Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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THE mo PICKOUT — tKije Senior Clasis! r ■ H m • K i I H B , H % H V JHj l % Ti S 1 ' J l Senior Clasg 0iiktt5i Bliss M. Jones Francis P. McGee George J. Greendonner, Jr. Arthur F. Gallagher Gerald F. McDonald Herman P. Gross President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Class Marshal Executive Council 24

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— THE 1930 PICKOUT Senior Clasig i torp jFrcshman Baps; Tliat eventful September morn! Why is it that we will always remember it, above every other day during our college career? It will ever be cherished as the highlight of our ' ery life. We will never forget the day on which we registered as students at the Institute. Immediately after registering, we were herded like be- wildered sheep into a room, where numerous bulletins, rules, and programs were handed out. Following this, we have a hazy, kaleidoscopic remembrance of innum- erable handshakes from professors, music by some inapproachable upper-classmen, and painless extraction of our money before we even knew what we were buying. For this was Orientation Week, an innovation at Textile, which was introduced to enable the freshmen to orient themselves before the upper-classmen were set upon them. It didn ' t work! True, we bought no second-hand hymnbooks for Chapel, but this was merely because the Coop got ahead of the sophomores. There was no annual parade this year, which disappointed the sophomores and made them haze us more unmercifully than ever. They made us dig down, however, and produce the price of a freshman cap and rules. These, although never used, made good souvenirs. At just about the time that we could distinguish between the upper-classmen, word was passed around to us that we were to hold our annual banquet. It was scheduled to be held in the lunch-room, but, as we gathered in the boiler-room, word reached us that everything was given away. Professor Dow started a strategic retreat across the wastelands that has since been regarded as a classic. In spite of all secrecy, the sophs found out that Marie ' s was the objective toward which the retreat had been directed, and they gathered around in full force. After we had calmly listened to a few speeches, and elected temporary officers, we serenely stepped across half the skyline of the Beautiful City, and dispersed, leaving the Sophs hold- ing the bag (and the police holding the sophs) ! The officers elected at this time were: Ben Meady, President; Bill Colby, Vice President; Arnold Stephens, Secretary; and Kirke Dunlap, Treasurer. On November 29, we humbled the Sophomores in football by the score of 14-7. The Freshman Dance, held on the night before the Christmas vacation, was the most successful class dance ever run at the Institute. We worked hard to give every one a good time. At the annual Text night, held in February, we received a setback when our traditional enemies beat us in basketball. However, the score was so close (29-3) 25