Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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Dean Martin J. Lydon A x educational institution has at least two functions: to teach its graduates how to gain a livelihood; to prepare them for complete and constructive living. Thus broadly con- sidered, the value of formal schooling can be measured by the degree to which it teaches the student to extract knowledge and profit from every learning situation with which he comes in contact. The habits, attitudes, and traits of character which are formed in the course of a collegiate career become part of each individual’s personality, and so predetermine his suc- cess in solving the problems of working and living in a fast-changing world. The students of Lowell Textile Institute are securing the traditional and specialized training which is funda- mental to the achievement of their vocational objectives; and this training, increasingly, is combined with an opportunity to participate in those broader and more general educational experiences which prepare the graduates for a productive and worthwhile future. The Class of 1950 is to be congratulated. During their undergraduate years the members of this class have seen Lowell Textile Institute thrive and prosper, and they have facilitated this development by meeting the challenge of change with spirit and enthusiasm. As they continue to observe the precepts and principles which have marked their exemplary progress at the Institute, the members of the Class of 1950 can, with certainty, anticipate a commend- able success in attaining a personally satisfying and socially useful pattern of living. In all their enterprises, they have our every best wish. [ 11 ]