Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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the worldly, experienced in- dividual who knew what he wanted and how best to go after it. The student now clamoring at the gates of knowledge is different. He is the “typical college boy” as we knew him in the past. He is young, just out of high school, and ambitious, but lie lacks the know-how of success. Education to him is not just the work of the classroom, but is rather the total of college experi- ence — an awakening — a broadening. He is a student who lends himself much more to the guided type of education. Great will be his development through the four years of his colle- giate life, as he changes into the well-versed man who is to go out into the world. The new type student is fortunate in that the changes and innovations will [ 18 ]

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“This they call an education!’ pea red within all the laboratories. Much machinery has been pur- chased, much more made a vailable through the grants of various friends of the Institute. New labs have sprung up in the fields of man-made fibers. Sufficient per- sonnel to take care of the require- ments of the myriads of students have been added. Much unsung work has been done behind the scenes in an effort to improve the subject matter of the courses of- fered and the inter-relation of such course material. Deadwood has been pruned from the re- quirements, and streamlining has resulted in a lighter work load with better presentation of factual material. The extra-curricular activities of our school have shown marked improvement. Increased interest therein and full scale support from the administration have resulted in the formation of many strong organizations, both in the line of sports and in the intellectual fields. Athletic teams have been fielded each year in 3 of the 4 major sports, and the various facilities of the school for each type of contest have been steadily improved. Locker rooms have been enlarged and improved with many new additions to the comfort of the sportsters. New equipment has been purchased and the Textile teams now take the field with the best of uniforms. The gym, once the subject of many an editorial, now sparkles with fresh paint, and is replete with safety padding, new backboards, a new score- board, sanitary drinking facilities, and many other innovations. The old chicken wire that once served to protect feminine spectators from the players has been removed. With all these features, plus the increases and improve- ments in the Athletic Department itself, many optimistic hopes for the future of Textile teams are prevalent. Publications, both yearbook and newspaper, have been resumed after their wartime slump and have more than outstripped their precursors. Those interested in the plaudits of spectators find an outlet for their thespian talent in the Textile Players, while a student government provides practice for the politicians among our group. Chemists revel in a national society of their own which had attained nation-wide fame before the war, and which has steadily grown since that time. This then is the old order. This is the wav things have been done under the impetus of the post war “boom” and the rush of well-paid students. This is the heritage that the old guard leaves to the new student. For the student has changed. Gone, for the most part, is the veteran — [ 17 ]

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M uU‘ train ! They used to use peanuts. not disappear with the departure of the Veteran. Those that have already been made will be retained for his continued comfort and con- venience. Many of them will con- tinue to evolve and to become more encompassing in scope while under his influence. The projects for future expan- sion continue unabated. Our L.T.I. educational plant has not ceased to grow. The new Alumni Library, at present still in the throes of construction, is being built as one of the finest and most complete in the State. Much time and effort went into the planning of this edifice and the student of the future is certain to leave with many a pleasant memory of the hours spent within its walls. One of the biggest undertakings ever conceived is now rapidly taking form at L.T.I. When our 1 19 ]