, then, that the one event that changed everything for the Institute that was pitched as the endpoint of educational advancement was the War to End all Wars.
Rearview Mirror: ROTC, An Exciting Corps of Learning and Skill
