Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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THE PICKOUT 19 2 2 Class! tstorp, 1922 Fresh.max Days 1918-1919. The beginnings of our class date back to the closing days of the world war while our country was deeply engrossed in trimming the Huns. Well do we remem- ber the formation of the Student’s Army Training Corps and the part our class played in making our corps one of the finest. On December 11, 1918 — one month after the signing of the armistice — we were honorably discharged and sent home for Christinas as civilians. Returning to our Alma Mater on January 3, 1920, we renewed our studies. We did not care to garnish the streets of Lowell in the customary “Freshman Parade” — and established the precedent of being the only class which never con- descended to accompany the Sophomores on such an event, although the latter had made extended preparations. The Class of ’22 furnished many athletes. Although there were no class games our inter-company football game and our victory over the 11th Brigade of Camp Devens proved conclusively that our class aided materially in initiating athletics at Lowell Textile School. Our class basketball team decisively van- quished the Sophomores by a score of 0-1 on “Textile ” night at the Y. M. C. A. We defeated the same class in pool with our shark, Nary. Losing the relay races, both swimming and track, we rallied and starred in the other swimming events. Derby made the sensational plunge for a distance of 43 feet, while ' ‘Dixie” Mc- Cauley, Cockroft and Schwarz took three out of four places in the 20 yard dash. In the spring we were unlucky enough to lose our first intcrclass baseball game to the Sophs. However, we contributed Goulet, Caffray, Marble and Mahoney to the Varsity squad. Well do we recall the successful efforts of the midnight painters in artistically placing the class numerals upon the canal wall despite the wily Sophs and the hands of the law. The finals came, we saw and conquered: then we departed till fall. Sophomore Days 1919-1920. Returning in the fall we noted that our numbers had dwindled down to three score and ten but nevertheless we successfully conducted the largest Freshman class in the history of the school down a well sprinkled Merrimac Street to the Square. Thus, the class of ' 23 was officially introduced although, it must be admitted, somewhat unwillingly. No doubt our efforts were well appreciated. In athletics too, we made our mark. The class of ’22 was well represented on all the varsity teams. On the football team were Ma rble, Goulet, Miller, Pierce, Schwarz, Cockroft and Mott, all of the class of 1922. 25

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f V. % )t Senior Class Arthur E. Clasby William C. True Francis J. Bird Martin R. Brackett Officers!, 1922 President Vice Pr esident Secretary- Treasurer Representative to Executive Council 24

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THE PICKOUT 19 2 2 In the interclass football the Freshmen were defeated by the score of 6-0. We lost to the Juniors to the tune of 13-0. In basketball and baseball we lost hard and close fought games to the now well organized Freshman class. However, the tide turned, when we vanquished the Freshies on Upstream Day after repeat- edly breaking the rope in the annual tug of war. Finals came and were gone and we departed till fall. Junior Days 1920-1921. In the fall we returned to renew our activities with increased vigor. For some of us it was to be our last year at Textile, for others it was the beginning of our second half. Although our class had dwindled down to half its size, we were well represented in interclass and varsity sports. A Junior was quarterback and several Juniors played in the line: the following 1922 men were on the varsity, Greenberg, Marble, Schwarz and Hadley. In football and basketball we lost hard-fought games to the Seniors, which put us out of the running. We were active in putting across the best Textile show in the history of the school. At Upstream Day, the Juniors gave a good account of themselves, and it was with satisfaction when the finals were completed we separated for the ensuing months. Senior Days 1921-1922. Our numbers had swelled to over fifty by the addition of the Diploma candi- dates as we embarked upon the final year at Lowell Textile School. The Senior class was well represented in all branches of activities — a Senior at the head of the Co-operative Society, a Senior at the head of the Textile Lunch, of the execu- tive Council, managers of football, basketball, baseball, captain of baseball — in fact, Seniors, everywhere. In class football we tied the Juniors, but owing to the lateness of the season the class games remained unfinished. Busily engaged in Thesis subjects and yet active in school affairs the Seniors made their presence felt scholastically and socially. And with the same enthusiasm and determination which has carried them to success in their work at the Lowell Textile School, the class of 1922, individually and collectively, will make their mark in the textile field. 26