Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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Class of jBttneteen f untirets an Cfnrteen $a£t € fficcr£ Francis P. Madden Charles H. Rayner Samuel Pinanski Charles J. Cleary jFresIjmaii fiear President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Representative to Athletic Council Francis P. Madden E. Dean Walen Howard W. Ryder 3Ttmiar Pear President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Richardson P. Richardson Representative to Athletic Council 23

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E. Dean Walen Arthur N. Davieau Kenneth B. Cook Charles J. Cleary Mentor €la e? President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Representative to Athletic Council 22

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fltstorp of tlie Class of jEmeteen f unDrrt Cinrteen Never before in the history of the Lowell Textile School had such a large number registered as did one September morning three years ago. It was on the twenty-sixth of that month that the illustrious class of nineteen thirteen first came into existence, a class which has never looked backward, but ever into the future, with a full determination -to succeed and make a new mark, so that it might raise the scholastic standing of the school and give this institution a high rank among the foremost technical institutions of the country. The first morning at school will linger in the minds of us all. It was during the first half hour that we performed idiotic stunts to amuse the tyrannical Sophomores, who stood near with spankers and other implements of torture, to inflict punishment if we concluded our performance too soon or failed to comply with their erratic ideas. Following our extemporaneous performance, we were escorted, with one shoe on and the other off, to room sixty- three, where Principal Eames introduced himself and gave his customary fatherly advice. Then the actual work began, which we have diligently endeavored to master throughout our careers as Lowell Textile School students. On September twenty-ninth the Freshman class was organized, and thenceforth, on account of its in terest and loyalty manifested at the start, it came to be considered by the upper classes as an important factor in the school life. The next events of importance in the history of our class were the Freshman-Sophomore football game and flag rush. The former resulted in a complete victory for our upper classmates, while we showed a strong come back in the rush and captured the pennant easily. Later in the winter our first class banquet was held at the Waverly Hotel and proved a decided success, both from a social and financial 24