Bradford Durfee College of Technology - Alethea Yearbook (Fall River, MA)

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The ggezrmer 'liiainrg nf the Gllm-sa, 1925 Three years ago our class came into existence, brim full of ideas to revolutionize the textile industry. Our alma mater received the most spirited bunch of fellows that she had ever had. Alas! we were soon brought down to earth, we began to realize that everything was not peaches and cream. In less than a fort- night each and everyone of us had voluntarily come to the conclu- sion that we knew but one thing 5-that we knew nothing. The first year was not as eventful as the next two, altho we were enlightened upon many subjects. Barney found out what the teacher meant by a monkey wrench. Linny learned that Saco Pettee H was a machine builder, not a boxer. Gibbie was informed that we had a mule in school, and being good hearted brought some Shredded Wheat for it. To his surprise he found that the mule thrived on cotton. Bob, being a natural born chemist, tried to burn 1120 with his bunsen burner. Much to our regret, John Etheridge, William Bradly, john Wade and Foster Broadhurst left our class for other fields. T In the course of events during the second year, the dyeing laboratory was the Mecca of the jokesters. One day Bob put a woolen skein in an indigo bath and carefully mixed and stirred it. The bath was slowly heated up to Cand beyondj the necessary temperature. ' When the dyer went to lift the skein from the bath, an oath escaped from his lips. The skein had disappeared. Moral : Watch your temperature. Barney inaugurated the spirit of haste and actually did two experiments while the rest of the class were reading the first. Barney Oldfield was the fastest man in Auto racing and Barney Golding held the speed honors in chem. lab. The faculty con- sidered cutting the corners off the sinks because Barney lost time 'in getting around them. Sherman was going along like a whirl- wind until he got T5 in designing, It broke his heart, because Barney was after him. like a tin can tied to a dog's tail. Yes, the PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN

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The 'ggezzmer x JAMES MCARDLE Millbury High School Chemistry U echfakeas g ctjlfacnx Phi Psi , Track Team Basketball 1, 2 Business Manager of Year Book Mac is the original gloom chaser of those famous senior chemists which means a great deal, for it certainly takes a merry lad to live through the bitter battles on the third Hoor. - Jake still remembers the Union Hospital for a sweet young miss from there now considers his Tuesday's and Thursday's as all her own. Q W Jake is a runner of no mean ability and also plays a ine game of basketball. He was a great asset to our scrappy aggre- gation of '25. A Keep going Mac until you have attained the highest rung of the ladder of success. PAGE TWENTY-SIX

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'Clue Beamer General is so busy vvat-ching Barney, to see that he doesn't step on his heels, that he can't see where he is going. He was invited to a fraternity smoker and was about to decline the invita- tion vvith the excuse that he didn't smoke. However, he went and got a cigar. Someone heard thathe gavc it to his father. During the third year there was a little contest to see who could cut the most cards for his Jacquard pattern. Campy Won Without much competition as he was quite used to cutting cards. QPass the pack to him and see.l In the cotton stapling class, Monroe asked if staple was a kind of Wire. He was thoroughly enlightened. With the year drawing to a close, everyone is looking forward to graduation. The members of the class expect to enter mills as superintendents, overseers, agents, etc., very soon. On the Whole the G. C. C. of '25 has had a good scholastic standing. Before closing, the members of the General Cotton Manu- facturing Course, class of 1925 Wish to extend the best wishes to the undergraduates for the continuation of their school career and the best of luck in their respective duties thereafter. Adios ' General Cotton '25. PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT