Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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history of tJje Mentor Class Three long years ago, in the fall of the year, about sixty new faces might have been seen entering Textile ' s gates. Somewhat timidly but with an outward air of importance, each one approached the office and signed up for the year. Ha ing fulfilled the first duty without being harassed, it was with a little more courage that we started to look about the place where we were to spend most of our time for the next three years. The first thing that caught our attention was a notice on the Bulletin Board, Mass Meeting downstairs at 9.30 a.m., for all students. We were ushered to this meeting by a couple of boobs called by courtesy Sophomores . After going through a series of stunts, in- cluding wheelbarrow rides and barefoot races, we were given into the hands of our Principal , and received the glad hand. From that time on we began to show our independence. After attending a few Frat smokers, it was with delight that we turned out for the Alumni Smoker. Nearly every Freshman was present and got acquainted with the upper-classmen and instructors. At the call for football candidates a great many of our class re- sponded, and on the Varsity 1916 we were represented by Gilley, Andrews, and Deady. On the afternoon of November 18, we had a chance to get back at the Sophs , by a flag-rush and football game. By placing the flag so high on the pole that it was impossible for anybody to get hold of it, the Sophs won the rush. However, when it came to the football game we outclassed the Sophs in every way. Luck figured, however, and the game ended in a tie, to 0. A little later a second opportunity was awarded us to show our calibre. It was the mid-year exams. During this time not a 1916 man was seen on the street, but- after they were over, some had nothing else to do but to walk the streets. (With apologies to Brinkerhoff , Townsend, and Dover.) Our second term started with the class banquet. The latter was a great success. The Sophs tried hard to capture our president, Fred Heney, but Fred was too clever for them. Using a rope fire-escape, he dropped out of the third story of the Waverly . Although he was handcuffed, and although the seat of his trousers insisted upon sticking 25

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Cummings Lawrence Shaber Cubberly Peabody Park Davieau Foster Molloy Colby Tyler Gerrish Baker Billings O ' Connor Wood Albrecht Woods Sjostrom Sokolsky Barlofsky Garnion Deady Perlman Sturtevant Powers Fuller Morrill THE SENIOR CLASS

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THE PICKOUT 19 16 to the sign on the front of the hotel, he finally reached the ground in safety and escaped. Later he fooled the Sophs again when our banquet was on. He was sent to the hotel in a laundry basket, and was carried in between four or five Sophs who were guarding the door. For the annual Show we were there again, and one of our Miss- picks , Hunker Townsend, took the leading man ' s part. On the jolly good fellow stuff afterwards, however, we were completely outclassed by the Sophs . The baseball team was our stronghold, for fair. With Sturtevant for pitcher, and Mehlman for catcher, we had a pair that clinched the battery for 1916. Baker at first base was recognized as one of the best players Textile ever had. Bill Deady covered third base, and Sjostrom made a crack at second. Davieau, feeling obliged to live up to his brother ' s rep , cornered the left field position. With th ese men on the field we very nearly possessed the baseball team. Next came the greatest day of the year — Upstream . Here we showed our superiority in several ways. First, we not only ate more than our opponents, but we got a chance to paste the instructors with banana fritters and ice cream. Dave Hunting thought he would stick it out, but a well-directed shower of roast beef and gravy soon drove him to cover. (By the way, Dave was some mad, that day.) We won the baseball game against the Sophs and also the tug-of-war. That was our first real day of sport at Textile, and everyone came home with a feeling that he had had the best time ever. After this came the finals, and they came with a kick in them all right. The temperature in the room was about 90°, but Herbie ' s exam had a temperature of 212°. The rest of the exams were no pipe, and we were some pleased when they were over. Then away for the summer. SECOND YEAR After a long summer the fellows were seen landing in Lowell one by one. Some came ahead of time, owing to a misunderstanding with some of the instructors. For instance, one or two fellows thought they passed Chemistry, but Doc Smith disagreed with them, and so they came early to prove their contention. Very few of our fellows were missing, and we had the largest percentage back of any class at Textile. On the first day the Freshmen were taken out and shown where they belonged. 26