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(which team?) to the short side of a 139-30 verdict. (During senior year this same organization became one of the best known of the school, having been more carefully organized, and being coached by one of the best of the area.) And then, the Junior Prom. How can I describe it? From the initiaal cocktail party in Westford, through the elegant dinner-dance, the delightful atmosphere of the Bradford roof, the grand march, to the breakfast party in Methuen, that evening was the greatest! It was while I was student teaching that word came of the fire at the college. By the strange working of fate, a spark ignited while workmen were installing a new fire-proofing system in one of the stairways. People throughout the state praised the quick-thinking, quick- acting students and faculty of L.T.C. at this time of need. I visited members of the faculty and student body who were confiend briefly to the hospital and was thank- ful to God that worse results had not occurred. The college went into ' exile ' as Dr. O ' Leary put it, at our sister college across the river, Lowell Technolog- ical Institute, where every convenience was afforded us in that school ' s new building. The girl students soon took on a new veneer, which afforded many of them 16
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and, instead of having a ' little brother ' , I came up with a pretty ' little sister ' who idolized me — I was an upper classman. Junior year brought many changes in everyone ' s life. The height of sophistication in those days was to wear dirty white shoes, so I wore them. I couldn ' t quite picture myself in the knee socks which had been adopted by some of the gals at ' Argyle University ' , so I let that fad die a natural death . . . But the days of the bucks and knee socks were numbered, because, from out of nowhere fell a phenomonon never to be equalled . . . Student teaching, called ' Practice school ' by the students. Practice? Not only did I practice, but I preached as well; to a group of doting youngsters who were trusting souls and put all their faith in Mr. Flaherty and his units. After all, hadn ' t this magnificent creature who stood before them actually survived a course that all the kids were talking about ? It ' s name was ' Methods ' or ' Mentals ' or something like that. Several other ' firsts ' took place during our Junior year. The boy ' s basketball team was in full swing, racking up impressive scores such as that which was the outcome of the L.T.C.-Keane game. I helped the team 15
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