Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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each knee. There were no civilian school activities of any type. The spring term of ' 44 saw the end of the Navy Program which had trained 643 men from all parts of the U.S. That summer, Professor Bachmann re- tired as Head of the Design Department to be succeeded by Professor Rosatto. During July, ' 44, an Engineering, Science and Management War Training Program, sponsored by the U.S. Office of Education and under the able direction of Professor Wells, was instituted. Its purpose was to give further technical training to technicians in war industries to enable them to increase their skills in their present job. This training was tuition-free and on college level. The teaching was done by professors at Textile during their spare time in the evenings. This program was concluded on June 22, 1945.- In the fall of ' 44 an even smaller number of students return ed to school. At the end of the spring term of ' 45, President Eames retired to be succeeded by Kenneth Fox, a graduate of the class of ' 38. At the same time, Professor Olney retired as Head of the Chemistry Depart- ment to be succeeded by Professor Fickett. The fall of ' 45 saw the conclusion of the war and the return of the veterans with a re-vitalization of school activities, such as basketball. By the end of the first term, so many veterans had applied for entrance that a special Freshman class was started on January 14, 1946, which was continued through the summer. During 1946, the following teachers returned to the Institute from active military service: Professor Chace, Pro- fessor Edlund, Mr. James, Mr. Lisien, and Mr. Yarnall. The year ' 45 ' 46 marked a turning point in the policy of Textile. Plans were made for dormitories;, the amount of work hours per week were cut down and the need for more liberal art subjects, hu- manities, in the curriculum was recog- nized. And thus, with the fall of ' 46, we come to the end of what may be called the War Years, and what effect new developments and new ideas will have on Lowell Textile Institute only the future can tell. CLASS OF 1946 [23]

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CLASS OF 1945 listening to representatives of the Army, Navy, Marine and Air Corps. By De- cember 15, the final date for enlistments in the Armed Forces College Program, there were 1 1 2 men in the reserves. January 27, 1943 the reserve corps was called to active duty. The first to go were the air corps reserves, while the others were given opportunity to finish most of the term. About the same time, a rumor spread around that all freshmen and sophomores would be taken immediately — according to the Army a sophomore was one who had completed two years — but this didn ' t prove to be true, and their induction was delayed for several months. In the second term of the year, ' 42- ' 43, the effect of the war on the curriculum was shown by the inclusion of meteorology and radio in the physics course and by the teaching of spherical trigonometry. Mean- while, the various reserves were drilling on the football field to the tune of Professor Russell Brown ' s hip, two, three, four and listening to his versions of the previous World War. During the spring, an attempt made by the student body to have school continued during the following summer failed. On March 29, 1943, under the direction of Professor Wells, training was begun for enlisted men in uniform in the Navy and the other armed forces. These men studied various technical courses in preparation for work on a Navy anti-aircraft gun. They went to school 48 hours a week and every two weeks a new school was started, each session lasting six weeks. They were supervised by three Chief Petty Officers and a teaching staff of 1 7, many of whom were recruited from the teaching staff of the school. Their physical training as well as the physical training of the men in the reserves was under the direction of Pro- fessor Cushing. In the fall of ' 43, the school, except for the Navy Program, was a lonely and deserted place. Seventy-three students returned to school. Instruction was prac- tically on a private basis. Some artist posted a cartoon showing a teacher lec- turing to his class of two students, one on [22]

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