Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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Cfje Campus You are now standing at one of the windows in the upper floor of Kitson Hall, looking down upon the campus as it was about twenty-one years ago. A few years before this picture was taken, Moody Street was a narrow cut between two high peaks of rock which rose above the street as high as the tops of the present trolley poles. To reduce these peaks, crush the rock and put it where it belonged in the form of improved streets, was the work of several years. To convert what was left into level field, surrounded by an ornamental fence and still further made beautiful by means of evergreens and flowering shrubs, was one of the tasks of James T. Smith. Use your imagination, Mr. Center Fielder (1926 model), as you roam over this spot seeking to connect with the elusive fly. The place where now you race was once accessible only to mountain goats and eagles. Note also the Five Ton Truck and the Peerless Chaise. 20

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f)e ®lb cfjool This is the cradle of the Lowell Textile School. It is in one of the business blocks on Middle Street and is now occupied by several business organizations. The Textile School occupied the three upper floors in the area to the right of the sign which marks the center of the building and the main corridor. To the left of the sign only the two upper floors were occupied. Commencing in the upper floor and at the left of the picture came first the Department of Cotton Yarn Manufacturing and its laboratory. At the right and on the upper floor were the Assembly Hall or big lecture room with three small class-rooms behind it. It was from the windows of this room that Professor Umpleby was occasionally greeted with a shower of his own design pegs as he came along the walk below. On the floor below and at the left was the Department of Wool and Worsted Manufacturing and its laboratory. To the right of the corridor were the Main Offices and the Weave Room. On the third floor down and to the right of the sign came the Department of Ch emistry and Dyeing with its laboratory, and directly behind it were the ' And Looms. It was from these windows that an occasional mild shower from water bottles greeted the passerby, while at the same time the heads engaged in showering the pedestrian were themselves given a sudden bath at the hands of some one on the floor above armed with a bucket of water. This was nearly thirty years ago. 25

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Class of ' 00 Here is a group of young men having their picture taken. Why are they so dressed up? They are dressed this way so they can show their grandchildren how they used to look when they were in the Lowell Textile School. If you will look at the figures on the board behind them you will see that they are the Class of ' 00. Who is the gentleman in the middle distance? That is W. W. Crosby who was then principal of the school. See the things they have in their hands! Are they armed? No, those are the tools they were using when called by the photographer. Did they always work and never play? Not always. Why do they look so serious? That is because they are about to Graduate and they are wondering if anyone will have the courage to hire them. Did they know a lot about Textiles? They knew more then than they have ever known since that day. Have they any grandchildren? NOT YET. 27